Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD

Summary:

The prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD Fellowships 2024 are available for exceptional medical students in Germany who wish to pursue an experimental research project in basic biomedical sciences. This scholarship, provided by Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF), offers partial funding, including a monthly stipend and other benefits. The application deadline varies, and the fellowship is open to German nationals.

Application Requirements:

– Candidates must be enrolled in medical studies in Germany and temporarily pause their studies to participate in the MD fellowship.
– The research stay should occur before the third part of the medical examination.
– Applicants should have achieved good or very good results in the first section of the medical examination and throughout their studies.
– Candidates must inform the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds at least 3 months before the planned change of location.
– Submissions must be made within 8 years after the University entrance qualification or high school-leaving exam.
– The fellowship does not support clinical studies, botanical and prokaryotic investigations, or applied research.

Documents Required for Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD Fellowships:

Applicants must submit the following documents:

Personal details:

– Last (family) name
– First name(s)
– Title
– Gender
– Nationality
– Age, date, and place of birth
– Marital status, number of children
– Private address and telephone number(s)
– Current work address
– E-mail address(es) for contact

Scientific education:

– University entrance qualification or high school-leaving exam
– University studies
– Relevant practical training, laboratory visits, clinical traineeships, etc.
– Intermediate and final examinations
– MD thesis (if applicable)

Honours and awards:

– Fellowships
– Prizes

Non-scientific activities:

– Military service or community service
– Maternity or paternity leaves
– Vocational training
– Employment
– Others

Information about the research project:

– Title of the research project
– Future work address (university, institute, laboratory)
– Scientific supervisor(s) at the host institute
– Scientific supervisor at the home university in Germany (name and address)
– Commencement and anticipated end of the research project
– Proposed commencement of the MD fellowship
– Requested duration of the MD fellowship

Project proposal:

– Title of the research project
– Summary of the research project
– Detailed presentation of the project, including introduction, current research status, problem formulation, groundwork, objectives, approaches, methods of investigation, work schedule, and bibliography

References:

– List of up to five articles published in the past five years by the scientific supervisors at the host institute and in Germany

Financial circumstances:

– Applications submitted to other funding institutions
– Present net income per month

Information source:

– Explanation of how the applicants first became aware of the MD fellowship program

Additional documents:

– Letter of motivation describing future goals, reasons for choosing the experimental research project and host laboratory, and career trajectory
– Copy of certificates for the first section of the medical examination and subsequent study achievements
– Copy of the certificate of university entrance qualification or high school-leaving exam
– Letter of recommendation
– Acceptance from a scientific supervisor at the host institute
– Letter of recommendation from a supervisor in the applicants’ home country
– Official confirmation of the interruption of studies and clinical activities for the duration of the MD fellowship program

Selection Criteria:

– Evaluation of applicants’ achievements
– Scientific quality of the proposed research project
– Scientific standard of the laboratory where the project will be conducted

Application:

– Applications must be submitted to the BIF at least three months before the intended change of location and start in the host laboratory.
– Applicants should send their application electronically as a single password-protected PDF file (maximum size 10 MB), with the password sent separately.

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