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.
May 8, 2013
| Bielefeld University
The Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) invites four doctoral researchers (two each semester) from other countries to work at the Graduate School for four to six months to promote international scientific and cultural exchange.
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May 3, 2013
| TUM, German Embassy New Delhi
Experience research at Technische Universität München (TUM) up close and personal during their Research Opportunities Week (11-15 November, 2013). Twice a year TUM selects 50 postdocs from around the world to take part in this unique program which it finances in full through the Postdoc Mobility Fellowship.
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Apr 29, 2013
| Volkswagen Foundation, German Embassy New Delhi
A new Volkswagen Foundation programme rewards people who have the courage to demonstrate creativity and innovation: The ‘Freigeist’ initiative is directed toward enthusiastic and charismatic scientists and scholars with an outstanding record. Through a highly flexible funding scheme junior researchers are given the opportunity to enjoy maximum freedom in their early scientific career.
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Apr 26, 2013
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers prospective leaders from Brazil, China, India, Russia and the USA the opportunity to conduct a project as guests of the partner of their choice in Germany.
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Apr 22, 2013
| Research in Germany
SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is announcing 15 doctoral fellowships to begin on October 1st, 2013.
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