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Student Grant

Wübben Foun­da­ti­on Student Grants give stu­dents the op­por­tu­ni­ty to con­cen­tra­te fully on their studies during the final year of their ba­che­lor’s or master’s degree.

The program is for
out­stan­ding ba­che­lor or master stu­dents
Amount and period funded
€1.000 monthly for one year
Eli­gi­bi­li­ty
Stu­dents of all fields pur­suing a ba­che­lor’s or master’s degree at a German uni­ver­si­ty who are about to start the final two se­mes­ters of their program and have been no­mi­na­ted by a Cluster of Ex­cel­lence spo­kes­per­son

 

Funding

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

Who is eli­gi­ble?

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.

No­mi­na­ti­ons and ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons

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. 

Dates & dead­lines

  • January 30 - Fe­bru­a­ry 1, 2026: Student Gran­tees Meeting 2026 in Berlin
  • Summer 2026: No­mi­na­ti­on and ap­p­li­ca­ti­on dead­line for the 2027 cohort
  • October 1, 2026: Start of the 2027 funding period

The exact dates for the next no­mi­na­ti­on and ap­p­li­ca­ti­on dead­lines will be avail­ab­le on this page from March 1, 2026.

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