Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

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The application period 2017/2018 is now open until 18 July 2017. International students from the following disciplines are invited to apply:

Otto Bayer Fellowship

• Biology and molecular biology
  
• Biotechnology, bioengineering and bioinformatics / computational life sciences
  
• Chemistry and biochemistry
  
• Pharmaceutics & drug discovery

Carl Duisberg Fellowship

• Human medicine, veterinary medicine, public health
  
• Medical sciences and medical engineering

Jeff Schell Fellowship

• Agricultural sciences and agronomy
  
• Digital farming
  
• Crop protection, seeds and green biotechnology
  
• Environmental sciences and agricultural sustainability

Kurt Hansen Fellowship

• Science teachers in chemistry and biology

Bayer offers individual financial support for students (up to PhD level) or young professionals who intend to come from abroad to Germany for a special study/research project, eg a lab project or internship, a special study course, or the clinical phase of a traineeship as a physician.

Further selection criteria include good study grades and a concrete project with detailed project plan and a confirmation from the host institution at which the project shall be conducted.

Non-academic apprentices

The Hermann Strenger Scholarship promotes international work experience for talents with a non-academic background. Applications are welcome from trainees, apprentices and young professionals who wish to gain work experience abroad, eg through on-the-job assignments, internships or training courses. The following non-academic disciplines are particularly in focus:

• Science-related work fields (e.g. lab assistants)
  
• Health sector, healthcare professionals
  
• Business administration, assistants
  
• Technical professions

Scholarships are granted exclusively to apprentices or young professionals from Germany who wish to work abroad, or to foreign apprentices or young professionals who are interested in a project assignment in Germany.

For more information, go to www.bayer-foundations.com/en/international-fellowship.aspx.