Add-on Funding
Materials for postdocs
The Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research supports talented, young female scientists with children in order to give them the necessary freedom and mobility they need for a scientific career.
Add-on Funding
You already have a position and are looking for additional funding to finance research stays, conference trips and short projects? Below you will find information on some programmes that are specifically aimed at academics in early career phases. ou can find further opportunities regardless of your career stage on our Funding and Advice pages.
Henriette Herz Scouts of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Henriette Herz Scouting Programme is aimed in two programme lines at 1.) rising academics who have only recently taken on a (junior) professorship or group leadership and 2.) established researchers. Applications from individuals who do not yet have any connections to the Humboldt Foundation are particularly welcome. As selected scouts, you have the opportunity to independently identify up to three junior researchers abroad and propose them to join your team for an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship. www.humboldt-foundation.de/bewerben/foerderprogramme/henriette-herz-scouting-programm
Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
The Klaus Tschira Boost Fund enables scientists (in the early stages of their careers) in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science to acquire additional project and personnel funding.
The idea behind the funding is:
- Flexible application for funding to create scope for own, riskier as well as interdisciplinary projects,
- support for the establishment of (international) cooperations and networks,
- Targeted support and advice for professional and personal development.
Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study
Joachim Herz Foundation
Within the framework of the call for proposals, up to 20 fellowships for interdisciplinary research will be awarded to doctoral students and postdocs. The fellows will be funded with up to 12,000 euros over a period of two years. The funding is intended to enable research stays, conference visits and the purchase of equipment. Further information can be found on the pages of the Joachim Herz Foundation.
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation supports junior research group leaders in the fields of medicine, biology and chemistry to further develop their independent research profile and to become eligible for appointment. Application deadlines: 15 March and 15 September of each year.
Scholarship Programme of the Daimler and Benz Foundation
Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards ten scholarships to postdocs, junior professors or heads of young research groups. Further information can be found on the Daimler and Benz Foundation website.
Robert Bosch Foundation
The Robert Bosch Stiftung offers various support measures for your projects. You can find more information about funding opportunities on the Foundation's pages.
Dr. Walter and Luise Freundlich Foundation
Ambitious young German medical researchers can apply to the Freundlich Foundation on their own initiative to apply flexibly and unbureaucratically for funding for travel grants, research stays abroad and publications. In urgent cases, the Foundation responds extremely quickly to these requests.
Lower Saxony - Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme
The "Lower Saxony - Scotland Tandem Fellowship Programme" enables doctoral students and postdocs to conduct joint research at universities in Lower Saxony and Scotland. The focus is on internationalisation and competence building in order to promote cross-border European cooperation in science and research.