Our current scholarship holders: Pictured here with Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Hamburg’s First Mayor Dr Peter Tschentscher and President Dr Harald Vogelsang at the scholarship award ceremony held as part of Übersee Day at Hamburg City Hall in May 2026.

©Jürgen Joost

Every two years, the Übersee-Club awards between five and ten training, further education and research grants for stays abroad, with the aim of supporting young academics and researchers.

The funding focuses on the fields of the global economy and politics, development aid, geography and ethnology. In this way, the Übersee-Club fulfils its primary objective – the promotion of an international outlook and international understanding for the benefit of all peoples – in accordance with its articles of association.

To this end, the club approaches universities in Hamburg to identify suitable candidates and then decides which of them will receive funding. Generally speaking, students – particularly PhD students – can apply for the scholarship through their university; the scholarship is intended to fund, at least in part, a stay abroad of around three months.

The scholarship holders also become guest members of the Übersee-Club for two years.

The Club’s current scholarship holders are:

Dounia Chlyeh, Kühne Logistics University
Paul Gallenkemper, University of Hamburg
Sarah Heidemann, University of Hamburg
Alexandra Raptis, University of Hamburg
Bille Sachers, University of Hamburg
Lina Schmidt, University of Hamburg
Arunima Ticku, University of Hamburg