The August Wilhelm von Hofmann Foundation set up by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) is once again awarding scholarships for the 2021 summer semester. Bachelor's, diploma or final-year students of chemistry and related fields can receive a scholarship of 300 euros per month for a period of 18 or twelve months from April 2021. Applications must be submitted via the online portal by February 1, 2021.
Bachelor's, diploma or final-year students in chemistry and related fields with very good academic achievements who find themselves in an economically unfavorable situation can apply for one of around twenty scholarships from the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Foundation. Commitment outside of studies is also a criterion for the award. A further requirement is that students must be in the fourth or fifth semester of their degree course at the start of the 2020 summer semester. The scholarship ends at the end of the sixth semester at the latest.
The scholarship cannot be extended. A new application cycle takes place annually in the winter semester. The scholarship is not offset against BAföG benefits, but double funding alongside other performance-based material funding from the organizations for the promotion of gifted students is excluded.
The August Wilhelm von Hofmann Foundation is named after the first president of the GDCh's predecessor organization, the German Chemical Society, which was founded in 1867. The founder was a long-standing GDCh member who died in 2010 and bequeathed the majority of his assets to the GDCh in order to support talented chemistry students.
