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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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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY JUDGE RALPH J PERDRIAU POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMON LAW

LOCATION: Australia

This prestigious stipend scholarship supports research students from the Sydney Law School to conduct research in common law

ELIGIBILITY:

The Scholarship is offered subject to the candidate having an unconditional offer of admission or being currently enrolled to study full-time in a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Laws (LLM) by Research within the Sydney Law School.

You must:

have an unconditional offer of admission to study full-time in a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Laws (LLM) by Research within the Sydney Law School

be willing to conduct research in common law

hold at least one of the following degrees:

a Bachelor of Laws (Honours First Class) or equivalent, or

 a Master of Laws by Research, or

a Master of Laws by Coursework including a research component equivalent to 25% of one year’s full-time enrolment

a degree in Law together with research and/or professional experience deemed to be equivalent to first class honours.

The scholarship has been established with the aim of attracting top candidates, who have well-developed research projects and who would be competitive at top international institutes of higher learning, to do their research degree at the Sydney Law School. The School may also prioritise candidates whose research aligns with the School’s strategic research priorities.

Preference will be given to commencing candidates, though the Scholarship may exceptionally be awarded to currently enrolled full-time PhD, or LLM by Research students demonstrating progress towards timely thesis completion and exceptional research achievements.

BENEFIT:

This scholarship can be awarded as either a Primary or Supplementary scholarship.

 i. When offered as primary, the Scholarship will provide a primary stipend allowance up to $50,000 per annum as per the below duration:

up to 1.75 years for a successful full-time LLM by Research recipient. No extension is possible.

up to 3 years for a successful full-time PhD recipient with a possible six months extension.

ii. When offered as supplementary (stipend), the Scholarship will provide a supplementary stipend allowance to match a total stipend value (i.e. primary plus supplementary) up to $50,000 per annum as per the below duration:

up to 1.75 years for a successful full-time LLM by Research recipient. No extension is possible.

up to 3 years for a successful full-time PhD recipient with a possible six months extension.

iii. When offered as either primary or supplementary (one-off payment), the Scholarship value will be paid as a one-off payment on receipt of Scholarship Acceptance Form. The value of the scholarship will be mentioned in the offer letter. 

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