The funding requires that the student

• is enrolled in the Human Medicine course from the third year of study at a German university or a university of a Member State of the European Union or a state with which there is freedom to provide services or freedom of establishment in the higher education sector on the basis of an agreement, with at least one cooperation partner in Bavaria, which has been examined and recognized in accordance with the assessment procedure pursuant to Art. 112 BayHIG,

• as a student at a university that has been examined and recognized in accordance with the assessment procedure pursuant to Art. 112 BayHIG, completes at least half of the total duration of studies, measured in terms of the standard period of study, at the location of the Bavarian cooperation partner,

• undertakes to commence and complete the specialist medical training in the funding area within six months of successfully completing their studies; if and insofar as compliance with this deadline or the complete completion of the specialist medical training in the funding area leads to particular hardship for the grant recipient, an extension of the deadline or the partial completion of the specialist medical training outside the funding area may be approved upon request and

• undertakes to take up medical practice in the funding area within six months of successfully completing the specialist training and to practice there for at least 60 months; if and insofar as compliance with this deadline or the complete practice of the activity in the funding area for a period of at least 60 months leads to particular hardship for the grant recipient, an extension of the deadline or reduction of the commitment period may be approved on request.

The funding area is the rural area as defined in the structural map of the Bavarian State Development Program (LEP).

In addition to financial support, the State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention has supplemented the scholarship seminar with non-material support since the start of the 2014/15 winter semester.