Scholarships and Funding Organisations

As well as financial support from the German Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG), students in Germany can also receive financial help in the form of grants or scholarships from foundations and funding bodies which receive public funding. In addition to these state-funded organisations, there are also denominational bodies, private donors, and associations in industry which offer funding. The selection criteria for receipt of funding are determined by the individual institutions, and often depend on factors including students’ academic performance, and the political and/or religious affiliation of the funding body or foundation. .

Scholarships and Funding Organisations

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Aufstiegsstipendium	professionals with a vocational qualification and existing professional experience, for completion of a first academic degree
Avicenna-Studienwerk	talented Muslim students and doctoral candidates
Cusanuswerk	students and doctoral candidates who can demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding levels of engagement
Evangelisches Studienwerk (Protestant Academic Foundation)	engaged young people with a passion for their subject, strong academic performance, and a particular interest in interdisciplinary, social, and political issues
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Friedrich Ebert Foundation)	talented young people who are actively engaged in the community
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Hans Böckler Foundation)	young people who aspire to take on a position of responsibility in society, and who can demonstrate strong or very strong academic performance
Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Hanns Seidel Foundation)	students and doctoral candidates who can demonstrate above-average performance at school and/or university, engagement with political, church, or social causes, and an openness to, and alignment with the aims of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Heinrich-Böll Foundation)	students and doctoral candidates who can demonstrate outstanding performance in previous study or academic research, social engagement and political interest, as well as active engagement with the foundation’s core values
Karl-Steinbuch-Stipendium	selected students who have demonstrated exceptional talent through the completion of projects involving IT or media, and who have a specialism in an academic or artistic field
Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (Konrad Adenauer Foundation)	engaged young people who wish to be challenged
Otto Benecke Stiftung (Otto Benecke Foundation)	academic migrants
Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe (German Sports Aid Foundation)	emerging sports talents and top athletes with potential to enter world rankings in their discipline, and contribute beyond their sports career
Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (SDW) - Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann	students and doctoral candidates with a sense of community and a strong entrepreneurial spirit, who can demonstrate strong academic performance and a high level of engagement
Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (SDW) - Studienkolleg	teacher candidates with a desire to engage with social causes and take on responsibility
Stipendium Plus	highly motivated, socially engaged, and academically strong students
Grants and Programmes offered by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)	researchers employed at institutions which allow them to publish their work in generally accessible formats
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)	top-performing students and doctoral candidates with a drive to take on social responsibility

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