You are enthusiastic about participating in the 15th World Business Dialogue?
You are interested in exchanging ideas and meeting people from all over the world at the largest student run convention in the world?
However, cooping with immense travel expenses can be an issue for student participants.
We are proud to be able to provide a much higher amount of Dialogue Scholarships, in order to diminish the financial obstacle for participating in the Dialogue.
The Dialogue Scholarship covers a student’s travelling expenses from a major airport/train station to Cologne, Düsseldorf or Frankfurt.
You are chosen by a company, which inherits the costs of travelling entirely. In addition to the financial aspect of the Dialogue Scholarship, we are going to offer a unique networking experience for students and companies involved: students receiving a Dialogue Scholarship are exclusively meeting the company incurring their travelling expenses at a special event hosted at the Dialogue.
The application for a Dialogue Scholarship is processed by applying for the participation in the 15th World Business Dialogue via the Online Application Tool.
In order to qualify for a Dialogue Scholarship it is necessary to interpret the 15th World Business Dialogue’s topic in a creative way by turning in a topic related creative work such as videos, photographs, songs, essays and any kind of creative ideas.
Be creative and get your ticket to Cologne for free. However, do not forget that your videos, essay etc. are subject to the following restrictions. If the restrictions should not be incorporated the application for a Dialogue Scholarship becomes invalid.
The format of the submission is to be chosen by you. Please take care of complying with the following limitations.
-Videos/Sound recordings; any type of presentation: Max. 3 minutes
-Essays, any type of written document: Max. 300 words; stating the exact word count
We kindly ask for your understanding that otherwise we cannot consider your application.
For students that have not been granted a Dialogue Scholarship by the OFW, we would like to encourage you that there exist other possible solutions to gain funds.
Look for your own sponsors by means of university faculties, companies, student foundations, etc.
Upon acceptance to the 15th World Business Dialogue, every participating student will receive a confirmation letter that verifies his/her participation, which can then be used as proof alongside your official invitation to contact your potential sponsors.
It might also be useful to take note that if you currently have a scholarship, you may have the option to request financial aid to attend the 15th World Business Dialogue. Furthermore, many faculties appoint a budget for exceptional students to attend events like the Dialogue.
If you require any additional information to present to your potential sponsor, please search our website's download section or contact us at application@ofw.de.
