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.
The programme supports research and study visits up to three months within the framework of the bilateral exchange of scientists and scholars.
MoreOutstanding doctoral students, scientists and researchers can complete a doctorate or conduct special research at an institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
MoreOutstanding 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.
MoreInternational postdoctoral researchers with 2 to 7 years of research experience can strengthen their research independence by establishing their own research team.
MoreThe ERC Synergy Grants target excellent emerging scientists at the start of their career as well as established researchers with outstanding scientific track records.
MoreInternational specialists in application-oriented research can set up a new research group at a Fraunhofer Institute to develop their ideas into actual innovations.
MoreFreigeist Fellowships support outstanding junior researchers who would like to conduct exceptional, high-risk research between established fields of research.
MoreJunior 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.
MoreThese 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.
MoreThe 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.
MoreThe best junior researchers receive excellent working conditions in a research-oriented environment. Researchers are granted independence early on and can set up and lead their own research group at a Helmholtz Centre.
MoreInternational junior and senior researchers in all disciplines can carry out their own research project in cooperation with an academic host of their choice at a research institute in Germany.
MorePostdocs and young leaders from non-European emerging economies or developing countries who work in the area of climate protection can pursue a long-term scientific project at a host institution of their choice in Germany.
MoreInternational researchers can conduct independent research at a Max Planck Institute. The programme aims to strengthen cooperation and promote networking between Max Planck Institutes and their international partners.
MorePromising junior researchers are enabled to set up their own research group in the inspiring research environment of a Leibniz Institute.
MoreFemale junior scientists with outstanding qualifications will be enabled to establish their own research group at one of the renowned Max Planck Institutes.
MorePostdoctoral researchers of any nationality can enhance their qualifications and diversify their competences by conducting a research project at a research institution in Germany.
MorePostdocs can gain additional knowledge and skills at a Max Planck Institute on the basis of their prior professional qualifications.
MoreJunior researchers can conduct independent research work at a Max Planck Institute by establishing their own Max Planck Research Group.
MoreThe Philipp Schwartz Initiative enables universities and research institutions in Germany to host researchers at risk on the basis of a full fellowship.
MoreThe PRIME programme enables postdocs of all nationalities who see their long-term career in Germany to combine employment at a German university with a research stay abroad.
MoreThis programme is aimed at former DAAD or GDR scholarship holders. Funding is provided for research and work projects at a state-run or state-recognised higher education institution or non-university research institute.
MoreJunior and senior researchers can realise a research project on a specific subject within a limited period of time. The programme can provide support for project costs, staff and equipment required to carry out the project.
MoreInternational doctoral candidates and young scholars or researchers can realise a research or training project at a state or state-recognised German university or non-university research institution.
MoreInternational university teachers and researchers can conduct a short-term research stay at a state-run or state-recognised university or non-university research institute in Germany.
MoreResearch training groups are set up by universities and pursue a focused research programme. PhD students and postdocs can complete a doctorate or engage in independent research activities.
MoreScientific Networks offer researchers with a PhD to engage in multi-year scientific exchange and cooperation on a topic area of their choice across various locations.
MoreThe Walter Benjamin Programme enables researchers in the postdoctoral training phase to independently conduct their own research project at a German research institution of their choice.
MoreThere are more funding programmes available for international researchers. For more information you can either search the funding databases or go straight to funding organisations’ websites.
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