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

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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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DOUG PENSINGER SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY FUND 

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Application Opens: March 15 ; Deadline: 1 May 2025

LOCATION: USA

The Doug Pensinger Photography Fund supports emerging and early-career sports photographers. Submissions can only be made through the application process on Picter.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Doug Pensinger Photography Fund supports emerging and early-career sports photographers. Photographers with more than 3 years cumulative paid professional sports photography experience are considered beyond the scope of the DPPF’s programs.

DPPF programs accept international applicants, but the DPPF is unable to award grants to photographers from countries against which the U.S. has active sanctions.

Previous DPPF grant recipients are not eligible to apply.

The application will be live on the Picter platform beginning on March 15.

The deadline is 11:59pm on May 1, according to your time zone (determined by the IP address on your computer.)

Resume: Must include dates and be in English. Please note that in addition to demonstrating that you are a serious aspiring sports photographer, the resume is also the tool that the DPPF uses to determine that your level of experience does not exceed the limits of eligibility. Entry is FREE

Professional Bio: 1500-character maximum

Portfolio: 20 sports photography images (action and portrait both accepted), minimum size 1500px long side. All 20 required images must be taken on or after 1/1/2021. 15 of the required 20 images must be taken on or after 1/1/2023

Optional Mentorship Essay: Up to three Primary Grant winners will be chosen to receive a year-long mentorship during which they will receive access to leading industry professionals on the DPPF Advisory Board. Applying for a mentorship is not required to compete for a DPPF grant. More information on the DPPF mentorships is here.
Mentorship applicants are required to answer the following question: How would you benefit from a mentorship with members of the DPPF’s Advisory Board? (1500-character maximum)

BENEFIT:

7 photographers will be chosen to receive $5,000 grants to be spent on career development. They will also receive an expenses-paid trip to the 2026 DPPF Sports Photography Gathering.

Additional Opportunities (essays required, see below)

Up to 3 of those seven grant recipients will be chosen to receive a year-long mentorship with leading industry professionals on the DPPF Advisory Board.

Up to 3 additional applications may be chosen for Development Grants of $2,500.

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