ABOUT THE ELITE SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP
THE ELITE SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP RHINE-NECKAR METROPOLITAN REGION
The Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region supports athletes in their balancing act between studies and top-class sports during the course of their dual career. Top athletes find it particularly difficult to complete their studies due to the time and effort they spend on training and competitions. However, it is precisely they who are capable of top performance in academic professions due to their experience in sports.
Whether artistic cycling, field hockey, inline speed skating or soccer, anyone can apply for our sports scholarship.
anyone can apply who is studying, would like to study or is doing a doctorate at one of the program's partner universities.
Our partner universities the University of Mannheim, the University of Heidelberg, the Mannheim Business School, the DHBW Heilbronn, the DHBW CAS, Heilbronn University and the TU Munich Campus Heilbronnoffer a wide range of courses and enable individual combinations of study programs and sports.
The Elite Sports Scholarship helps the athletes to coordinate their daily routine and makes it easier for them through direct contact persons (dual career advisors), who can mediate between athletes and professors when seminar or exam dates collide with important training camps or competitions.
SCHOLARSHIP OVERVIEW
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Individual support and advice from personal contacts (dual career advisors)
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Financial support: 100 € per month for at least two semesters
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Coordination of study and examination schedules
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Time adjustment of the standard period of study (if necessary)
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The scholarship is initially granted for two semesters. If academic performance and athletic performance are in order, an application for an extension for another two semesters can be submitted.
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SCHOLARSHIP
History film of the MRN elite sports scholarship part 1
History film of the MRN elite sports scholarship part 2
History film of the MRN elite sports scholarship part 3
Official welcoming ceremony and 15th anniversary
On November 4, 2024, 31 new scholarship holders from the universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg were accepted into the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region Elite Sports Scholarship as part of the official welcoming ceremony. In addition to the admission ceremony, the 15th anniversary of the program, which was originally launched in 2009 as the Mannheim Sports Scholarship, was celebrated. RON TV was also on site for this special occasion to report on the scholarship and its development. You can watch the reports in the first video from minute 17:15 and in the second video from minute 20.
PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE EXPANSION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP IN HEILBRONN ON 12.09.2024
On 12.09.2024 the Top Sports Scholarship Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar officially announced the expansion of the program to Heilbronn at a press conference. Heilbronn announced. With this aftermovie, we would like to give you an exclusive insight into the event. Besides impressions of the day, we have also included some voices of the participantsto share their perspectives.
The scholarship introduces itself
Welcome Ceremony 2023
Welcome Ceremony 2022
Welcome Ceremony 2017
Our INFO - Brochure for download
COMMENTS ON THE SCHOLARSHIP
"I train 16 to 30 hours a week, depending on the training phase - sometimes even more. Studying on top of that is super exhausting. But the Sports Scholarship lightens the burden on a lot of things for me. Especially the extra tutorials we get make many things easier."
(Jannik Abbou (19), Mountainbike Downhill, Bachelor of Business Education, University of Mannheim)
"We as scholarship holders of the Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region are all students and athletes who strive for maximum success in studies and sports. Through the diverse individual and regional support that we scholarship holders receive, the balancing act between studies and sports becomes much smaller. The additional financial support for education helps us in our studies and sports and gives us more security at the same time."
(Jacqueline Otchere (23), Pole Vault, Bachelor of Biological Sciences, University of Heidelberg)
SHORT REVIEW
2009 the Mannheim Sports Scholarship was launched by its initiator Klaus Greinert and the University of Mannheim. 8 top sports students were initially supported by the scholarship, today there are already over 100.
2017 the University of Mannheim's sports scholarship expanded to become the
Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region Sports Scholarship. Since then, the program has also been open to students and doctoral candidates at Heidelberg University and, since
2020 students at Mannheim Business School (MBS).
Other universities are set to follow.
2024 the commitment of the Dieter Schwarz Stiftung gGmbH enabled the expansion of the elite sports scholarship to the Heilbronn universities was made possible. Top student athletes from DHBW Heilbronn, DHBW CAS, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and TU Munich Campus Heilbronn can now also apply for a place on the scholarship.
PRESS BRIEFING ON THE EXPANSION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FROM 04.05.2018
Here is a summary of the press briefing from04.05.2018at which theGreinert family, theDietmar Hopp Foundation,and the then Rector of theUniversity of MannheimProfessor von Thadden and the Rector of theHeidelberg University, Professor Eitel have announced their partnership. Many thanks toAlughafor the video!
CAMPUS-TV CONTRIBUTION
FOR THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
2019 the Sports Scholarship celebrated its10 th anniversarywith many invited guests from the field of sports and universities in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
All former and current scholarship holders were invited to this unique event at the Glashaus restaurant in Mannheim HC.