The Adveniat Scholarship Programme

• The programme is aimed at priests and religious men and women.
• The programme is also open to lay people who are employed by or associated with church institutions.
• The age limit for application is 45 years.
• Applications are usually submitted by the institutions and organisations concerned (dioceses, church non-governmental organisations and other church institutions) and not by the potential beneficiaries.
• If prospective students wish to take the application process into their own hands, this is only possible in close consultation with the above-mentioned organisations.

In April 2024, the boards of the two church organisations Adveniat and KAAD signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of scholarships in order to join forces and realise synergies. In this way, Adveniat uses KAAD's many years of experience as a funding organisation for scientific projects and personal support for scholarship holders, while KAAD simultaneously benefits from Adveniat's close links to the Latin American and Caribbean churches.

The programme aims to strengthen the pastoral and administrative structures of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean and offers financial support to priests and lay people in the service of the Church who wish to continue their university studies in order to pursue an academic or pastoral-social career. Funding is available for postgraduate studies in Latin America and selected European countries.