Other scholarships, prizes and competitions
Numerous institutions award scholarships and prizes or hold competitions for students. Here you can find current announcements.
In the winter semester 2022/24, three scholarships will be awarded in the areas of water and environment by the Roland Mall Foundation at the Technical University of Munich.
The foundation aims to promote talented students who have already achieved or for whom outstanding achievements are expected due to their previous commitments and career experiences. Social and personal circumstances are also taken into account.
Master students in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering will be given preference. Applicants should be enrolled in the first semester of the Master's program.
The professional suitability and personal qualifications of the applicants are decisive for award of the scholarships. A prerequisite is also that the applicants are in need of financial support.
The scholarship awardee will be supported as follows:
- The scholarship amount is €500 per month.
- The maximum duration of the scholarship corresponds to the regular study time needed to complete the Master’s Degree.
- The start of the scholarship will be at the time of the official scholarship award.
The funding is also subject to the following conditions:
- The student is not receiving any other talent- or performance-dependent material sponsorship, i.e. does not receive any other scholarship.
- Self-declaration as to need, i.e. proof of having received BAföG during Bachelor studies
- Submission of the Bachelor’s thesis and Bachelor’s Degree Certificate with Transcript
- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum vitae; if applicable also proof of special awards, as well as societal and social engagement; proof of German language proficiency with foreign applicants
- Master study schedule (whole study)
- Willingness to choose a topic for the master thesis covering the spectrum of the company MALL Environmental Systems
If he or she is shortlisted, the student will be evaluated on the basis of a 15-minute talk to be given as part of the application process. The subject should have a professional relation to the respective master course.
The relevant documents are to be submitted digitally (Application documents as one complete pdf-document + Bachelor’s thesis (pdf) extra) to the chairman of the selection committee (Prof. Dr. Brigitte Helmreich, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Email: b.helmreich@tum.de) by October 31, 2023, at the latest.
The advancement scholarship supports skilled workers with vocational training and several years of practical experience in their first university degree program.
A full-time study program is supported with 934 euros per month plus 80 euros book allowance. In addition, there is a care allowance for children under 14 (160 euros per child). For part-time students, the subsidy is 2,900 euros per calendar year. The benefits are a lump sum and are not dependent on income.
Applications are open until November 27, 2023.
Fritz Studer AG awards the “Fritz Studer Award” as a research prize to students of technical disciplines at European universities. The prize is endowed with CHF 10,000.
The award honors work and research results that have produced new findings that can be applied in the machine industry, especially in the areas of:
- Innovative machine concepts or components for machine tools in precision machining
- Alternative materials in mechanical engineering
- Simulation models for the dynamic and thermal behavior of machine tools
- Control and sensor concepts for machine tools
- Digital solutions to support the grinding process
- New or further developed manufacturing technologies, especially in hard fine machining, such as grinding, hard turning and the like
Applications are open until December 1, 2023 (deadline extended).
For more information, visit www.studer.com/en/fritz-studer-ag/news-topics/news-overview/details/news/ausschreibung-zum-forschungspreis-fritz-studer-award-2023/.
The Augsburg Academic Award for Intercultural Studies honors outstanding achievements by young scientists whose research deals with the intercultural reality in Germany and the related issues and challenges.
Applications are open to academic papers submitted to a German university no more than two years before the current application deadline. The main prize of 5,000 euros is awarded for dissertations or post-doctoral theses, while the promotional prize of 1,500 euros is awarded for master's, diploma, master's or state examination theses.
The deadline for applications is December 8, 2023.
More information on the application process can be found at www.uni-augsburg.de/de/ueber-uns/ehrungen/preise/augsburger-wisspreis-interkulturell/ (German).
The Bayerische Eliteakademie promotes diversely talented and outstandingly committed students at Bavarian universities. In the 26th year of the program, up to 40 people will receive training and intensive support on the topic of “Leadership and Responsibility” over two years while studying.
The program comprises four intensive attendance phases, including an academy abroad during the semester break. The program also includes seminars, workshops, outdoor days and fireside evenings with high-profile guests from business, science, culture, and politics. The training is supplemented by an extensive mentoring program and project work. The focus lies on interdisciplinarity, transformation and innovation, networked thinking, and global contexts.
