The German National Academic Foundation or German National Merit Foundation (German: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, short: Studienstiftung) is Germany's largest and most prestigious organisation sponsoring students of outstanding intellectual abilities and personality. It is non-political and non-denominational.
The Studienstiftung promotes future excellence in the areas of science, business, public administration, and the arts. Through it...
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The German National Academic Foundation or German National Merit Foundation (German: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, short: Studienstiftung) is Germany's largest and most prestigious organisation sponsoring students of outstanding intellectual abilities and personality. It is non-political and non-denominational.
The Studienstiftung promotes future excellence in the areas of science, business, public administration, and the arts. Through its sponsorship programme it promotes academic consolidation, interdisciplinary dialogue, a cosmopolitan world view and international experience.
The Studienstiftung is financially supported and subsidised by the Federal Government of Germany, the German Federal States and local authorities as well as by a large number of private donors.
The German National Academic Foundation was founded in Dresden in 1925, dissolved in 1934 and re-founded as a registered association in Cologne in 1948. During its existence, it has sponsored more than 40,000...
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