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Medical students; applying for a scholarship

The scholarship program is aimed at medical students who later complete their specialist training in rural areas and then work in rural areas for at least five years.

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Purpose and object of the funding

In the coming years, due to demographic change, many doctors in private practice will be looking for a successor or a practice partner. This offers young doctors in particular a wide range of career prospects and opportunities to set up a practice.

The aim of the funding program is to motivate medical students to work in rural areas at an early stage in order to be able to guarantee high-quality medical care that is as close to home as possible in the future.

Eligible applicants

Eligible applicants are students of human medicine at a German university or a university of a member state of the European Union or a state with which there is freedom to provide services or freedom of establishment in the higher education sector on the basis of an agreement with at least one cooperation partner in Bavaria, which has been examined and recognized in accordance with the assessment procedure pursuant to Art. 112 para. 1 of the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act (BayHIG).

This does not apply to students who have been awarded a place via the Bavarian rural doctor quota procedure or a place via the quota for the Bavarian Public Health Service in accordance with the Bavarian Rural and Medical Officers Act.

Type and amount of funding

Funding up to the end of medical studies amounts to 600 euros per month for a maximum of 48 months.

Eligible expenses are living expenses incurred in connection with the studies. Instead of the actual expenses incurred in each individual case, the following flat-rate costs will be applied:

  • € 250 per month for housing,
  • Additional requirements for food € 100 per month,
  • Additional requirements for education and learning materials € 70,
  • Additional needs for health and hygiene €50,
  • Additional needs for communication €50,
  • Additional needs for mobility €50,
  • Additional needs for clothing €90.

The fixed amount is €600 per month.

The funding requires that the student

  • is enrolled in the human medicine course from the third year of study at a German university or a university of a member state of the European Union or a state with which there is freedom to provide services or freedom of establishment in the higher education sector on the basis of an agreement, with at least one cooperation partner in Bavaria, which has been examined and recognized in accordance with the assessment procedure pursuant to Art. 112 BayHIG,

  • as a student at a university that has been examined and recognized in accordance with the assessment procedure pursuant to Art. 112 BayHIG, completes at least half of the total duration of studies, measured in terms of the standard period of study, at the location of the Bavarian cooperation partner,

  • undertakes to commence and complete the specialist medical training in the funding area within six months of successfully completing their studies; if and insofar as compliance with this deadline or the complete completion of the specialist medical training in the funding area leads to particular hardship for the grant recipient, an extension of the deadline or the partial completion of the specialist medical training outside the funding area may be approved upon request and

  • undertakes to take up medical practice in the funding area within six months of successfully completing the specialist training and to practice there for at least 60 months; if and insofar as compliance with this deadline or the complete practice of the activity in the funding area for the duration of at least 60 months leads to particular hardship for the grant recipient, an extension of the deadline or reduction of the commitment period may be approved upon request.

  • Declaration of consent under data protection law
  • current certificate of enrollment from one of the above-mentioned universities or
  • Certificate from the certified and recognized university in another European country about the intended period of study at a location in Bavaria

The application must be submitted to the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety. This office checks the application for eligibility and issues the grant notification if the result is positive. Applications can be submitted from the third year of study (5th semester) at the earliest.

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4 - 8 weeks, longer processing times may occur in individual cases.

The funding area is the rural area as defined in the structural map of the Bavarian State Development Program (LEP).

In addition to financial support, the State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention has supplemented the scholarship seminar with non-material support since the start of the 2014/15 winter semester.

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Status: 16.05.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit, Pflege und Prävention
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