About us
We help you find money for your education.
European Funding Guide is the largest study funding portal in the EU. It lists more than 12,000 scholarships, grants, awards and loans across Europe, and 28 filters show you in a few minutes which ones match your profile. It is free, and you don't need top grades: most programmes are not just for the gifted, the engaged or those in need.
Alongside the database we publish guides on applying, student finance and ways to earn money alongside your studies.
- 12,000+scholarships, grants, awards and loans across Europe
- 10.2mpeople used European Funding Guide and myStipendium in 2024
- 28filters to match funding to your profile
Who we are
European Funding Guide is run by MY Access to Funding gGmbH, a non-profit company based in Berlin. Dr. Mira Maier and Alexander Gassner founded it in 2011 as PhD students, after Mira had spent months searching for funding for her own doctorate. Our first platform, myStipendium.de, is Germany's largest scholarship search. European Funding Guide followed in 2014, launched with support from the European Commission.
Dr. Mira Maier
Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief
Mira holds a PhD in mathematical economics. No page goes live without sign-off from her or a reviewer she has appointed.
Alexander Gassner
Co-founder, technology and product
Alex developed the matching behind our search and leads technology.
How we work
- Every scholarship profile is checked against the awarding body's own published information.
- Profiles are re-checked on a rolling schedule, and our guides carry a named author and a last-updated date.
- The full rules are in our editorial standards.
If something on this site is out of date or wrong, please write to feedback@european-funding-guide.eu and we will correct it.
How we are funded
European Funding Guide is free to use. We are funded by advertising and affiliate links: if you sign up with a provider through one of these links, we may receive a commission. This costs you nothing.
Our story
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2011
myStipendium launches in Germany
Instead of reading thousands of calls for applications by hand, students create a short profile and see matching scholarships in minutes.
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2012
First national awards
The Stifterverband names us "University Pearl of the Year", and we become a Selected Landmark in "Germany - Land of Ideas".
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2014
European Funding Guide goes live
With support from the European Commission, European Funding Guide launches in English with funding programmes from 16 countries.
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2015
French, Italian and Spanish
European Funding Guide is now also available in French, Italian and Spanish, with more than 12,000 programmes. Mira becomes an Ashoka Fellow.
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2016
Google Impact Challenge
We win the Google Impact Challenge Germany.
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2024
Over 10 million users
European Funding Guide and myStipendium reach more than 10.2 million people in a single year.
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2026
New guides, standards and countries
From March we publish guides on earning money alongside your studies, now in nine countries. Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden get more than 1,000 new funding programmes. Since September our editorial standards set out what every page has to meet, and in October we add Belgium and Switzerland and our own guides for Ireland.
Awards
- Winner, Google Impact Challenge GermanyGoogle2016
- Ashoka Fellowship for Dr. Mira MaierAshoka2015
- "Die Verantwortlichen 2014"Robert Bosch Foundation2014
- startsocial scholarshipstartsocial, under the patronage of the German Chancellor2013/2014
- "University Pearl of the Year 2012"Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft2012
- Selected Landmark, "Germany - Land of Ideas"Land of Ideas2012
Legal information
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