PhD Fellowships, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Germany

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds awards PhD scholarships to outstanding junior scientists (max. age: 27 years) who wish to pursue an ambitious PhD project about 3 years in basic biomedical research in a leading international laboratory. Peer-review selection process based on very competitive. Applicants should therefore be exceptional in all three selection criteria.

Purpose
To promote basic research in biomedicine by providing the best young, up-and-coming scientists with a comprehensive support during the phase of their PhD.

More than a monthly allowance
The fellowship consists of a competitive monthly salary is initially granted for 2 years and can be extended to 12 months. Participation in international scientific conference is also supported. In addition, the grantee has to offer personal support, seminars to discuss their projects, training, communications and alumni gathering, and thus can become part of a worldwide network.

Time and selection
Deadline for applications: February 1, June 1, October 1 each year. Pre-selection takes approximately 4 weeks after each deadline, and the final selection of about 5 months after each deadline.

Who Can Apply for PhD Fellowship?
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards PhD fellowships to European citizens working in Europe or overseas, and non-European citizens pursuing their PhD project in Europe. Applicants must not be older than 27 years on each of the deadline (February 1, June 1, October 1).

PhD project must be experimental, in the field of basic biomedical research and aims to determine the basic biological phenomena of human life and acquire new scientific knowledge. For a survey on various topics, please see the FUTURA, an international journal of the foundation. Natural scientists have been awarded their diploma, BSc, MSc or equivalent degree; doctors, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists should have passed their state exams.

At the time, the applicant should not work on his / her project for more than 6 months. Beginning of the PhD project is considered by the BIF be:

date of final exams (eg BSc, MSc, Diploma, DEA, Licenciatura, Laurea) in an official certificate if the applicant continues to work in the same research group, or
months of arriving in the laboratory in which the PhD project pursued if the applicant changed his / her research group.

In other cases, namely when participating in MSc / PhD programs or graduate school with no formal final examination before the PhD project, please contact us. The Foundation gives preference to applicants who will begin their PhD work when they apply for the fellowship; preliminary results are not expected.

We do not support

applied research, such as biotechnology and pharmaceutical development and studies on the course of the disease or the treatment of symptoms;
botanical and prokaryotic investigations unless they are biologically important public;
education, we can support research only. Scholarship because it can not be used during any phase and the rotation of the PhD program, but only for the duration of the PhD project;
with a PhD scholarship can not be used to supplement inadequate funding from other institutions or earned income, to bridge temporary financial difficulties or to resolve an investigation has been sponsored by other agencies.

Conditions for PhD Scholarships
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds must be notified if the application is filed with the other sponsoring research institutions. If an applicant took the award from another institution before making Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, the application to the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds is considered withdrawn, and the foundation should be immediately notified.