Other scholarships, prizes and competitions
Numerous institutions award scholarships and prizes or hold competitions for students. Here you can find current announcements.
The TransForm concrete design competition invites students of architecture, design and engineering to explore and rethink the potential of concrete in terms of this change.
Entries can deal with aesthetic, structural, or technological issues as well as ecological, economic, or social aspects. The sensitive handling of existing structures 鈥� whether listed or previously unnoticed 鈥� is also welcome.
The competition does not specify a fixed task. Participants choose their own context to suit their idea, their fascination, their creative vision. The spectrum of possible entries ranges from objects and furniture to architectural details, residential and landscape buildings, infrastructure projects, complex supporting structures, concrete formulations, or material studies.
The decisive factor is that the projects must combine technical, functional, design, and programmatic aspects. The concepts should be illustrated by designs and their potential convincingly demonstrated.
The creative implementation of the TransForm theme and the design relevance of the ideas submitted will be assessed. The decisive factor here is how concrete is used and why this use makes sense and is forward-looking.
The competition will take place in five European countries in the academic years 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. The national winners will be invited to a one-week international workshop in Vienna (Austria), led by renowned lecturers and experts who are intensively involved in the future of building with concrete. Prize money totaling 3,000 Euros and a seat on the jury for the subsequent competition in 2027 will also be awarded.
Applications are open until 8 April 2026.
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With the Stockmeyer Science Award, the Heinrich Stockmeyer Foundation honors practicable solutions and application-oriented research that contribute to improving food safety and strengthening consumer confidence in the quality of food.
The award is endowed with 20,000 euros, of which the award winner and the institution where the work was produced will each receive 10,000 euros.
The award is aimed at scientists who have made outstanding achievements in the above-mentioned areas. Individual scientific achievements such as doctoral theses, post-doctoral theses, or publications in scientifically recognized journals that have been published in the last three years will be honored.
Applications are possible as an individual or as a working group. They should include a cover letter, CV, a maximum two-page abstract of the work, and the research paper itself. Applications are to be sent to riewenherm@stiftungsberatung.de.
Applications are open until 15 May 2026.
For more information, please visit (German).
The German University Foundation is awarding the Tandem Scholarship for educational advancers.
Students who will begin their studies in the winter semester of 2026/27 and are the first in their family to study, have a higher education entrance qualification with at least the equivalent of the grade 鈥済ood鈥� of the German Abitur and are engaged in volunteer work can apply for the scholarship. They will be provided with 1:1 mentoring by a university lecturer who is close to their subject and place of study, and two workshops on key skills per year, personal one-on-one coaching sessions with professional coaches during the study period, networking events, specialist events and a study-related drawdown budget, as well as a digital package, will support their study and career success.
Applications are open until 1 September 2026.
All information about the scholarship and the application can be found at .
The Landwirtschaftliche Rentenverein e.V. supports Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 theses in the fields of Agriculture and Forestry at German universities and universities of applied sciences. Topics such as sustainability and risk prevention in agriculture and forestry are of particular interest.
Sponsored students receive a one-off payment of 500 euros. In addition, one Bachelor鈥檚 thesis and one Master鈥檚 thesis will be selected once a year from among all completed theses submitted, for which an additional grant of 1,000 euros will be awarded.
Applications for the first half-year are possible until 31 May 2026, and for the second half-year until 15 October 2026.
Further information can be found at .
The Franco-Bavarian University cooperation center supports students at Bavarian or French universities who are planning a study or research visit in Bavaria or France. Scholarship holders receive a one-off grant of 500 euros to cover additional costs prior to a mobility phase and a location-dependent travel allowance of up to 450 euros. In addition, the costs of a preparatory online language course in German or French via DUO online can be covered.
The minimum duration for a study visit is four months, for research visits one month; corporate internships are not eligible for funding.
Details on the call for applications and the application process can be found at (German).
Applications can be submitted until April 15 and November 15 of each year.
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.
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The Gregor Louisoder Environmental Foundation awards grants to young researchers who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to environmental and nature conservation through their theses (Master鈥檚 theses or dissertations). The work must be relevant to environmental protection and/or have practical applicability.
Each grant is endowed with 2,500 euros, and an additional 2,500 euros are provided to the award recipients as earmarked support for continuing their scientific work.
The grants are awarded for research projects in the following fields:
- Biology, Geosciences, and Environmental Sciences
- Forestry and Agricultural Sciences
- Economics
Submissions can be made on an ongoing basis. Evaluation and decisions regarding the award are generally made within 12 months of submission.
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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 .
The district of Coburg awards scholarships to students of human medicine every winter semester.
Scholarship holders receive monthly financial support of 500 euros with a maximum funding period of 5 years. In addition, a grant of 600 euros from the Free State of Bavaria can be received.
Following university training, the scholarship holders complete further training as specialists in general medicine at the Coburg Further Training Association. This is followed by 24 months of practical work in general medicine in the Coburg region.
Applications are open until 31 October each year.
Further information can be found at .
With 鈥淏枚ckler-Aktion Bildung鈥�, the Hans B枚ckler 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.
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The Heinrich B枚ll 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 .
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 鈧�2000.
Applications can be submitted continuously.
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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.
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51吃瓜网 Asia provides successful applicants with a one-time grant of up to 50% of the tuition fees for one of the following Master鈥檚 programs: Aerospace Engineering, Green Electronics, Industrial Chemistry, Integrated Circuit Design, Logistics Engineering and Management, Rail and Urban Transport, and Sustainable Food.
Detailed information on the 51吃瓜网 Asia Scholarship and how to apply can be found at .
Applications can be submitted until the application deadline for the respective degree program.
With the Ungeth眉m-Aesculap Scholarship for the Advancement of Surgery and Medical Technology, the B. Braun Foundation supports surgeons from Africa, Asia, and Latin America who wish to spend time at German universities to conduct research on medical technology topics.
The scholarship is aimed at surgeons with two to three years of professional experience in clinical research in the fields of general surgery, trauma surgery/orthopaedics, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, plastic surgery. or thoracic surgery.
Applications can be submitted between 1 March and 30 April and between 1 September and 31 October of each year.
Further information can be found at .
The Welcome Scholarship of the German University Foundation supports students from refugee areas who are studying at a German university, art or music college in a Bachelor鈥檚 or state examination degree program.
Applications are open to refugees in their first or second semester of a Bachelor鈥檚 degree program who have a study place at a German university, German language skills at least at level C1, and receive BAf枚G funding or have adequate financial resources.
Scholarship holders receive the following benefits:
- Matching with a university lecturer close to their subject and location as a mentor
- Supervision of the mentoring relationship by the German University Foundation
- Seminars to develop key skills (twice a year, compulsory) on the following topics:
- Mentoring as an opportunity and a task
- Self and learning management
- Presentation and self-presentation
- Job application training
- Business etiquette and communication
- Intercultural skills
- One-time personal coaching with a professional coach during the study period
- Reimbursement of travel expenses for seminars and other trips associated with the scholarship
- Participation in academic events (e.g. DHV symposium) and involvement in relevant networks
- Provision of an annual call-off budget per scholarship holder for study-related costs
- Digital package for the purchase of digital technology, once per scholarship
Applications must be sent to Simone Geerdsen (geerdsen@deutsche-universitaetsstiftung.de) with a letter of motivation (max. one page) outlining the expectations of the scholarship, a CV in tabular form (max. 2 pages) as well as certificates, proof of language proficiency, and certificate of enrollment electronically in single PDF.
Applications can be submitted until 1 April and 1 September.
For more information, please visit (German).
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.
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