Funding and Promotion
Our funding and promotion at a glance
Internship mediation
Are you from the Baltic States or Ukraine and looking for an internship in Germany?
Are you from Germany and looking for an internship in the Baltic States?
We'll be happy to help you with your search!
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Scholarships
Are you a student from Germany, the Baltic States or Ukraine and would you like to work towards German-Baltic mutual understanding during your studies and strengthen its sustainably?
Then our scholarship program is just right for you!
Loan
Our Birk Fund supports Baltic Germans and their families for the purpose of vocational training, further vocational education and career advancement.
Internship mediation
An internship abroad is a fantastic opportunity to grow personally and professionally. It offers the chance to get to know new cultures and ways of working, improve your language skills and build an international network.
However, it is not always easy to find a suitable internship abroad. For internships in Germany or the Baltic States, we are happy to help you with your search! Simply contact us using our contact form or get in touch with one of our four country offices directly!
Scholarships
The German-Baltic Future Foundation supports:
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Students from the Baltic States or Germany during their studies or internship in Germany, Scandinavia or the Baltic States who want to work for German-Baltic understanding
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Students from Ukraine during their studies or an internship in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania who want to make a lasting social contribution to understanding with the Baltic States in their home country
Scholarship holders are obliged to attend at least one seminar run by the Academic Foundation each semester for the duration of their scholarship. In return, they pay a reduced participation fee.
Even after the end of the scholarship period, the German-Baltic Study Foundation supports its scholarship holders through the alumni network.
Since 1989, our scholarship program has supported over 60 students from the Baltic States and has been supported for many years by a group of Philistines from the Fraternitas Dorpatensis in Munich.
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Loan
In 2014, the German-Baltic Future Foundation took over the work of the Birk Fund , which has been supporting people with German-Baltic roots and people from the Baltic States since 1956. The Birk Fund supports needy Baltic Germans and their families for the purpose of vocational training, further education and support. In addition, nationals of the Baltic States can be supported to an extent that is reviewed annually if they
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are in training in Germany
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are involved in research or promotion of German-Baltic cultural assets or
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deal with the relations between the Baltic States and Germany
If the last two conditions also apply to Germans of non-Baltic origin, funding is also possible.
To receive a loan from the Birk Fund, borrowers need two guarantors. Applications for a loan can be sent by email to the managing director Tatjana Vollers .
Thanks to our generous sponsors and partners, we have already been able to award over 250 loans and 60 scholarships.
If you would like to support the young and great people who are committed to European exchange and a sustainable future, you can find the page for sponsors here .