Submit Applications for Haniel Scholarship Program (Germany)

Promising young talents are encouraged to acquire additional qualifications to take on roles in sustainable corporate management. This is intended to ensure that companies consistently focus on performance through sustainability. Seven to eight scholarships can be awarded annually for a study abroad program and a subsequent internship in Europe and outside of Europe.

Both the Haniel Foundation’s work and that of the founding company demonstrate and prove anew every day how grandchild skills are further developed across generations: strengthening specialist knowledge and thinking outside the box, supporting the strong in such a way that the weak also benefit, and strengthening the entrepreneurial skills of those who strive not only for economic success but also for social change.

With this in mind, the Haniel Foundation, through the Haniel Scholarship Program of the Academic Foundation, supports talented individuals in researching and understanding how entrepreneurial success can be achieved through sustainability. It aims to promote sustainable ideas and bright minds and create a value-oriented network.

Benefits

• Admission to the German National Academic Foundation and the Haniel Foundation
• Monthly full scholarship (1,200 euros in European countries, 1,500 euros in Great Britain, the USA and most non-European countries)
• Tuition fees covered for a maximum of two years (up to €14,000 per year in the USA and Great Britain and up to €10,000 per year in all other countries)
• One-time entry fee of 500 euros
• One-time travel allowance of 1,000 euros

Program Specifications

• Business-related postgraduate studies with sustainable study content abroad with an internationally recognized (additional) degree, which must be organized independently by the scholarship holders
• Duration: 12 to a maximum of 22 months, including an internship (2 – 3 months); there is also the option of completing this internship in a Haniel Group company.

Eligibility Criteria

• A high level of qualification and the willingness to combine a study stay abroad of at least two semesters with an internship of several months in a commercial company are the basis for the funding.
• In addition:
  • The program is open to students of all disciplines with a demonstrated interest in child-friendly business management. This interest can be demonstrated through evidence of child-friendly study focuses and content, as well as relevant extracurricular activities.
  • It requires an excellent university or university of applied sciences degree (at least a Bachelor’s degree) at the latest by the start of the program.
  • By the application deadline, the last university degree obtained according to the date of the diploma must not have been more than five years ago.
  • Prior funding from the scholarship foundation is not necessary.
• Students without German citizenship can apply if they:
  • have acquired their higher education entrance qualification in Germany or at a German school abroad (“educational nationals”) or
  • are treated as Germans in accordance with the requirements set out in Section 8 of the BAföG or are citizens of an EU country or Switzerland and have obtained their most recent university degree (Bachelor/Master/Diploma/State Examination) in Germany and
  • meet the other participation requirements.

For more information, visit German National Academic Foundation.