In 2024, 33,000 students received a Deutschlandstipendium under the Scholarship Program Act.

As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced on Wednesday, the number of scholarship holders increased by five percent compared to 2023. Their share of all students – based on the preliminary total number of students in the 2024/2025 winter semester – was 1.2 percent. Since the summer semester of 2011, the Deutschlandstipendium has supported students whose careers suggest "outstanding achievements" in their studies and careers. The Germany Scholarships, amounting to 300 euros per month, are financed equally by the federal government and private donors, which must be acquired by the universities.

Funding typically lasts for at least two semesters. In 2024, universities raised a total of €34 million in funding from private donors, 2.6 percent more than the previous year. The donors in 2024 were primarily corporations (3,075 donors with a total of €9.8 million in funding), other legal entities under private law, such as registered associations, registered cooperatives, or private law foundations (2,446 donors with a total of €14.2 million in funding), as well as private individuals and sole proprietorships (2,076 donors with a total of €4.7 million in funding). As in previous years, universities in Saarland were the most successful in acquiring private funding for Deutschlandstipendium recipients. In 2024, 1.9 percent of students—based on the number of students in the 2024/2025 winter semester—were able to receive a Deutschlandstipendium. The smallest proportion of recipients receiving a Deutschlandstipendium in 2024 was in Thuringia, at 0.5 percent of students, according to the Federal Office.