Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program for Scientists Worldwide 2025

We are excited to announce that the application phase for our 2025 Fellowships Program is now open. We offer Fellowships for master's, PhD, and medical students, as well as for apprentices, early career professionals, student teachers, and educators. Don’t miss this opportunity to apply and join our community of fellows. We look forward to receiving your application!

• Table of Content
• About Bayer Foundation
• Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program
• Aim and Benefits of Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program
• Requirements for Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Bayer Foundation

Bayer Foundation is uniquely positioned at the interface between science and social innovation - two of the key drivers when it comes to reaching a World with Health for All and Hunger for None. The Foundation’s first Report, sheds a light on our work and key achievements

Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program

Application Deadline	11 Apr 2025
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Bayer Foundation
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program

• Applicants are eligible for up to 10.000 € funding and can undertake fellowships for up to six months.
• The fellowship can be used for research projects, internships and more. People studying in Germany must undertake placements in a second country and those studying outside Germany must undertake their fellowships at a German research institution.

Requirements for Bayer Foundation Fellowship Program Qualification

Fellowship in Drug Discovery Sciences

For master or PhD students from all scientific disciplines including pharmacy and data science, with fundamental or applied studies with relevance to the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare (over-the-counter) industries.

Fellowship for Agricultural Science

For master or PhD students from all scientific disciplines including data science, with fundamental or applied studies with relevance to the Crop Science industry.

Fellowship for Medical Sciences

For all students of human & veterinary medicine, or master and PhD students in medical engineering, applied medical sciences, data science in medicine and public health.

These fellowships have been established in memory of Otto Bayer, former director of research at Bayer, Jeff Schell, co-founder of Plant Genetic Systems now part of Bayer Crop Science, and Carl Duisberg, former Chairman of the Board of Management at Bayer.

New! Fellowship for Climate & Health

For students in the fields of human or veterinary medicine, or master and PhD students in natural sciences, pharmacy, public health, or epidemiology with relevance to the impact of climate change on health, with a focus on:

• The health of women and other vulnerable populations  
• Cardio-Renal Health  
• Neglected Tropical Diseases  
• Respiratory Health?

Documents Required for Application

• Personal statement of your motivation for the application, including 3 keywords describing yourself
• Project proposal, including five keywords associated with your project
• Description of the potential relevance and impact of your fellowship/project
• When applicable, a description of the collaborative and/or interdisciplinary nature of your fellowship/project
• Proposed budget of your fellowship/project
• If relevant, a detailed justification of requests for exceptional costs
• If relevant, an explanation of additional funding
• If available a listing of Prizes, posters, presentations or other recognitions of and /or Publications

Application Deadline

April 11, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Bayer Foundation on bayerag.eu.qualtrics.com to apply

For more details,visit Bayer Foundation webpage