Conditions for MD Fellowships

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds must be notified if an application is submitted to any other research-sponsoring institution. Should an applicant take up an award from another institution prior to the Foundation's decision, the application to the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds is considered withdrawn and the Foundation must be notified without delay.

Please note that only written notification is legally binding and that the decisions of the Foundation are incontestable.

On accepting the MD fellowship, you agree to the following conditions:
The fellowship expires if not taken up within 6 months.

The fellowship is intended to cover the living expenses of the recipient. A Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds stipend may therefore not be held while receiving a regular personal income from any other institution or research institute. Any labour or other contracts yielding a regular income must be cancelled upon accepting the stipend. However, fellowships from other institutions to cover exclusively tuition fees may be accepted.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds does not intervene in the work of fellows, who, in turn, are obliged to make proper use of the allocated funds. Each fellow must devote his/her whole energy to his/her particular MD project. In the laboratory, fellows should only be assigned tasks directly connected to their MD projects.

If a fellow changes the topic of the MD project or the laboratory, he/she must inform the Foundation without delay. If the project is successfully completed before the award expires, payment will be discontinued.

Fellowships awarded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds do not constitute any form of employment. In the Federal Republic of Germany and in countries which have signed a double-taxation agreement with Germany (for example, USA, UK, France, Austria), fellowships are exempt from tax. A grant is not considered to be remuneration as defined by Article 14 of the German Social Law IV and is therefore not liable to social insurance. Provision of laws governing formation of capital, saving premiums and residential building premiums do not apply.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds does not provide any kind of insurance for its grant-holders. They must insure themselves and their families against any possible costs and consequences incurred by illness, accident, personal liability, etc.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds expects every fellow to supply reprints of any publication prepared with the Foundation's assistance. Furthermore, fellows must present a final report, no later than 2 months after the end of the fellowship.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds reserves the right to reclaim any surplus payment or money paid in error. Furthermore, the Foundation may cancel the grant and demand repayment if the fellowship was obtained under false pretences, if not used for its intended purpose, if the obligation to submit the final report is not fulfilled, or for any other sound reason.