Germany - Masters Scholarships 2011/12-Heinrich Boll Foundation

The Heinrich Boll Foundation offers The Masters Scholarships for the year 2011/12 to German citizens, EU citizens and students who have gained their university entrance qualifications from a German school in Germany

The Heinrich Böll Foundation awards scholarships to German and foreign1 students in keeping with the guidelines provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Foreign Office (AA). The scholarship will be awarded for the regular period of study.

Who may apply:

The following requirements apply to German citizens, EU citizens and students who have gained their university entrance qualifications from a German school (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research):

1. The maintenance scholarships which are awarded to German citizens, EU citizens and students who have gained their university entrance qualifications from a German school will be calculated on the same basis as BAföG, depending on your parent’s income and/or your own income and personal assets.
2. Irrespective of this, an independent book grant of 80 € per month will be awarded to all successful applicants.
3. Your are entitled to receiving a scholarship if you are enrolled at a state or state-recognized institution of higher education (university, college or equivalent) in Germany, Switzerland or in a member state of the EU. To all institutions of higher education outside Germany applies a priority of M.A. programs (i.e. applicants from international B.A. programs will be funded in exceptional cases only).

How to apply:

1. If you are interested in the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s scholarship and funding programme, please send three sets of your written application (1 original with original signature and two identical copies) to the Scholarship Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Your documents should all be written in German. (Personal reference and expert reference from a college or university lecturer, or a school teacher for school graduates, may be written in English.)
2. Please ensure to keep all submitted application documents for later reference. In case of your acceptance to the second stage of the application process, you need to send an identical copy of all application documents (points I – XI) to the liaison lecturer.

Selection Process:

Three stages are involved when the Heinrich Böll Foundation selects applicants for its scholarships:

1. The submission of your written application documents, including a personal reference on your  social involvement and an expert reference from a university lecturer, or a school teacher in the case of school graduates
2. An interview with a liaison lecturer, usually at the university you wish to attend (in exceptional cases interviews by phone are also possible)
3. Participation in a selection workshop in Berlin with an individual interview and a group discussion

Scholarship Deadline:

September 1, 2010

Contact Address:

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Studienwerk
Schumannstr. 8
10117 Berlin

E-Mail: studienwerk@boell.de
Fax: 030/285 34-409

Application Form:

Please visit http://www.boell.de/downloads/stipendien/A1-2_Bewerbungsbogen_Studierende_1.pdf

Source:
http://www.boell.de/scholarships/scholarships.html