Applications are open between October 1 and December 10, 2023.
For more information, pleasse visit www.eliteakademie.de.
The List Group is awarding the List Förderpreis 2024, which is open to project, seminar, technical, bachelor, master and diploma theses as well as idea concepts that make a future-oriented contribution to improving the urban traffic and parking situation. The award is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Applications are possible until December 12, 2023.
More information on the call for entries and the application process can be found at www.list-group.at/de/foerderpreis/ausschreibung (German).
Rimon supports interns whose internship is not or hardly paid. The scholarship is aimed in particular at people who want to do an internship in the fields of environment, education or health.
Scholarship holders are supported with 1,000 euros per month for the duration of the internship (up to three months).
Applicants do not have to be accepted for the internship at the time of application, but the scholarship will only be paid out if the internship actually begins.
Please send your application letter and CV to kontakt@rimon.group. In your application letter, please elaborate on what internship you would like to do and why, and what personal or professional goal this will bring you closer to.
Application deadline: November 30, February 28, May 31, August 31. The decision to award the scholarship will be made at the end of the month following the application deadline.
For more information, visit www.rimon.group/stipendium.
The Bavarian-Czech Academic Agency offers various scholarships for participation in language courses, summer and winter schools as well as study and research stays and internships in the Czech Republic. For more information, visit www.btha.cz/de/.
With “Böckler-Aktion Bildung”, the Hans Böckler Foundation awards scholarships to young people who could not afford to study otherwise. Students who are on their way to obtaining their high school diploma (Abitur) or entrance qualification for university of applied sciences (Fachhochschulreife) can apply. Applications are also open to those who have only recently qualified for university entrance.
Applications can be submitted up to three months before the end of the standard period of study.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation supports around 1400 students and doctoral candidates of all disciplines and nationalities each year, both in universities and universities of applied sciences in Germany.
Scholarship holders are expected to demonstrate outstanding academic or scientific achievements, social commitment and political interest, as well as an active engagement with the Foundation's core values of ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice.
Applications are generally open March 1 and September 1 of each year.
All information can be found at www.boell.de/en/scholarships.
With its graduation grant, the E.W.-Kuhlmann-Stiftung supports students who are about to graduate and are dependent on financial support. They can receive an interest-free loan of up to €2000.
Applications can be submitted continuously.
Insights technology provider SUPRA is supporting scholarship recipients by funding a survey panel with 1,000 participants worth 3,500 euros.
Students of economics, marketing, market research, business information systems, psychology, social sciences or other similar subjects are eligible to apply.
To enter, applicants must submit an essay of 1,000 to 1,500 words on one of the categories (1) new pricing strategies for consumer products, (2) leveraging tech for better pricing, (3) innovative insights and research to find better pricing, (4) the future of pricing psychology or (5) AI methods in pricing.
Applications are accepted annually until August 30.
For more information, visit https://supra.tools/scholarship.
TUM Asia provides successful applicants with a one-time grant of up to 50% of the tuition fees for one of the following Master's programs: Aerospace Engineering, Green Electronics, Industrial Chemistry, Integrated Circuit Design, and Rail, Transport and Logistics.
Applicants must email TUM Asia Admissions Advisors (events(at)tum-asia.edu.sg) and include this e-flyer, which also provides more detailed information about the TUM Asia Scholarship, to receive a special code. With this code, they can fill out an online application on this website. In doing so, they must also submit an essay of no more than 500 words in which applicants justify why they should receive the TUM Asia Scholarship.
Applications are accepted annually between October 1 and March 31.
The Stahlmann Foundation offers a housing scholarship to students who are younger than 25, have a good command of written and spoken German, have a clear idea of their educational goal, are striving to achieve this goal at a German educational institution, are in some form of need, and are willing to make a commitment to the Foundation.
The scholarship covers the rent for a shared apartment and the guarantee for the rent deposit for the current semester in each case; it is possible to extend the scholarship to a maximum of six semesters in total if studies proceed successfully.
For the application a curriculum vitae in German, a letter of motivation in German, the last certificate of the highest educational qualification, two independent confidential recommendations in German or English with contact information from the home country (in case of Ukrainian applicants also from another country) as well as the admission of a German educational institution are required.
Here you will find further information (German).