Frequently Asked Questions - GrIStuF 2022

The next Greifswald International Students Festival will be from the 14th to the 21st of May 2022.

To participate in the Greifswald International Students Festival 2022 you have to be at least 18 years old and enrolled at a college/university in Europe on the first date of the festival in summer 2022. Also you have to be fully vaccinated with EMA-approved vaccinations. Other applications can not be considered.

Applications will be open from the 14th of January until the 21st of February 2022.

All applicants will be notified about the result of their application by e-mail presumably by the 14th of March 2022. Please check your spam and promotion folder, too, since some mail programs seem to cause trouble. If you have not received any e-mail you can send us a message and ask for your result (but only after the 14th of March!)

There is no age limit for applications. However, as you need to be an enrolled student in order to participate, we might be suspicious if your indicated age seems too old to be a student. We will ask you to provide a certificate of enrolment.

Applications will be open from the 14th of January until the 21st of February. You will be able to apply here by the 14th of January.

Yes, for GrIStuF 2022 we only accept applications from students who are living in Europe or are citizens of a european nation.

To apply for participation in the festival you have to register as an applicant on our database (from the 14th of January 2022). Please be aware that it is not enough to simply register at the database, but the application form has to be filled out and sent. During the application you must fill in the form and write a letter of motivation.

Firstly, answer the questions you find in the application form. You will need to choose one of the workshops and tell us exactly why you are interested in this workshop. Please also tell us why you want to come to Greifswald and how you will contribute to the festival. If you have been engaged with any kind of social or voluntary work please mention it, too.

Criteria for the choice of participants are the quality of your motivation letter and your extracurricular voluntary or social work. A third criteria will also be the language quality of your text.

All applications turned in until the 21st of February 2022 will pass an evaluation process during which they will equally be considered by members of the GrIStuF association team. This process takes time! If you get invited to our festival (results will presumably be announced by the 14th of March 2022), you can start to plan your journey. In case you should decide not to participate in our festival please get back to us as soon as possible, so other students get the chance to join.

All information on your application need to be correct and honest. You must not use plagiarism. We hope and believe, that all our applicants are fair to each other. And trust us, we have noticed plagiarism and lies in the past.

Nothing. Participation of GrIStuF is free of charge. Furthermore, you will have free food, free accommodation and free entry to all activities. It’s a great deal, isn’t it?

We can not pay for your travel expenses to Greifswald. You have to book all tickets yourself. You also have to pay for your visa.

Unfortunately we will not be able to refund any part of your travel expenses for GrIStuF 2022. We were able to do so during the last festivals but will not have the funds this year.

There will be no scholarships provided by GrIStuF e.V. for GrIStuF 2022. But you can surely ask your university or other institutions and people to support your attendance at GrIStuF 2022.

Participants will sleep with one of our hosts. Hosts are students or families in Greifswald who have a free bed, a cozy couch, or at least a space for an air mattress. Hosts are not Hotels. They are better! While you can probably not expect a super comfortable bed and room service, you will be welcomed with open arms and warm hearts. That’s better, right? In return, we expect you to be polite guests at your host’s place and respect that they welcome you into their homes and lives. 

Your hosts will provide you with breakfast. Lunch, dinner and in-between-snacks are provided by the GrIStuF team. Please make sure to let us know any allergies or food intolerances you might have, so we can make sure to provide the right food for you. We are very conscious about the impact we have on our planet and want to promote responsible, sustainable living. We therefore try to eat as much local and seasonal food as possible and avoid meat. Lunch and dinner will be mostly vegan or vegetarian.

You will be able to prioritize three workshop choices during your application. If you are invited to GrIStuF we will let you know which one you will attend. We always try our best to give everyone their first choice or at least their second but as places are limited we can't promise anything.

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