Start Scholarship

Help for students with an immigrant background. SAARBRUCKEN awards for the seventh time the Start Foundation - a project of the Hertie-Stiftung gGmbH in Saarland scholarships to dedicated and high achievers with a migration background.

Start supports young people on their way to school and strengthen their educational opportunities. For participation are required in addition to the family migrant community involvement and good school grades. The scholarship is aimed specifically at students of all types of schools. Applicants should be grades 9 or 10 (at 13 years of schooling) or visit 8 or 9 (at 12 years of schooling).

In addition to a monthly payment of €100  for education related purchases and activities include the scholarship a laptop with printer and Internet connection. In the center of the ideological promotion seminars are in the areas of personality development, public speaking, democracy, media and intercultural competence. In addition, fellows attend events with an artistic, social and natural science as well as economic and sporting focus.

application
From February 1 to  March 1, interested parties can submit stiftung.de www.start on a short application. This is a first register, then after will be forwarded to the application form. Has the short application convinced the candidate receives the request, the online profile to 20 Add to april. The final selection of the new scholarship is based on personal interviews, which took place before the summer holidays.