As an applicant for a one year scholarship by the Free State of Bavaria you need to:

• have the nationality of one of the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia or the Ukraine.
• be living full-time in your home country at the time of application.
• be no older than 30 in the first year of your scholarship (i.e. on the 1.10.2011).
• be needy, meaning that you are not able to finance your studies at a Bavarian university yourself, nor through the funds of a third party (for example through a scholarship from another institution).
• provide evidence of your German language skills, which should be at a level that you can master seminars and accordingly academic papers in German without difficulty. Note: when researching at an institute, where the working language is English, it is sufficient to send evidence of your English language skills. In addition, your supervisor at the Bavarian university has to confirm that your Eng-lish language skills are sufficient for the planned research project. The same goes for study pro-grams conducted in English.
• be able to give evidence at the time of application that you have achieved/ or will achieve a distinc-tively above-average university degree.
• be matriculated in a Master- or PhD-program at a Bavarian University of your choice during the pe-riod of your granted scholarship.

The scholarship is paid out monthly (700 €) and amounts to 8400 € per year. Students with children or an unemployed partner and at least one child receive 860 € per month, which amounts to 10320 € per year. Candidates should send their documents to the address specified in the application forms.

Deadline for first time applications: 15.02.2011 (date of receipt!)
Deadline for applications of extension: 15.03.2011 (date of receipt!)

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