BMEP - Biomedical Education Program
The BMEP is a unique academic education program, that supports students of medicine or other health sciences in getting an early start into an academic career. Such a career path usually provides students with the best career perspectives. By providing partial financial support obtained through a peer-reviewed application process funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the program does not only expose the student early to international contacts and allows the early acquisition of basic and professional scientific work, it also allows students to early distinguish themselves from their peers by having acquired peer-reviewed funding and having the opportunity to get an early start for independent scientific publication. The unique design of the program requires the students to have started their scientific work (mainly thesis projects) with a "local mentor at a German university and get connected to a "future mentor" at an international host institution. This "future mentor" is ideally an established person in their field who is either collaborating already with the local institution/laboratory or is an expert in the field in which the student started their scientific work at the home institution. In case contacts to potential future mentors are not available, the BMEP staff has the abilities to assist in this process. Providing a partial scholarship for a maximum time of nine months also requires the students to either acquire additional funding for their stay or contribute from personal sources. This personal contribution and involvement in the organization provides the program with a tremendous amount of flexibility (e.g., a 12 months stay is often possible and clinical rotations are usually included). It is the experience in over 35 years of the existence of this program, that it is the personal desire of the students that has made this program successful. Many academic success stories have begun with participation in the BMEP. We hope to be able to continue this process by being able to provide this unique mentor-to-mentor program to driven and intelligent young students in the field of medicine and other health sciences.
- Duration of stay (and funding): 9 months, from September through May (Academic Year).
- DAAD-Vollstipendium: monthly rates of 1200€ (for U.S.) and 1050€ (for Canada), for a maximum of 9 months health insurance (funding 35€/ month), self-organized or with support by DAAD travel support, e.g. 1300€ for US West Coast host institutions.
- Students, at a German university, who are fully enrolled.
- No parallel DAAD funding (ERASMUS, PROMOS, DAAD-Individualstipendium); other parallel funding will be checked individually
- Clear research topic and plan for doctoral degree/dissertation thesis to be continued/conducted abroad. Unlike in previous years, stays cannot only be funded in the U.S. or in Canada, but also in other countries.
- Existent local German research mentor as well as local mentor abroad; clear evidence of intended support (recommendations and letters of intent)
For your application, you need the following documents:
- Please fill in the application form below.
- Cover letter in which you describe your motivation to apply for the BMEP
- Research outline (ca. 3-10 pages) in which you describe the motivation (including references), aims and research questions to be addressed during your stay abroad as well as the intended outcome (both from a research and a personal point-of-view); please argue why you chose this particular host institution
- Copies of relevant certificates ("Abitur", "Physikum", "B. Sc." or similar)
- A TOEFL test or equivalent
- Comprehensive recommendation letter from local mentor as well as a comprehensive invitation letter from your mentor of the host institution
- Students, at a German university, who are fully enrolled.
- No parallel DAAD funding (ERASMUS, PROMOS, DAAD-Individualstipendium) or scholarship for other purposes.
- Clear research topic and plan for doctoral degree/ dissertation thesis to be continued/ conducted abroad. Unlike in previous years, stays cannot only only be funded in the U.S. or in Canada, but also in other countries.
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