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Germany: PhD Fellowships - Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
Closing date: February 1, June 1, October 1

Three times a year, the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds awards approximately 15 PhD scholarships, taking into consideration only activities concerned with basic research and aimed at acquiring new scientific knowledge. The Foundation supports projects aimed to elucidate basic phenomena of human life. Botanical and prokayotic investigations are supported only if they are of general biological importance.

PhD scholarships are granted for at least two years and can be extended for up to another twelve months. They are not intended to supplement inadequate funding from other institutions or earned incomes. Nor does the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds allocate funds to bridge temporary financial difficulties or promote the completion of investigations already sponsored by other institutions.

Applicants should not be older than 27 years. Natural scientists may apply after having submitted a diploma or an equivalent thesis; physicians, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists should have passed the state examinations. Nationality is irrelevant. European citizens are supported in Europe or overseas; non-European citizens receive support when working in Europe.

Applications are to be submitted to the secretariat by the following deadlines: 1 February, 1 June, 1 October. At the deadline the applicant should not have worked on his/her project for longer than six months. The beginning of the PhD project is considered (by B.I.F) to be: (1) the date of the final examination (e.g. Diploma, MSc, BSc, DEA) on the official certificate when the applicant continues to work in the same research group; or (2) the month of arrival in the laboratory in which the PhD project is pursued when the applicant changes his/her research project and research group. In other cases, i.e. when participating in MSc/PhD programmes or graduate schools without an official final examination prior to the PhD project, please contact the foundation. The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds gives preference to applicants who are just beginning their PhD work when they apply for the scholarship; preliminary results are not expected.

Four weeks after the respective deadline, applicants will be informed whether they passed the first round of selection. The final decision on the applications selected in the first round will be reached approximately five months after the deadline.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds must be notified if an application is submitted to any other research-sponsoring institution. Should an applicant accept an award from another institution prior to the Foundation's decision, the application to the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds is considered withdrawn. The secretariat must be notified without delay.

With an award rate of about 15%, only the best 5% of any one year can justifiably anticipate receiving a Boehringer Ingelheim PhD scholarship. The Foundation notes with pleasure that its awards have the reputation of testifying excellence. As a result of the high standards, Boehringer Ingelheim scholars can be assured that, even under difficult conditions, they will later secure choice jobs at universities, research institutes or in industry all over the world.

For more info: http://www.bifonds.de/