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2nd German Higher Education Virtual Fair: Put Germany on your Resume! Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals BGHS announces two scholarship programs for Summer 2016
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October 2, 2015

2nd German Higher Education Virtual Fair: Put Germany on your Resume!

Join DAAD for the 2nd German Higher Education Virtual Fair on October 9th! We will be on hand to answer any questions you have about scholarship opportunities and the application process. You will also get the chance to talk personally with representatives of 15 German universities with diverse specializations and learn more about the wide variety of academic programs available to international students. No German skills required!

The virtual fair will also feature information sessions and videos explaining different aspects about German higher education. For more information and registration, please click here.

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals

Cultural Vistas invites young American professionals and students to apply for the 2016-2017 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals fellowship program. Conceived and funded by members of the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag over 30 years ago, the program is a reciprocal exchange initiative that allows 75 American and 75 German Young Professionals to spend one year in each other’s countries, studying, interning, and living with hosts on a cultural immersion program. The program is open to candidates in all career fields.

American recipients of the CBYX fellowship spend a full year of cultural exchange in Germany, including two months of intensive language courses, four months of university classes in their field, and a five-month internship. Program highlights include:
- Broad cultural immersion including intensive language study, exposure to Germany’s higher educational system, and professional work experience in the participant’s field.
- Intensive German language training for the first 8 weeks of the program in Germany. No German language skills required at time of application.
- Federal funding that covers international airfare, a monthly stipend to cover basic living expenses, housing with a German host family or shared apartment, health insurance, and program-related travel within Germany.

The deadline to apply for CBYX is December 1, 2015. More information can be found online at www.cbyx.info, or by contacting Cultural Vistas at [email protected] or 212-497-3522.

BGHS announces two scholarship programs for Summer 2016

Supported by the Excellence Initiative, the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology is offering two four-month scholarship programs for the Summer Term 2016 (April 1 until July 31, 2016). Visiting Fellowships are awarded to international doctoral researchers whose dissertation has a historical, sociological, social-anthropological or political science focus. International MA graduates can apply for start-up scholarships to pursue a doctoral degree in these fields as well. Recipients receive the opportunity to prepare a convincing proposal for a dissertation project. Applications should be submitted via the online application portal no later than January 15, 2016.

For more information, visit www.uni-bielefeld.de/bghs or send an email to [email protected].