Doctoral research | Current announcements

Scholarships, Fellowships, Research Grants
On this page, we refer to a selection of current calls for applications for scholarships, prizes, research grants, or fellowships. Despite great care, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.
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August 2022
September 2022
October 2022
November 2022
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi): Prices for IT in the construction industry | 15 Nov | Construction Industry | |
Azrieli Foundation: Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2023–24 academic year (Funding amount: ILS 188,000) | 15 Nov | Post Doc | Life sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences |
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard-Stiftung: For Women in Science (on the compatibility of career and family ) | 30 Nov | Natural sciences and basic medical research |
December 2022
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Universitätsstadt Gießen: Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Preis (for outstanding work on social foundations for building and securing democratic communities) | 31 Dec | PhD, Post Doc |
Historical Science, Social Science |
Technical University of Munich, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft e.V.,Tyczka Energie Stiftung: Dr. Tyczka Energy Award (Categories: Energy, especially for work with practical or implemented energy saving concepts; Industrial Gases, for work dealing with innovative applications of technical gases) | 31 Dec | Master, PhD |
Engineering, Natural Science, Business Administration |
January 2023
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT in VDE): Klee Prize for the promotion of young scientists (prize money: 5,000 euros) | 31 Jan | Medicine |
February 2023
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Verband der Elektrotechnik (VDE): ETG Literature Prize (for outstanding publications in the field of electrical power engineering, prize money: 3,000 euros) | 13 Feb | PhD, Postdoc | elektrischen Energietechnik |
Verband der Elektrotechnik (VDE): Prize for publications (annual award for outstanding scientific publications by its members in the field of information technology, Prize money: 3,000 euros) | 15 Feb | PhD, Postdoc | Information Technology |
DECHEMA: Industrial Bioprocess Award | 15 Feb | PhD, Postdoc | Bioprocess |
March 2023
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung: Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis (for outstanding development and research work on the application and generation of laser light ) | 1 March | Natural Sciences |
April 2023
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Verband der Elektrotechnik (VDE): Johann-Philipp-Reis-Preis (Prize money: 10,000 euors) | 13 Apr | Communications Engineering | |
German Society for Biomedical Engineering in VDE (DGBMT) and Action Alliance for Patient Safety (APS): Patient Safety Award (prize money: up to 5,000 euros) | 30 Apr | Medicine |
May 2023
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Gerda Henkel Foundation: Funding priority "Lost Cities. Perception of and life with abandoned cities in the cultures of the world" (for interdisciplinary research groups, funding period: 36 months) | 23.05.2023 | Post doc | Humanities and Social Sciences |
Anytime
Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
Fonds der chemischen Industrie: Liebig-Stipendium für Start der Hochschullehrer/innen-Laufbahn (3-year funding, equipment for the working group and a doctoral scholarship for a research assistant) | anytime | Post Doc | Chemistry |
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Forschungsstipendium (Duration: 6-24 months) | anytime | PhD, Post Doc | all fields |