Amirana Scholarship
The Amirana Scholarship is a funding program exclusively for international medical and dental students from the low and middle income countries of the Global South. Applications are open to international students who suddenly find themselves in financial difficulties due to circumstances beyond their control or who need special support in the final phase of their studies.
Requirements & Deadlines
Application deadline
15 November – for funding in the following year
Subject areas
The Amirana Scholarship is only available for the subjects dentistry and medicine (study locations Heidelberg and Mannheim) at Heidelberg University.
Countries of origin
The Amirana Scholarship fund is available to students from low and middle income countries of the Global South who are in temporary financial need or require support in the final phase of their studies and who are not educational residents. Please refer to the current DAC List for the valid categorisation of countries.
Financial distress
The scholarship can be applied for by students who have got into a financial distress through no fault of their own and who would not be able to continue or successfully complete their studies without temporary financial assistance.
Please read the document “Financial distress” linked on the right to see if your situation is recognised as a sudden distress.
Funding Period
The Amirana Scholarship can only cover short periods of financial hardship (usually up to one year) but NOT your whole study programme.
Re-application
Re-application for funding is only possible in the following situations:
- A new, special hardship has arisen or
- You are in the final phase of your studies and need a grant to successfully complete your studies, e.g. to be able to reduce the number of hours you work to cover your living expenses.
Application & Contact
Should you meet the funding requirements please hand in your documents in due course. You can find the application forms to the right. Please send your complete application documents in German via e-mail to
stipendien@alumni.uni-heidelberg.de
We are looking forward to your application!
Questions regarding the scholarship, the application process or the application documents can also be sent to the mentioned e-mail address.
Here you can only apply for the Amirana scholarship and NOT for a study place in medicine/dentistry. You can find information for a study application via the link on the right.
The initiators
Without a scholarship I would have never been able to start and complete my studies in Germany
explains Mahomed Amirana, who grew up in India and emigrated to the US after his studies in Heidelberg with his wife Annalene.
The Amirana Scholarship Fund was established in 2016 thanks to the initiative and generosity of two U.S. alumni, Dr. Mahomed T. Amirana und Dr. Annelene J. Amirana. So far more than 25 medical and dental students have received a financial support.
The Amiranas met during their medical studies in Heidelberg in the 1950s. After graduation, the couple emigrated to the United States, where they lived and worked as doctors. Mahomed Amirana had received a scholarship that made his time at Heidelberg possible and altered the course of his life.
“Without financial support, I would not have met my wife and become a doctor. I owe Heidelberg everything.”