Current Funding Opportunities

Rhodes Trust

Managed by the Rhodes Trust, the Rhodes Scholarship gives individuals who have demonstrated both outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to making a difference the opportunity to study a Master’s or doctoral programme offered by the University of Oxford (www.ox.ac.uk).

Written in 1903, the will of Cecil Rhodes created the Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s oldest and perhaps most prestigious international scholarship.
Each year, the Rhodes Scholarship is awarded to more than 100 students from the following countries: Australia, Bermuda, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica and the Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the SJLP region (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine), Southern Africa (covering South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and Eswatini), United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Western Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In addition, the Rhodes Trust offers so-called Global Scholarships.

When Cecil Rhodes established the scholarship in his name, he intended it to be awarded to individuals with strong leadership skills and a commitment that would help develop solutions to global challenges and promote international understanding and peace. Rhodes Selection Committees are looking for young men and women of outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service.

Each year, two Rhodes Scholarships are awarded to German students. The Scholarship is open to students from all disciplines and covers all tuition fees for programmes with a length of one to three years as well as a living stipend. Rhodes scholars may study any Master’s or doctoral programme offered by the University of Oxford and will become part of a vibrant international network.

Applications close on 30 September of each year for entry to Oxford in October of the following year. 

More information is available at www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk.

Funding programs of the German University Foundation

Tandem Scholarship Program:

Funding group: The German University Foundation's scholarship for first-generation students.

The German University Foundation offers the TANDEM scholarship program, which is aimed exclusively at students on a Bachelor's or state examination course whose parents do not have an academic background.

The scholarship includes 1:1 mentoring by a university lecturer close to the subject and place of study from the start of studies to graduation. In addition, the scholarship holders receive further training in the area of key qualifications (e.g. presentation, time and self-management, application training). In addition, in consultation with the mentor, expenses for e.g. literature, congress participation, educational trips or similar are financed.

Application requirements:
•    Start of studies in winter semester 2025/26
•    Parents without an academic degree
•    Study place in a Bachelor's or State Examination program at a German university
•    Voluntary commitment
•    Abitur/university entrance qualification Grade at least good

Further information (available in German only) can be found on the pages of the Deutsche Universitätsstiftung  and in the current Flyer.

Application:
Please send your application with the following documents:

• Letter of motivation in which you describe your expectations of the scholarship (max. 1 page)
• Curriculum vitae in tabular form (max. 2 pages)
• Abiturzeugnis/university entrance qualification

by 1.9.2025 (cut-off date) in one pdf file by e-mail to the attention of Ms. Anna Bartsch:
bartsch(at)deutsche-universitaetsstiftung.de

Medicus:

Funding group: Medical-Students from non-academic families, so-called “first-generation students” and students from refugee areas.

Further information (website available in German only): Medicus

Hochform:

Funding group: For refugees or persons from a developing country who are Master's students in MINT degree programs at German universities.

Further information (available in German only): hochform and in the current Flyer

Welcome:

Funding group: For Bachelor's or state examination students from refugee areas living in Germany.

Further information (available in German only):Welcome and in the current Flyer

The unique selling point of these scholarships is that the scholarship holders receive one-to-one support from a university lecturer close to their subject and place of study, who is arranged by the German University Foundation. In addition, they offer further non-material benefits such as workshops, specialist events, symposia and an annual book allowance of 600 euros to facilitate successful studies and entry into the job market.

Krüger-Masterstudienfonds
Financial support, e.g. for participation in conferences, meetings, educational trips or for relocations, unpaid internships, etc. Applications for this funding are not possible. Only TANDEM alumni who take up a Master's degree following their Bachelor's degree are eligible for funding.

Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe

Who is eligible to apply?
The foundation provides financial assistance to top athletes from German national sports federations as well as outstanding sporting talents.

How do I apply?
Please submit your application via your sports federation.

Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe (website available in German only)
Burnitzstraße 42, 60596 Frankfurt/Main