German Bundestag International Parliamentary Scholarships (IPS) 2026 for young African Graduates (700 euros per month & Fully Funded to Berlin, Germany)

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Application Deadline: July 13, 2025.

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 German Bundestag International Parliamentary Scholarships. The German Bundestag invites politically and socially engaged young college graduates  from Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal)  to a scholarship program in Berlin in January.

Since 2020, the German Bundestag, underneath the patronage of the President of the Bundestag, has been providing a scholarship program for proficient, cosmopolitan and politically young folks from sub-Saharan Africa who’re within the German parliamentary system and wish to play an energetic and accountable position in shaping the democratic way forward for their nations.

In a four-week compact program, up to 24 scholarship holders from Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda  will get to know German parliamentary democracy and the political decision-making processes within the German Bundestag up shut.

The program

In 2026, this system will happen in Berlin from January 5 to February 3, 2026. 

The core of this system is a one-week internship within the workplace of a member of the German Bundestag. A compact preparatory course gives members with data of parliamentary democracy and the workings and capabilities of parliament. Furthermore, the subjects of pluralistic society, minority safety, and the tradition of remembrance are addressed as a political mandate. There are a collection of workshops on numerous subjects, reminiscent of anti-corruption and intercultural coaching. A challenge administration workshop is designed to assist members develop their very own challenge concepts to promote democracy and civil society of their respective nations of origin.

The application necessities

• Nationality of one of many taking part nations: Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda
• youthful than 30 years  in the beginning of the scholarship or on 1 January
• accomplished college research
• Good data of the German language  (a minimum of degree B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
• robust curiosity in political points and social/political  engagement

Benefits

• Participants will obtain  a scholarship of €700 . The scholarship additionally contains free lodging in a residential complicated, journey bills to and from Berlin, and well being, accident, and legal responsibility insurance coverage.

How to Apply:

Please ship your application as a single PDF file (labeled: Last Name – First Name) by e-mail to the German embassy in your home nation. You can discover the e-mail tackle on the suitable underneath “Contact German Embassies .” The PDF file should not exceed 10 MB in measurement. If the PDF file exceeds 10 MB, please break up your application paperwork into a number of emails. Please don’t ship ZIP recordsdata.

Your application is just full should you embrace the next paperwork:

• Application type   (to be accomplished and signed in German);
• Proof of excellent data of German , not older than 2 years;
• Motivational letter   in German, personally signed (max. 2 pages);
• Copy of passport or copy of ID as proof of citizenship of one of many taking part nations;
• University diploma certificates (authentic or licensed copy in English or German);
• Letter of advice (in German or English) from a instructor/professor or employer assessing the applicant’s skilled {qualifications} for the IPS program.

For additional questions, please ship an e-mail to:  ips‑[email protected] .

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the German Bundestag International Parliamentary Scholarships