Doctoral research | Current announcements
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.
Research Information Service (FIT)
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December 2024
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Roman Herzog Institute: Social Market Economy Research Award 2025 | 31.12.2024 | Postdoc, Young Faculty | Future viability of the social market economy, key regulatory issues of the 21st century |
| Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL): Animal Welfare Research Award 2025 | 31.12.2024 | all (category 2: max. 5 years after dissertation) | Categories 1 and 2: Replacement and reduction of animal experiments Category 3: Social and civic engagement in the field of laboratory animals |
| Foundation Stone-Earth Mining and Environment: Award | 31.12.2024 | all | Environmentally friendly and economical raw material supply, material and energy efficiency, protection of natural resources and raw material provision, design and renaturalisation of areas affected by mining with special consideration of biodiversity, regional planning |
| SAMPE Germany e.V.: Innovation Award | 31.12.2024 | PhD | Material applications, manufacturing processes, material combinations |
| Research Network on Old-Age Provision (FNA) of the German Pension Insurance Association: Research Award | 31.12.2024 | Postdoc (max. 1.5 years after dissertation) | All disciplines related to ageing research |
| Roman Herzog Institute e.V.: Research Award Social Market Economy | 31.12.2024 | Postdoc, Young Faculty (up to 40 years + parental leave) | All disciplines related to the design of our economic and social order |
January 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: Programme to promote the return of highly qualified young researchers from abroad (NRW Return Programme 2024) | 09.01.2025 | Postdoc, Young Faculty (doctorate 2-6 years ago, at least 12 months abroad, centre of life before and after stay abroad: Germany) | Future computing |
| Karg-Foundation: William Stern Programme | 15.01.2025 | PhD, PhD+Postdoc | Talent research (psychology, educational science, pedagogy; interfaces with disciplines from the social, educational and human sciences) |
February 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Schering Foundation: Ernst Schering Prize 2025 | 09.02.2025 | Postdoc, Young Faculty | Basic research in life sciences/biomedicine (biology, medicine or chemistry) |
| Schering Foundation: Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 | 09.02.2025 | Postdoc (max. 6 years after dissertation; working in Germany) | Basic research in life sciences |
March 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Körber-Foundation: German Study Award | 01.03.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation completed with magna or summa cum laude in 2024) | all |
| Wissenswerkstadt, Bielefeld Marketing GmbH: FameLab Germany: 'Talking Science' | 17.03.2025 | all 21 years and older | Natural or social sciences, technology or medicine |
Anytime
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship (Information event on 24.09.2024) |
anytime (Mar, Jul, Sep) | Postdoc, Junior Faculty | all |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programme | anytime | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (without German citizenship) | all |
| 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 |
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Research scholarship (funding period: 6-24 months) | anytime | PhD, Postdoc | all |