The Heinrich Böll Foundation is Germany’s Green political foundation considered to be a Green think tank. The foundation is a part of a Green political network active all over the world, a network which now also includes more than 2,000 former and around 800 current scholarship holders. They operate both in Germany and abroad. Their fundamental ideals are ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice. They campaign for gender democracy, social emancipation, and equality between women and men. They are also committed to equality and social participation for cultural and ethnic minorities.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation actively supports the democracy movements in Tunisia and Egypt. In a newly developed special program, the scholarship department of the Foundation is offering, with support from the Federal Foreign Office, scholarships to Tunisian and Egyptian students who want to study in Germany.
The International Scholarship Program for Tunisian and Egyptian Students wants to give future leaders from Tunisia and Egypt the opportunity to get to know the German academic system and to actively engage themselves with the working areas of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Within the framework of their seminar program, scholarship holders have an opportunity to network with other students from Germany and all over the world as well as with experts from the Foundation.
Start of the scholarship: from October 1, 2012 or later – depending on the receipt of application (but not before the beginning of the study program in Germany)
Duration of the scholarship: 6 – 24 months
Target group: Graduates from Tunisia and Egypt, all subjects
Scholarship
750.00 € / month plus an additional lump sum (e.g. for books and clothes) as well as, if applicable, family allowance, children’s allowance, and costs for a language course. By granting the scholarship, the scholarship department finances the stay in Germany as well as the travel costs to and from Germany. The scholarship does not include organizational services (e.g. support for finding accommodation etc.)
Application requirements
– applicants must have obtained a first degree at the time of application (e.g. a bachelor’s degree);
– applicants must show proof of acceptance to a German university (‘Immatrikulationsbescheinigung’ or certificate of enrollment) by the start of the scholarship at the latest;
– applicants must prove basic knowledge of German at the time of application (if a scholarship is granted, additional German courses can be financed);
– the scholarship cannot be combined with a scholarship from another grant-making or public institution.
Last date for submission of applications is March 1, 2012
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