Funding Possibilities
This page is a quick summary of different possibilities to get funding. The list is split into funding for doing a PhD study, getting PostDoc positions, getting funding from industry partners, and getting funding for business start-ups. Furthermore, here is a list of portal/search webpages for funding possibilities as well as larger project fundings:
- Euraxess Deutschland
- Euraxess Europe
- Deutscher Bildungsserver
- Förderdatenbank.de
- Datenbank Wissenschaftspreise
- Stipendienlotse
- Grant Overview by FU Berlin
- Current announcements of EU funding programs
- Calendar of events in EU funding programs
- Funding programs by German Government (including deadlines)
- DFG Research Units
PhD Funding
The following grants are available to persue a PhD study:
- DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists (Sandwich PhD)
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- Graduate School on Mathematical Analysis of Evolution, Information and Complexity (at Ulm University)
- Promotionsstipendien nach dem Landesgraduiertenförderungsgesetz (at Ulm University)
- Transregional Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 62
Companion-Technology for Cognitive Technical Systems (Ulm University)
Less popular funding possibilities (mostly with additional restrictions on applicants):
- Cusanuswerk
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Gottlieb Daimler- und Karl Benz-Stiftung
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
- Fachkursstipendien für Graduierte
- DAAD European Union: LEONARDO DA VINCI
- Deutsche Bildung
- Evangelisches Studentenwerk e.V. Villigst
- Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft
- Hans Böckler Stiftung
- Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
- Hanns Seidel Stiftung
- Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
PostDoc Funding
The following grants can be used to finance PostDoc researchers:
- DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development
- DFG - Research Fellowships
- DFG - Emmy Noether Programme
- DAAD Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists
Less popular funding possibilities (mostly with additional restrictions on applicants):
- Cusanuswerk
- DFG Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators (requires existing DFG project)
Industry Funding
Funding provided by industry partners:
Business Start-Up Funding
The following grants are available to support business start-ups: