Grant Holders

Laurenz Ebi holds a Bachelor of Science in Computational Science and Engineering from ETH Zurich. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and is expected to graduate in 2027.

Julius Graack is pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and is expected to graduate in 2028. Drawing on his background in public finance, he focuses on budgetary policy and its role in strengthening the resilience of liberal democracy and the rule of law.

Karlotta Garinet is pursuing a Master in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School and is expected to graduate in 2027. Her academic studies focus on security, defense and emerging technologies, with a particular interest in the intersection of public policy and technological innovation.

Being a medical student of Ludwig-Maximilians-University and Technical University of Munich, Janis Thamm joined a one-year research program under the status of a Harvard Student Intern. Integral part of his research work is the isolation and characterization of stem cells in order to regenerate different types of tissue. Upon completion of his research training, he will enter the final clinical year of his medical studies.

In 2018, the Foundation granted yet another scholarship, this time to Magdalena Siwek, who finished her MSci degree in physics and astronomy at the University of Glasgow in 2017. Ms. Siwek has been accepted into the Harvard Graduate School of Arts And Sciences’s Astronomy PhD program, where she works on simulations of supermassive black hole mergers and gravitational wave calculations under the mentorship of Lars Hernquist. She will presumably be graduating in 2023.

Dr. Matthias Trefs was our second student in Harvard, who has now successfully finished his degree "Master in Public Administration" (MPA). This professional degree requires at least 7 years of work experience before you can apply for the degree course. As this course is a mid-career master, this study is not supported by any German funding grids (DAAD etc.).

The first scholarship was paid out in the form of an interest free loan to Juliane Steffens to support her studies for a Masters of Laws at Harvard Law School. Juliane received her degree in May 2016. Congratulations Juliane!
Please find a short report about her time at Harvard Law School here: