BAYER FOUNDATION SCIENTIFIC FELLOWSHIPS FOR MASTER, PHD, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS 

Application Deadline: April 11, 2025 at 00:00:00 CET

LOCATION: Germany

The Bayer Foundation offers Jeff Schell scientific fellowships for outstanding master’s, PhD, and medical students to pursue international research projects, internships, and more, providing additional funding for international placements to enhance their study programs.

In line with their commitment to gender equality in science, they strongly encourage applications from women, individuals from low- & middle-income countries, parents with caring responsibilities for children, and individuals working within Germany with German as a second language.  

ELIGIBILITY:

Fellowship in Drug Discovery Sciences: For master or PhD students from all scientific disciplines including pharmacy and data science, with fundamental or applied studies with relevance to the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare (over-the-counter) industries.

Fellowship for Agricultural Science: For master or PhD students from all scientific disciplines including data science, with fundamental or applied studies with relevance to the Crop Science industry.

Fellowship for Medical Sciences: For all students of human & veterinary medicine, or master and PhD students in medical engineering, applied medical sciences, data science in medicine and public health.

These fellowships have been established in memory of Otto Bayer, former director of research at Bayer, Jeff Schell, co-founder of Plant Genetic Systems now part of Bayer Crop Science, and Carl Duisberg, former Chairman of the Board of Management at Bayer.

New! Fellowship for Climate & Health: For students in the fields of human or veterinary medicine, or master and PhD students in natural sciences, pharmacy, public health, or epidemiology with relevance to the impact of climate change on health, with a focus on:

The health of women and other vulnerable populations  

Cardio-Renal Health  

Neglected Tropical Diseases  

Respiratory Health

Please contact us with any questions at: bayer.fellowship@bayer.com. 

BENEFIT:

Applicants are eligible for up to 10.000 € funding and can undertake fellowships for up to six months.
The fellowship can be used for research projects, internships and more. People studying in Germany must undertake placements in a second country and those studying outside Germany must undertake their fellowships at a German research institution.

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WATERLOO BLACK BRILLIANCE SANKOFA AWARD

Application Deadline: April 15, 2025

LOCATION: Canada

Two awards, valued at up to $20,000 paid over eight academic terms, will be provided to Black undergraduate students entering Year One of any full-time degree program in the Faculty of Arts.

ELIGIBILITY:

Black undergraduate students entering Year One of any full-time degree program in the Faculty of Arts (Black students may include African, Afro-Caribbean, Black Canadian, Afro-Latine, African American, Afro-Indigenous, or other African descent.)

Selection will be based on a combination of academic achievement and community involvement through extracurricular and/or volunteer activities.

Preference will be given to students who best demonstrate what receiving this award would mean to their pursuit of post-secondary studies.

To be considered, students must submit an online award application by April 15.

Recipients will receive $2,500 per academic term for up to eight terms (1A-4B).

Payments beyond Year One are dependent on maintaining a minimum overall average of 70% and full-time enrolment in the Faculty of Arts.

BENEFIT:

Valued at up to $20,000

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