Scholarship recipients have no obligations to the sponsors funding the scholarships in addition to the federal government (StipG §5 paragraph 2).

However, all scholarship recipients are required to participate in the rule- compliant implementation of the scholarship program by

1. Providing information about any changes of circumstances that are relevant to the granting of the scholarship to the Germany Deutschlandstipendium office at Freie Universität Berlin (StipG §10 paragraph 2) ,

2. Reporting data to Freie Universität Berlin necessary for reporting to the federal government. This includes gender, nationality, type of degree, subject, number of semesters, receipt of benefits under BAföG (StipG §13 paragraph 2) .