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Klaus Greinert and the representative of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation with scholarship holders and guests from both Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg as well as the supporters of the scholarship program
November 04, 2024 - Official welcome ceremony and 15th anniversary
As part of the official welcoming ceremony 31 new scholarship holders of the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg into the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region Sports Scholarship were accepted. In addition, the elite sports scholarship, which was founded in 2009 as the Mannheim Sports Scholarship, celebrated its 15th anniversary this year.
Press conference announcement SSMRN at the Heilbronn universities
12.09.2024 Top-class sports scholarship for Heilbronn universities
The go-ahead has been given for the Heilbronn universities' elite sports scholarship. Thanks to the commitment of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, top athletes studying at Heilbronn's universities can now apply for financial and organizational support through the scholarship at the Bildungscampus.
adh magazine, issue 03 2023
November 2023 The adh magazine reports on the Rhine-Necker Metropolitan Region elite sports scholarship
We would like to thank the German University Sports Association (adh) for the great article about our scholarship, starting on page 6!
Klaus Greinert and the representative of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation with scholarship holders and guests from both Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg as well as the supporters of the scholarship program
23.10.2023 Official welcoming ceremony
33 new scholarship holdersfrom the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg, as well as the Mannheim Business School, were welcomed into the circle of theElite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
Klaus Greinert and the representative of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation with scholarship holders and guests from both Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg as well as the supporters of the scholarship program
7.11.2022 Official Welcome Ceremony
30 new scholarship holdersof the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg were inducted into the circle of theElite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Regionwere accepted. After the long break due to the pandemic, this was the first welcome ceremony since 2019.
Nicole Schroedel, Dr. Sarah Tapp, Sabrina Scherbarth, Serafin Schefold, Frederic Krahn, Sarah Seidl, Larissa Schilde in front of Mannheim Castle.
29.08.2022 New sponsor for the social fund of the Elite Sports Scholarship RhineßNeckar Metropolitan Region
TheUniversity of Mannheim FoundationhasBNP Paribas Wealth Management- Private Banking as a newsponsor for the social funds of the Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (Sportstipendium MRN). 25,000 €, distributed over five years, will benefit the social fund for elite student athletes.
Sports scholarship holder Britta Daub in the lecture hall at the University of Mannheim
16.11.2021 Top class - in sports and studies
At this year'sPR Picture Awardof the dpa subsidiary news aktuell, the photo submitted by the University of Mannheim and the ESRNMR won first place in the social media category.
Prof. Dr. Jens Wüstemann and Klaus Greinert
20.10.2020 Mannheim Business School (MBS) becomes new partner university of the Elite Sports Scholarship
MBS President Professor WüstemannandKlaus Greinertsigned a cooperation agreement today, Tuesday, 20.10.2020: For the "Mannheim Master in Management Analytics" there is now one scholarship place (50%) as well as two places (50%) for the certificate course Mannheim Management Analytics Certificate for interested competitive athletes.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Eitel, Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Greinert, Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden
11.03.2020 Dietmar Hopp Foundation and Greinert entrepreneurial family extend funding period
Good news for all top student athletes in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region: TheDietmar Hopp Foundationand theGreinert entrepreneurial familyhave extended theirsponsorship until 2025. From 2021 to 2025, the two sponsors will continue to support the Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region with a total of1.2 million euros.
Klaus Greinert and the representative of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation (Henrik Westerberg) with scholarship holders
4.11.2019 Official welcome ceremony
29 new scholarship holdersof the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg were inducted into the circle of theElite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. In addition, the10-year anniversaryof the program was celebrated and the successful development in the past years was reviewed.
15.12.2019 10-year anniversary
The Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar celebrates its10th anniversary in the summer of 2019!
We took this anniversary as an opportunity to talk with the initiator and sponsor
Klaus Greinert
and the
Rector of the University of Mannheim, Professor Puhl, to talk about the highlights and the special features of our scholarship and the scholarship holders.
Klaus Greinert and the representative of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation (Henrik Westerberg) with scholarship holders
05.11.2018 Official welcome ceremony with presentation of certificates
On Monday evening, the 10th year of the University of Mannheim as well as the 1st and 2nd years of the Heidelberg University received their certificates from the Mannheim Prorector Professor Simons as well as from the Heidelberg Rector Professor Eitel. At the invitation of the Greinert family, the certificate presentation took place with 120 invited guests in the Glashaus restaurant of the Mannheim Hockey Club.
Klaus Greinert, Dietmar Hopp, Professor von Thadden (Rector of the University of Mannheim), Professor Eitel (Rector of Heidelberg University) with sports scholarship holders
04.05.2018 Press Talk on the Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
Elite Sports Scholarship Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region- Starting signal for a funding concept unique in Germany with a new sponsor and a new cooperation partnerDietmar Hopp FoundationandGreinert familyjointly donate1.2 million eurosfor sports scholarship