The unique sports scholarship in Germany supports active competitive athletes during their Bachelor's or Master's degree course. The promotion of the dual career consists of organizational and financial support and is available at the University of Mannheim, the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim Business School, DHBW Heilbronn, DHBW CAS, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and TU Mรผnchen Campus Heilbronn.
Since its foundation in 2009, the sports scholarship has already supported over 300 active competitive athletes in achieving their maximum sporting and study goals.
The scholarship thus offers optimal conditions, which were previously only known in this form from sports scholarships in the USA, and represents the perfect alternative or supplement for
elite athletes with a desire to study at the sports support groups of the German Armed Forces and the German Federal Police.
In addition, the scholarship gives (squad) athletes security on their way to graduation, and enables contact and exchange with other athletes from various sports.
This compensation for disadvantages eases the double burden of study and elite-level sport for competitive athletes compared to those who are not from high-performance sport.
Whether soccer, athletics or swimming, all competitive athletes from the:
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of all sports supported by the DOSB.
Interested athletes can obtain information about therequirementsand required documents (e.g. squad status, letter of motivation, resume, proof of performance)for the applicationhere.
In theROAD TO TOKYOseries from the University of Mannheim we accompanied our Olympic candidates. The videos provide a unique insight into the lives between studies and elite sports of our scholarship holders Julia Hassler (swimming), Lena Dieter (para-triathlon), Sarah Brรผรler (canoeing) and Linus Mรผller and Sonja Zimmermann (field field hockey).
Overall coordinator and elite sports representative at the University of Mannheim
Sarah Seidl
Phone: 0621/181-3217
Mobile: 0151-2705 8195
E-mail: seidl@uni-mannheim.de
Deputy Overall Coordinator
Dual Career Advisor University of Mannheim
Larissa Schilde
Phone: 0621/181-3217
Mobile: 0176-21914337
E-mail: schilde@uni-mannheim.de
Dual Career Advisor Heidelberg University
Kathrin Igel
Phone: 06221/54-12257
Mobile: 0152-5524 5858
E-mail: spitzensportbeauftragte@uni-heidelberg.de
Elite Sports Representative of the Heilbronn Universities
Jan Willner
Mobile: 0152-01548754
E-mail: jan.willner@wissensstadt.hn