Funding opportunities for your research stay in Germany
Many research and funding organisations in Germany offer excellent funding opportunities and ideal conditions for foreign scientists across all fields. Over 26,000 foreign researchers received financial support from German funding organisations and agencies in 2009 alone.
Find information on some selected funding programmes for your research stay in Germany.
Apr 16, 2012
| DAAD, German Embassy New Delhi
‘DLR – DAAD Research Fellowships’ is a programme implemented by the ‘Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt’ (DLR) and the ‘German Academic Exchange Service’ (DAAD) for highly-qualified foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. The programme offers outstanding scientists and researchers the opportunity to conduct special research at the institutes of the DLR in Germany.
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Feb 21, 2012
| Helmholtz Association
Talented young academics who have completed a promising doctoral thesis can take advantage of a new Helmholtz Association programme designed to help them further develop their scientific excellence effectively. Deadline to submit the applications is 10 April 2012.
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Feb 21, 2012
| Helmholtz Association
Funding will be granted to up to 20 independent Young Investigators Groups working in the specific fields. The funding of a Young Investigators Group amounts to a minimum of 250,000 euros a year for a period of 5-6 years. In case of a positive evaluation, the candidate will then be given a permanent employment contract by a Helmholtz Centre. The last date of submitting the proposals is 30 March 2012.
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Jan 2, 2012
| Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz has established a new international PhD programme in the Life Sciences with the support of the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation. The programme provides funding for 30 outstanding doctoral students from all over the world and will allow innovative research at the highest international level.
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Aug 10, 2011
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Scientists and scholars, internationally renowned in their field, who completed their doctorates less than 18 years ago and who in future are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements which will have a seminal influence on their discipline beyond their immediate field of work, are eligible to be nominated for a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. The Humboldt Foundation grants up to 25 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards annually.
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