The RWTH Education Fund’s 2022 scholarship award ceremony.
Mario Irmischer

The Matching Challenge Goes Into the Second Round

The Deutschlandstipendium at RWTH

In the middle of last year, the Education Fund invited all RWTH alums to participate in a Matching Challenge. The goal was to reach a target of 18,000 euros with the donations collected. In the end, this sum was actually exceeded by more than 12,000 euros so that 27 additional Deutschlandstipendium scholarships could be awarded. More detailed information can be found in the last “keep in touch” issue.

The RWTH Education Fund sees this overwhelming feedback through both donations and positive comments as an endorsement of the matching principle. Another Challenge is now planned for the 2023/2024 funding period, which starts this October.

The Matching Challenge Continues

New this year: The number of Matching Partners is to be increased from two to three, and the donation target for alumni is also to be raised to 27,000 euros so that each Matching Partner doubles this amount. A total of 108,000 euros is thus our target for the next funding period so we can grant 30 additional scholarships to excellently trained and committed students.

Everyone can contribute to achieving the Challenge goal. We received donations of between one and 3,600 euros last year. The average donation amount was 107 euros. We welcome any contribution to the Challenge.

Impressions from last year’s scholarship award ceremony. (Photos: Stefan Hense/Mario Irmischer)

RWTH Education Fund Team

Aside from the Challenge, it is, of course, also possible for you to finance a scholarship individually and thus make contact with the best students in Aachen at an early stage and get to know excellent young talent. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact the RWTH Education Fund team via the following channels:

Tel.: +49 241 80-90839
Email: bildungsfonds@rwth-aachen.de

 

Follow Us on Social Media

Since last year, you can also follow us via our social media channels: LinkedIn and Instagram. These platforms are an excellent opportunity for students, alumni, company representatives, scholarship holders, and former scholarship holders to learn about the RWTH Education Fund. Here, we present the scholarship program and its supporting program to you, and look forward to engaging with you. We would love to have you follow us!

Become a Matching Partner

Would you like to participate in the Challenge as a sponsor? Then we would be delighted to receive your donation to the following account:

Beneficiary:
RWTH Aachen

IBAN:
DE 07 3905 0000 0000 0253 87

BIC: AACSDE 33

Bank:
Sparkasse Aachen

Reference:
Matching Challenge Bildungsfonds der RWTH Aachen,
PSP 222700100339021, name and address of the sponsor


Are you interested in becoming a Matching Partner in the second round of the Challenge or making a general donation contribution, have questions about this, and want more information? Then we look forward to hearing from you via telephone or email.

Information about the donation receipt

For donations up to 300 euro, the proof of the bank transfer is sufficient for tax recognition. For a donation receipt over 300 euro, please add the following information to the bank transfer: first name, last name, and postal address. If a donation receipt is also to be issued for an amount of less than 300 euro, please send an e-mail to spende@rwth-aachen.de and include your name, postal address and the date of the donation.

– Author: Mara Hielscher