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Scholarships, Fellowships, Research Grants
On this page, we refer to a selection of current calls for applications for scholarships, prizes, research grants, or fellowships. Despite great care, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.
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April 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| VolkswagenFoundation: 'Scoping Workshops' in Hannover | 01.04.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty | all |
| Volkswagen Foundation: Change! Fellowships | 02.04.2025 | Postdoc and Junior Faculty (from 2 years after dissertation) | all disciplines related to transformation processes and with transdisciplinary involvement of non-scientific actors |
| Joachim Herz Foundation: innovate! Academy | 07.04.2025 | all | materials science, natural sciences and engineering |
| Volkswagen Foundation: Funding for Recently Tenured Professors | 28.04.2025 | Professorship (3-6 years after being tenured) | all |
| Ingrid zu Solms Foundation: Ingrid zu Solms Prize for Natural, Life, and Engineering Sciences | 30.04.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (female, younger than 40 or 42 years old) | natural, life, and engineering sciences |
| Joachim Herz Foundation: innovate! Fonds | 30.04.2025 | Postdoc | application-orientated solutions for existential challenges such as climate change or resource scarcity |
| Aventis Foundation: Life Sciences Bridge Award | 30.04.2025 | Postdoc and junior faculty (at least 3 years after dissertation) | life sciences (biochemistry, biology, chemistry, medicine or pharmacy, also in combination with mathematics or computer science) |
May 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German-American Fulbright Commission: PhD program (university and university of applied sciences) | 01.05.2025 | PhD (start) (German nationality) | all |
| North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts: Young Fellows Preliminary application support from Catharina Yacoub |
04.05.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (max. 36 years old + childcare leave as of 31 December 2025, with employment contract) | humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, economics, medicine, and the arts related to sustainability |
| North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts: Karl Arnold Prize 2025: Focus on Quantum | 04.05.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation in 2024 with magna or summa cum laude) | all related to quantum |
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Independent research groups ‘Future eHealth’ | 12.05.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (without tenure) | data-driven health research or computer-aided biomedical research |
| Joachim Herz Foundation: Add-on Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Science and Transfer - ‘Resources of the future’ | 16.05.2025 | PhD, Postdocs, Junior Faculty (without tenure) | business administration, economics, life sciences and materials science |
| Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Research Foundation: Fellowships | 31.05.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (max. 6 years after dissertation and with employment contract) | physics |
June 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Wübben Science Foundation: Sandpit - Big Data in the natural sciences | 01.06.2025 | Postdoc (with at least 1 year employment contract) | big data in the natural sciences |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) - Foundation basic research in biomedicine: PhD fellowships | 01.06.2025 | PhD | natural sciences, biomedicine |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation: Heinrich Wieland Prize | 01.06.2025 | all (if outstanding research) | biologically active molecules and systems in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology as well as their clinical importance |
July 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German Chemical Industry Association (VCI): Kekulé Scholarship | 01.07.2025 | PhD (start) (EU nationality) | chemistry and chemistry-related subjects |
| Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Association (FSK): Innovation Award for Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes | 15.07.2025 | all | all disciplines related to foam plastics and polyurethanes |
August 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME) | 29.08.2025 | Postdoc (above-average qualification) | all |
September 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Wübben Science Foundation: Sandpit - Big Data in engineering | 01.09.2025 | Postdoc (with at least 1 year employment contract) | big data in engineering |
October 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) - Foundation basic research in biomedicine: PhD fellowships | 01.10.2025 | PhD | natural sciences, biomedicine |
November 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German-American Fulbright Commission: PhD program (university and university of applied sciences) | 01.11.2025 | PhD (start) (German nationality) | all |
| German Chemical Industry Association (VCI): Kekulé Scholarship | 01.11.2025 | PhD (start) (EU nationality) | chemistry and chemistry-related subjects |
December 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Wübben Science Foundation: Sandpit - Big Data in the humanities | 01.12.2025 | Postdoc (with at least 1 year employment contract) | big data in the humanities |
April 2026
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German Society for Biomedical Engineering in the VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE DGBMT) and Klee Family Foundation: Prize for Innovation in Biomedical Technology | 30.04.2026 | all | medical issues solved through technical transfer |
March 2027
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Ingrid zu Solms Foundation: Ingrid zu Solms Prize for Medicine | 01.03.2027 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (female, younger than 40 or 42 years old) | medicine |
April 2027
| Ausschreibung | Frist | Karrierephase | Fächergruppen/Fachgebiet |
| Ingrid zu Solms-Stiftung: Ingrid zu Solms-Preis für Natur-, Lebens- und Ingenieurwissenschaften | 30.04.2027 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (weiblich, jünger als 40 bzw. 42 Jahre) | Natur-, Lebens- und Ingenieurwissenschaften |
Anytime
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| The Federal Government: Guide to Research and Innovation Funding | |||
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship (Information event on 24.09.2024) |
anytime | Postdoc, Junior Faculty | all |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programme | anytime | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (without German citizenship) | all |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Research scholarship (funding period: 6-24 months) | anytime | PhD, Postdoc | all |
| German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Scholarship Program 'ERA Fellowships - Green Hydrogen' | Master: spring/autumn; PhD/Postdoc: anytime | Master, PhD, Postdoc | Natural sciences, engineering, economics, social sciences and law in regard to hydrogen |
| Chemical Industry Fund: Liebig Scholarship for the start of a university teaching career (3-year funding, equipment for the working group and a doctoral scholarship for one research assistant) | anytime | Postdoc | chemistry |