LIST OF POSSIBILITIES OF SUPPORT:

The number of supporting institutions and advertisements is very high. This list can therefore not reflect the complete spectrum of support. Thus, advisory service offered by the Graduate School can be very important and useful.

Interdisciplinary and transnational support:

 

German Academic Exchange Service:

Support for students, graduates, doctoral students abroad worldwide. Semester and annual scholarship awards, language course scholarships, possibilities of support for work placements, research studies, visiting research fellowships

www.daad.de

 

Organisations sponsoring gifted young academics:

Support of German students and graduates at home and abroad http://www.begabtenfoerderungswerke.de/ includes:

 

Scholarships for studies abroad for students studying in Cologne

http://www.stiftungsfonds.org/

 

Inwent

Support of studies and work placements abroad

http://www.inwent.org

 

German National Academic Foundation

The Academic Foundation advertises some international programmes as so-called "open programmes". That is, graduates, who are not supported by the Academic Foundation at home, too can apply for these advertisements: for example, China Scholarship Programme, Bucerius Law Programme, ERP Fellowship Programme, Haniel Programme

www.studienstiftung.de/offen/index.html

 

Haniel Foundation

Support of students and graduates while staying abroad (focus on Eastern Europe and Asia)

http://www.haniel-stiftung.de/index.htm

 

Pedagogical Exchange Service

Foreign Language Assistance Programme in Europe and worldwide (Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada)

 

Dr Carl Duisberg Foundation

http://www.kmk.org/pad/home.htm

 

Support of studies abroad (mainly for physicists and chemists)

Travel allowances for clinical electives abroad

(no web presence - address available in the German Academic International Office)

 

German exchange of clinical electives abroad

Clinical electives abroad

http://www.dfa-germany.de/index1.htm

 

Karl-Benz-Gottlieb-Daimler Foundation

Scholarship awards for overseas studies of German students in the context of their doctoral studies

www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de/home/de/start.html

 

European Movement Germany

Scholarships for the Bruges and Natolin College of Europe

http://www.europaeische-bewegung.de/

 

Association for the promotion

Data base offering rather small foundations

http://www.stifterverband.de/site/php/foerderung.php?SID=&seite=Stiftungen

 

Student loan/grant offered by the German government to eligible students

www.das-neue-bafoeg.de

 

Support institutions with a focus on countries:

 

  • USA

 

Fulbright Commission

Support of students and graduates for annual and travel scholarship awards in the USA

www.fulbright.de

 

A German-American Guide for Historians and Social Scientists

Information of the German-Historical Institute Washington DC on possibilities of support for students, graduates and doctoral students in the field of History and Social Studies in the USA

www.ghi-dc.org/guide10/index.html

 

Australia and New Zealand:

Ranke-Heinemann Institute

Awards partial scholarships to Australia and New Zealand

http://www.ranke-heinemann.de/

 

France

Franco-German Youth Office

Grants offered to students studying and doing work placements in France

http://www.dfjw.org/

German-French University:

mainly support of structural programmes (for example, double degrees, support of doctoral students)

http://www.dfh-ufa.org/

 

Great Britain

British Chamber of Commerce

The British Chamber of Commerce awards partial scholarships for German students studying or doing research in Great Britain

www.bccg.de

 

The Rhodes Trust

Scholarships for German students between the ages of 20 and 25 studying in Oxford

www.rhodes-deutschland.de

 

Central and Eastern Europe

Exchange Student Confraternity in Central and Eastern Europe

Scholarship awards for students and doctoral candidates studying in Poland and in the Czech Republic

http://www.gfps.org

 

Robert Bosch Foundation

Foreign Language Assistance Programme and lectorships for students and graduates in Central and Eastern Europe

http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/

 

Scholarship programme "Metropolises in Eastern Europe"

Study experiences in a country of Central or Eastern Europe as well as acquisition of solid command of the language and acquaintance of the country by means of language courses, study or research projects and work placements. The programme is for highly qualified students of all subjects and it is supervised by the German National Academic Foundation

www.studienstiftung.de/offen/OM.html.

 

Southeast Europe Association

Awards scholarships to graduates and doctoral students for Southeast European research in Germany. Support is offered in areas such as Economics, Social Sciences and the Humanities:

www.suedosteuropa-gesellschaft.com

 

Japan:

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Support of students, graduates and scientists in Japan

http://www.jsps-bonn.de/

 

Mainly supports scientists:

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Support of overseas visiting research for highly qualified German junior scientists from all fields of expertise

http://www.avh.de/

 

German Research Foundation

Visiting research fellowships for junior scientists, Emmy Noether Programme, grants for overseas congress and lecture tours

http://www.dfg.de/

 

Fritz Thyssen Foundation

Visiting research fellowships for junior scientists immediately after the doctorate

http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/

 

German Marshall Fund

http://www.gmfus.org/about/office.cfm?city=berlin

 

Heinrich Hertz Foundation

Scientists from North Rhine-Westphalia can receive a scholarship for a stay abroad and foreign scientists for a visiting research fellowship in North Rhine-Westphalia. An application cannot be made by the applicant him/herself but only by a specialist professor or an expert scientist employed in North Rhine-Westphalia. (No web presence - contact point is the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology in Duesseldorf)