Here you find a selection of funding programmes for international postdocs and junior researchers by various funding organisations. For more funding opportunities please search our funding databases.
Selection of funding programmes (alphabetical order):
Postdocs
Bilateral Exchange of Academics
The programme supports research and study visits up to three months within the framework of the bilateral exchange of scientists and scholars.
Bilateral Exchange of AcademicsDLR-DAAD Research Fellowships in Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research
Outstanding doctoral students, scientists and researchers can complete a doctorate or conduct special research at an institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
DLR-DAAD Research Fellowships in Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation ResearchEmmy Noether Programme
Outstanding junior researchers can rapidly qualify for leading positions in science and research or for a university teaching career by heading an independent junior research group and assuming relevant teaching duties.
Emmy Noether ProgrammeERC Starting Grants
International postdoctoral researchers with 2 to 7 years of research experience can strengthen their research independence by establishing their own research team.
ERC Starting GrantsERC Synergy Grants
The ERC Synergy Grants target excellent emerging scientists at the start of their career as well as established researchers with outstanding scientific track records.
ERC Synergy GrantsFraunhofer Attract
International specialists in application-oriented research can set up a new research group at a Fraunhofer Institute to develop their ideas into actual innovations.
Fraunhofer AttractFreigeist Fellowships
Freigeist Fellowships support outstanding junior researchers who would like to conduct exceptional, high-risk research between established fields of research.
Freigeist FellowshipsGeorg Forster Research Fellowship
Junior and senior researchers in all disciplines from developing countries, emerging economies and transition states can carry out a research project in cooperation with an academic host of their choice in Germany.
Georg Forster Research FellowshipGrants to Support the Initiation of International Collaboration
These grants support international collaboration by enabling eligible German and international researchers and academics to plan partner visits, trips abroad and/or joint workshops with their partners.
Grants to Support the Initiation of International CollaborationGreen Talents
The winners of this competition are invited on a journey to leading German institutions of environmental and sustainability research. Furthermore, Green Talents awardees can complete a research stay at an institution of their choice.
Green Talents