TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Terms and Conditions for the Granting of Scholarships

We appreciate your interest in a Reiner Lemoine Stiftung scholarship. In the following you will find the foundation’s terms and conditions for funding.

• Applications can be filed by university students as well as professionals who want to earn a doctorate while working

• The scholarship is usually granted for three years

• After one year the scholarship holders present their research results to the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Reiner Lemoine Stiftung; Duration of the presentation: 20 minutes. In addition to this the scholarship holders are required to hand in a statement of their supervising professor after the first year of funding.

• The degree-awarding university will be the contractual partner of the foundation

• The scholarships are based on the TVÖD (German public service pay scale)
  The foundation may finance in each case 50 – 100% of the scientific post and the percentage is based on the scholarship holder’s salary (gross wages). The university pays the rest of the general expenses.
  Note: Applicants who can prove a co-financing by the industry will be favoured. The co-financer has to be named.

• In general the foundation does not finance any material goods; however exceptions are not ruled out.

• A maximum of eight scholarships can be granted per year.

• The scholarship holder has to meet the requirements of the university and its doctoral degree regulations.

• The scholarship holder agrees to give a PDF-file of his dissertation to the Reiner Lemoine Stiftung for publication on the RLS-website. The scholarship holder agrees to be mentioned on the RLS-website.