The Heinrich Böll Foundation, which maintains close ties with the German Green Party, awards scholarships for German and international doctoral candidates from any discipline. Candidates are tomorrow's experts and leaders. They come from any country and are sympathetic to the goals of the "green" political movement. They are prepared to take responsibility and advocate the green Foundation's ideals in an international context: the concepts of democracy, ecology, solidarity and nonviolence.

Beyond the financial support, the programme offers non-material support such as specialist meetings, workshops or networking events, which aim at fostering personal growth, promoting interdisciplinary qualification as well as key skills development.

particularly gifted German and international doctoral candidates from any discipline completing promising doctoral dissertations at a German higher education institution showing excellent promise for future academic and professional careers. Moreover, applicants show civic engagement in line with the values of green policy.

admission to post-graduate studies at a state or state-recognised institution of higher education in Germany
German doctoral candidates and international students who qualify as a so-called "Bildungsinländer" can also do a doctorate in another EU country.
Funding is available for doctoral students with research projects on all topics and from all disciplines. Priority is given to research projects related to the Foundation's priority topics.

Each year about 180 scholarships for doctoral candidates are awarded.

The standard funding period is 3 years; in addition, application for renewal is possible for up to 12 months.

Please find information on the current funding here.

Application forms and further information on the application procedure are available here.

1 March and 1 September of each year