Guides

Pregnant during your Referendariat in Germany: protection periods of six and eight weeks, pay, Beihilfe and extending the preparatory service at a glance.

Basic trainee amounts in Rhineland-Palatinate by entry grade through 2028, what the state law regulates, and what to clarify about health aid and health insurance.

Monthly funding, supplements, requirements and the 1 November 2026 submission deadline for the Cusanuswerk doctoral scholarship. With sources and the date of each figure.

Application windows 2026/27 for the Hanns Seidel Foundation doctoral scholarship, the time zones of the deadlines and the details the foundation does not publish. With source.

What the Friedrich Naumann Foundation pays doctoral candidates, who may apply and when the April and October windows are open. With sources and the date of each figure.

Application round, selection criteria and the funding details still open for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation doctoral scholarship, with sources and the date of each figure.

What the Heinrich Böll Foundation pays doctoral candidates, who may apply and which application deadlines apply in 2026/27. With sources and the date of each figure.

Statutory health insurance does not pay for dental cleaning for adults as a compulsory benefit. What subsidies, tariffs and the 2027 changes mean for you.

Can you switch to private health insurance at career start? This guide explains the 2026 threshold, the year-end key date and all GKV deadlines.

Extras such as bonus programmes and optional tariffs differ from fund to fund. Here is how to check conditions, deadlines and your real benefit.