Application Deadline: November 30, 2023
The Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation was founded in 1925 and the first scholarships were awarded to particularly talented young individuals from a working-class milieu who were taking an active part in the young democracy of the Weimar Republic. To address social disadvantages by supporting students who actively work for freedom, justice and social cohesion in their commitment to social democracy, or will do so in future, continues to be one of the aims of the FES.
For the FES, service to the common good deserves recognition. It is therefore not only the applicants’ academic achievement but their social and political involvement and personal attitudes that play an important part in the selection process. This year, about 2,700 students and postgraduates will receive a grant from FES.
Scholarship Benefits
The Scholarship program will provide successful applicants with the followings:
- International students receive a monthly base amount of EUR 830 in a
Source: https://greatyop.com/friedrich-ebert-foundation-scholarship/ - EUR 850 in a Master’s course;
- In addition, costs for health insurance are funded and;
- Scholars with a child receive a family allowance of EUR 276. The scholarship does not have to be repaid.
Eligibility
- All academic subjects
- Students from public or state-approved universities and from universities of applied sciences/polytechnical colleges (FH)
- Postgraduate programme(PhD)
- Foreign applicants who are already studying, or doing their postgraduate studies, in Germany at the time of application
Requirements
- Applicants from abroad who have already enrolled in a German university or have a supervisor for their doctoral studies.
- Students are expected to be living in Germany before they apply and have to provide proof of an adequate command of the German language by submitting a language proficiency certificate
- Proof of initial academic achievements/marks with the exception of those enrolled in Master or other postgraduate programmes
- German language proficiency is crucial
Application Details
- Two expert reports from university lecturers
- Information about previous training and sociopolitical commitment
- First-year students (not master’s students) in their first semester submit two reports from former teachers.
Selected candidates will be invited to two individual interviews. The first interview will be conducted by one of the lecturers from the FES, and the second interview by one of the members of the FES scholarship committee (AWA). Two reports are written on the basis of these interviews and presented to the AWA.
