Student Grant

The student grant program sup­ports par­ti­cu­lar­ly ta­len­ted and re­se­arch-ori­en­ted stu­dents from around the world stu­dy­ing at German uni­ver­si­ties. It offers a full scho­l­ar­ship for the final year of study. This enables scho­l­ar­ship holders to con­cen­tra­te fully on their degree and their first re­se­arch pro­jec­ts. The aim is to improve the quality of aca­de­mic theses and fa­ci­li­ta­te initial re­se­arch achie­ve­ments. The program streng­t­hens the sci­en­ti­fic cu­rio­si­ty of the scho­l­ar­ship holders and mo­ti­va­tes them to pursue an aca­de­mic career.

Suc­cess­ful can­di­da­tes receive a monthly grant of €1.000 for one year. An­nu­al­ly, a total of up to 55 stu­dents will be funded.

The program is aimed at out­stan­din­gly curious and ta­len­ted stu­dents from all subject areas who are pur­suing a ba­che­lor’s or master’s degree at a German uni­ver­si­ty and still have two se­mes­ters of study ahead of them. Stu­dents are ex­pec­ted to de­mons­tra­te a keen in­te­rest in the key re­se­arch ques­ti­ons in their re­spec­tive fields, ap­proa­ching them from un­con­ven­tio­nal angles. Pre­fe­rence will be given to can­di­da­tes with in­ter­na­tio­nal ex­pe­ri­ence.

Once the call is open, Wübben Stif­tung Wis­sen­schaft will ask the spo­kes­per­sons of the Clus­ters of Ex­cel­lence funded by the German Re­se­arch Foun­da­ti­on (DFG) to each submit up to two no­mi­na­ti­ons. Can­di­da­tes will then be invited to submit their ap­p­li­ca­ti­on via our ap­p­li­ca­ti­on portal. 

• June 1, 2026: No­mi­na­ti­on dead­line 
• July 26, 2026: Ap­p­li­ca­ti­on dead­line
• by Sep­tem­ber 11, 2026: Ap­pro­val or re­jec­tion letters
• October 1, 2026: Start of the funding period