Brief Description:
The Heinz-Kühn-Stiftung
fellowship in Germany is presently accepting applications. The
Heinz-Kühn-Stiftung scholarships are designed to help junior journalists
advance their careers by providing them with opportunities to train in various
locations and gain firsthand understanding of other cultures’ customs,
opinions, and lifestyles. As a result, the foundation awards six-week or
three-month reporting excursions to underdeveloped nations in Africa, Asia, and
Latin America to young journalists from North Rhine-Westphalia.
Similarly, the foundation assists
individuals from underdeveloped nations in gaining professional journalism
experience in North Rhine-Westphalia for approximately three months.
Scholarship Details:
Opportunity Type: Fully
Funded
Language Requirement: Not
Required
Language of Instruction: English,
German
Application deadline: 30
November 2021
Host institution: Heinz-Kühn-Foundation
Location: Different countries
Duration: Up to three months
Benefits of Scholarship:
Scholarship holders receive the
following in the lead up to and throughout the duration of the scholarship:
·
a lump-sum contribution
towards living costs in the host country (with payments covering training and
living expenses in the host country);
·
a lump-sum allowance for
flight and traveling expenses (the foundation covers a return air ticket for
candidates from overseas);
·
a stipend for research
materials costs (e.g., literature);
·
a grant for trips within
the host country; and,
·
(If necessary, for
scholarship awardees from abroad) a German language course of almost two months
at the Düsseldorf or Bonn based Goethe-Institute.
Eligibility:
Young journalists from
North-Rhine-Westphalia and developing countries qualify for a scholarship if
they meet the following requirements:
·
have a deep interest in
development issues;
·
have already attained
significant professional experience in journalism (a completed college
education is preferable);
·
are not above 35 years of
age; and,
·
Enjoy a good proficiency
in the official language of their host country (applicants from abroad must at
least have a basic knowledge of the German language).
·
Note: German Scholarship
holders also can apply to this fellowship and agree a plan for their training
and professional development in their host country and follow that plan during
the scholarship to the best of their ability.
Successful candidates’ obligations
·
German and foreign
scholarship recipients have to identify and agree on a plan with the foundation
for their training and professional development in their host country and to
follow this plan during the scholarship to the best of their power. Furthermore,
they also agree to submit a detailed report of their stay in the host country
within six weeks of graduating from the scholarship.
Selection mechanism
·
Applicants from the above
target areas who are eligible and have been short-listed for a scholarship will
be invited to an interview with a selection committee headed by a member of the
managing board of the Foundation.
·
Moreover, the board of
trustees of the Heinz-Kühn-Foundation, on the recommendation of the selection
committee, takes the final decision.
Required documents
·
The following documents
should be submitted with the application:
·
CV in tabular form and a
photograph;
·
certificates of vocational
training and present profession;
·
foreign languages
certificates;
·
Overseas candidates should
provide a letter of motivation in German.
·
For further inquiries, you
could contact umkilian@stk.nrw.de.
·
If you need additional
information, please go through the official
link of Heinz Kuehn Stiftung .
How to Apply?
·
Eligible journalists for a
scholarship should first contact the foundation to discuss probable host
countries and their topics of choice. Get ready and explore the one world with
the foundation.
·
Submit your application to
the email address below by November 30, 2021: umkilian@stk.nrw.de
·
The foundation’s postal
address is:
·
Ministerpräsident des
Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
·
Heinz-Kühn-Stiftung
·
Stadttor 1
·
40190 Düsseldorf
Deadline: 30
November 2021
