Funding for junior scientist
Here you can find useful links to funding organisations and to websites which may help when applying for a grant. If you find a link missing, please let us know.
We would also like to draw your attention to HZB department Consulting Services Research Funding. If you have questions regarding proposals or funding options, contact Dr. Yvonne Tomm.
Websites for more information
Information for PhD students, junior researchers, and senior researchers.
KoWi - Kooperationstelle EU der Wissenschaftorganisation
Information, advice and training on the wide range of EU research funding programs (e.g. ERC, Marie Curie)
Overview on more than 700 foundations in Germany
Individual fellowships
Helmholtz Association Funding Programs
Funding schemes for PhD students, postdocs and young managers.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Four different individual research fellowships. Submision deadline is typically in September. If you are interested in applying it would be good to visit the corresponding KoWi website as well.
European Research Council (ERC)
Three core funding schemes for top researchers to support their own research team; Starting grants (2-7 years of experience after PhD), Consolidator grants (7-12 years of post-PhD research experience), and Advanced grants. If you are interested in applying it would be good to visit the corresponding KoWi website as well.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Individual grants as well as coordinated programs
Support grants
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Funding for foreigners coming to Germany and for Germans going abroad
Provides scholarships for postdocs, assistant professors, and young managers of research projects with funding to finance research assistants, technical equipment, research trips and attendance to conferences.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation
Foundation to support talented young women (graduate students and postdocs) with children. Financial grant to pay for assistance in household and childcare.