Application Deadline: 1 March, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships. The Heinrich Böll Foundation is the Green political foundation. Under the heading “promoting talent”, every year we support around 1,200 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students – from all subjects and types of higher educational institutions in Germany and abroad – who affirm the goals of the Green project. Each year, up to 250 new scholarship recipients join the programme.
The objective of the scholarships is to promote future leaders and experts who are prepared to take on social responsibility, are interested in politics, and work to pass on the basic political values of the Heinrich Böll Foundation: ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice.
Target Group
When choosing our scholarship recipients, we aim to combine the principle of high achievement with that of equal opportunities. The Heinrich Böll Foundation gives special (but not exclusive) consideration to:
- international graduate and doctoral students from central and eastern Europe,the EU’s neighbouring states, the CIS, the Middle East, North Africa, transition and newly industrialised countries, and conflict regions worldwide
- women (particularly studying STEM)
- students in the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), especially those focusing on environmental science, ecology, etc.;
- economics and legal studies; art studies; and journalism (see also scholarship programme «Medienvielfalt, anders»)
- members of ethnic minorities; refugees
Funding
- The Heinrich Böll Foundation supports young people through scholarship funding (generally including a maintenance grant, study and research grant, foreign study grant, mobility allowance, family allowance, and other categories). In addition, we promote the scholarship recipients in their personal development, help them to gain cross-disciplinary qualifications and enhance their key competences, encourage political debate and attention to social issues, and nurture interdisciplinary dialogue.
Scholarships for PhD students
The scholarship department grants scholarships to doctoral students from all disciplines. Central to the nonmaterial promotion for PhD students are:
- PhD scholar forum with science policy or higher education policy theme and presentations of research projects
- Workshops (e.g. writing trainings, time management, etc.)
- Seminars on career orientation
- Support for research trips abroad (e.g. conferences, f ield research)
Application deadline
- Graduate students (during their studies or before they begin) and PhD students should apply directly to the Foundation. Applications are submitted online. Application deadline for international applicants is 1 March
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships