The Heinrich Böll Foundation awards scholarships to international students who come to Germany to study. The programme is being implemented in accordance with the guidelines issued by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).
The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1500 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students of all subjects and nationalities per year, who are pursuing their degree at universities, universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’), or universities of the arts (‘Kunst-/Musikhochschulen’).
We expect our scholarship recipients to have excellent academic records, to be socially and politically engaged, and to have an active interest in the basic values of the foundation: ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self determination and justice.
Application Process
Go to Heinrich Böll Foundation on stipendium.boell.de to apply
Please note: We accept only online applications
- Gather information on the application process and the requested documents
- Register for the online application portal
- Provide the requested information in the Online Application Portal
- After uploading all of your documents, submit your application before the end of the application deadline
Required Documents:
A complete set of application documents needs to be uploaded to the web portal as pdf versions of the following documents; only if all documents are received by the deadline, the application is considered complete.
The document’s template is available from our website and from the download center of the application portal https://www.boell.de/de/stipendium-studium. Please enter the following data online into the pdf form.
- Your personal data and CV
- Your motivation for are applying to the Heinrich Böll Foundation
- An outline of your motivation for studying your chosen subject and of your main areas of interest
- An outline of your social commitments and political interests et al.
University entrance qualification
- A copy of your Abitur, baccalaureate or university entrance qualification
- If required, a German or English translation by a certified translator
Certified copy of your first degree certificate
- Certified copy of the degree certificate, with German or English translation if required, along with an explanation of the grading if it differs from the German system (cf Modifizierte Bayerische Formel on the Internet)
Please inform your referee that for the expert reference he or she needs to use the form provided. It can be downloaded from the website at https://www.boell.de/en/application.
