Bayer Science & Education Foundation launches new round of funding

Published: 9-Jun-2016

Offers €350,000 to support study projects around the world with relevance for life sciences, chemistry and medicine


Applications for the Bayer Science & Education Foundation's international scholarship programmes are now being accepted for this year.

Students can apply for an Otto Bayer, Carl Duisberg, Jeff Schell, or Kurt Hansen scholarship if they are aiming to undertake a study project abroad or from foreign countries planning a project in Germany.

The subjects funded include all fields of study related to life sciences, chemistry or medicine as well as agricultural engineering, biology, biochemistry, plant-/biotechnology, bio/chemical process engineering, human and veterinary medicine, pharmacy, computational life sciences and teacher training in biology or chemistry.

The Bayer Science & Education Foundation's programme this year offers an extra budget of €50,000 for students from African countries who are planning study projects on the scientific topics above in Germany.

In addition to the scholarships in the academic sector, the Hermann Strenger scholarships are available to support young people on a non-academic training programme looking to gain initial work experience abroad. Applications are invited from trainees in commercial, industrial, scientific or medical occupations as well as young professionals in these fields who have completed their training within the past two years.

With this programme, the Bayer Science & Education Foundation is looking to offer targeted funding to young people in the non-academic sector, enabling them to gain professional experience abroad.

The application deadline for all of the scholarship programmes is 18 July.

Application forms and further information are available here.

An independent scientific committee will award funding in mid September 2016.

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