Start (scholarship)

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START is the title of a scholarship program run by the START-Stiftung gGmbH , which supports talented students with a history of migration in Germany. In a three-year education and engagement program, the young people are accompanied on their personal journey through the transfer of skills, coaching and financial support.

The START scholarship is also awarded in parts of Austria by the START Scholarship Austria Association.

Admission criteria

All young people who immigrated to Germany themselves or their parents can apply (as of 2019). When starting the program, the young people must attend at least the 9th grade and go to school in Germany for at least three more years. Pupils of all types of schools can apply.

The students must perform well at school and demonstrate social commitment.

There must be a strong and remarkable personality potential. Social competence should be achieved through involvement in school or in other political, societal and social areas, e.g. B. be identified as class representative, editor of the school newspaper, etc. In addition, the students must have the ability to work in a team, motivation and ability to perform.

Services

The scholarship program includes non-material and financial support for the students.

A press release from the Hertie Foundation in 2014 stated in more detail:

“The core is the ideal support with seminars u. a. in the areas of communication, engagement, personality development, nature and technology, politics, sport, art and music, holiday academies and the annual summer campus. In addition, there are visits to cultural events, excursions to companies, clubs, public institutions, working groups and advice on training, study and life planning. "

The scholarship holders also receive an "education allowance" totaling € 1,000 per year (as of 2017) for educational needs such as B. Books, tutoring and school trips. If required, additional services for tuition, language courses, study trips, internships and the like can be approved.

The number of scholarship holders is more than 670, a total of more than 2,000 students have been funded so far (as of January 2019).

carrier

The scholarship program is run by the START Foundation - an initiative of the Hertie Foundation .

It is supported by around 120 partners from politics, business and society financially and ideally or with personal help. The supporters, also known as sponsors, include private individuals, companies and associations.

reception

The START scholarship was awarded in 2010 by the non-profit analysis and consulting company Phineo with the "Active" donation seal for its high social impact.

In 2009, however, criticism arose from a study that the foundation would often award scholarships to students from families with a higher educational background, which would result in "a similar cementing of origins with regard to the future that already characterizes society as a whole".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b START Foundation: START - The student scholarship program for talented young people with a migration background. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ START Austria - START grants. Retrieved February 3, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ 160 new scholarship holders accepted - for the first time also in Bavaria. August 1, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ START Foundation: This is your chance - apply! Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Application: questions and answers. START Foundation, accessed on January 19, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Federal Agency for Civic Education: START scholarship for talented young people with a migration background | BfDT Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ BMBF Scholarship Guide / START - The student scholarship program for talented young people with a history of migration. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b START scholarship program. In: www.phineo.org. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  9. ^ Philipp Woldin: New fighters for a living democracy . Ed .: Die Welt . September 13, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed January 19, 2019]).
  10. ↑ START Foundation promotes the commitment of its scholarship holders with the competition “Weltverbesserer - Engagements that make a difference!” Hertie Foundation, August 8, 2014, accessed on January 6, 2018 .
  11. ↑ START scholarship for young immigrants - apply now! In: NR Kurier. February 9, 2017, accessed November 5, 2017 .
  12. ↑ START Foundation (Ed.): Portrait of the START Foundation 2018/19 . Frankfurt am Main January 2019 ( start-stiftung.de [PDF]).
  13. ↑ START student grants. START Foundation. Hertie Foundation, accessed January 6, 2018 .
  14. ^ Aachener Zeitung: Start-up scholarship: equal educational opportunities for all students. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Michael Bommes, Irina Grünheid, Maren Wilmes: Migranten am START. A study on behalf of the START - Stiftung gGmbH . Ed .: University of Osnabrück. July 2008 ( uni-osnabrueck.de [PDF]).
  16. ↑ Christine Brinck: Scholarships for Migrants: It can be even better . In: The time . February 7, 2012, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 19, 2019]).