HessenFonds for Refugees and Researchers at RiskLocation: Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

What is offered: Residency or fellowship (on site)

Who is it for: Students, Scholars I PhD, postdoc, senior I

For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia

Support period: 1 year

Link to Website: https://wissenschaft.hessen.de/studieren/international-students/hessenfonds-fuer-fluechtlinge/hessenfonds-for-refugees?fbclid=IwAR0Vrvq2DTz_CwhDMQ7nRVH_NGgFtGvCj8NCMHNMw-wCy4YuWivqAlqtQTw

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 PhD students) who are threatened by persecution in their home countries (researchers at risk). Requirements are: applicants are entitled to asylum or recognized refugee for no longer than four years by the start of funding; the maximum duration of constant residence in Germany must not be longer than five years by the start of funding; follow-up applications need a separate explanatory statement.

Applications have to be submitted to the respective state university in Hessen. Please inquire at an early stage when the application documents have to be submitted to the responsible office of the university. The universities nominate qualified candidates for the scholarships to the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts A direct application at the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts is not possible. The next funding period will start in October 2022.