A person who receives financial or non-material support, a so-called scholarship or grant, for their education, studies, or a research project.
example
Als Stipendiat der Studienstiftung konnte er sich voll auf seine Doktorarbeit konzentrieren.
As a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, he was able to concentrate fully on his doctoral dissertation.
Usage tips
Word family
A 'Stipendiat' (scholarship holder) is a person who receives a 'Stipendium' (scholarship). If you know the word 'Stipendium' (scholarship), you can easily work out the meaning.
EXAMPLE
Er hat sich erfolgreich um ein Stipendium beworben und ist jetzt Stipendiat.
He successfully applied for a scholarship and is now a scholarship holder.
Common mistake: N-declension
'Stipendiat' belongs to the N-declension. This means that it takes the ending '-en' in all cases except the nominative singular. A common mistake is to forget this ending.
EXAMPLE
Ich habe gestern mit dem Stipendiaten gesprochen.
I spoke with the scholarship holder yesterday.
Sentence structure with genitive
Very often, after 'Stipendiat' (scholarship holder), the genitive is used to indicate which organization the support comes from. The pattern is: 'Stipendiat + der/einer + [organization]'.
EXAMPLE
Sie ist Stipendiatin einer bekannten politischen Stiftung.
She is a scholarship holder of a well-known political foundation.