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HessenFonds Scholarships
for Refugee Students and Researchers At Risk
As part of the HessenFonds, the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts provides scholarships for exceptionally talented and high achieving university students and researchers with refugee status at state universities in Hessen. The funding shall enable them to continue their studies or their scientific career at a state university in Hessen.
As of 2022, HessenFonds funding is also available to highly qualified researchers (including doctoral students) who are threatened by persecution in their home countries (researchers at risk).
Current call for proposals
Applications for a funding from October 2023 to September 2024 are possible from now on. All relevant documents can be found below. The application deadline is July 21, 2023.
Funding line: refugee students, doctoral students or researchers
Requirements
- Eligible for asylum or status as a recognized refugee
- Eligible applicants are not longer than four years registered in Germany, i.e. the asylum request has not been submitted longer than for four years ago and the continuous stay in Germany does not exceed five years
- Subsequent applications must be justified separately
Students
- Enrollment at Philipps-Universität Marburg
- outstanding academic achievements
Doctoral students
- Acceptance as doctoral candidate incl. confirmation of supervision at Philipps-Universität Marburg
- outstanding scientific achievements
Researchers and scholars
- guarantee of a research or teaching placement as well as supervision promise from Philipps-Universität Marburg
- outstanding achievements in research and/or teaching
Scope of funding
The HessenFonds scholarship includes the following scholarship rates:
- Students: 300 euros/month
- Doctoral students: 1,200 euros/month
- Researchers: 2,300 euros/month
Funding periods
For 12 months from April or from October
Funding line: doctoral students and researchers at risk
Requirements
- nomination is open to individuals who face a threat in their country of origin based on ethnic, sexual, gender, or religious identity, or political or civic engagement based on liberal democratic principles and striving to contribute to positive, social change
- Threats may include threats to personal well-being or security (e.g., physical violence, arrest, denial of civil and educational rights, loss of employment/promotional position for political reasons, or the like), and armed conflict in the country of origin
- Applicants must be in the country of origin at the time of application. Also eligible for nomination are persons who have had to leave their country of origin for the above reasons and are currently residing in a third country.
Doctoral students
- Acceptance as doctoral candidate incl. confirmation of supervision at Philipps-Universität Marburg
- outstanding scientific achievements
Researchers and scholars
- guarantee of a research or teaching placement as well as supervision promise from Philipps-Universität Marburg
- outstanding achievements in research and/or teaching
The HessenFonds scholarship includes the following scholarship rates:
- Doctoral students: 1,200 euros/month
- Researchers: 2,300 euros/month
Application and selection procedure
For the application please use only the attached forms, further documents to be submitted can be found in the forms. Applications must be submitted in full, in electronic form and in a PDF document, to the International Office of Philipps-Universität Marburg by the deadline. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.
The subsequent selection process consists of two steps. In the first step, Philipps-Universität Marburg nominates qualified applicants in a ranking list via the President at the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art. The internal university nomination procedure is regulated by Philipps-Universität Marburg. In the second step, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art makes the final selection of scholarship holders according to the award criteria.
There is no legal claim to the granting of a scholarship.
Contact
Pia Schöngarth
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Dez VI – Internationale Angelegenheiten und Familienservice
Tel.: 06421 – 28 26 813
Call for proposals and application documents - Refugees
Call for proposals and application documents – researchers at risk