Junior Faculty | 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.
Research Information Service (FIT)
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December 2024
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Roman Herzog Institute: Social Market Economy Research Award 2025 | 31.12.2024 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty | future viability of the social market economy, key regulatory issues of the 21st century |
| Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL): Animal Welfare Research Award 2025 | 31.12.2024 | all (category 2: max. 5 years after dissertation) | categories 1 and 2: Replacement and reduction of animal experiments category 3: Social and civic engagement in the field of laboratory animals |
| Foundation Stone-Earth Mining and Environment: Award | 31.12.2024 | all | environmentally friendly and economical raw material supply, material and energy efficiency, protection of natural resources and raw material provision, design and renaturalisation of areas affected by mining with special consideration of biodiversity, regional planning |
| SAMPE Germany e.V.: Innovation Award | 31.12.2024 | PhD | material applications, manufacturing processes, material combinations |
| Research Network on Old-Age Provision (FNA) of the German Pension Insurance Association: Research Award | 31.12.2024 | Postdoc (max. 1.5 years after dissertation) | all disciplines related to ageing research |
| Roman Herzog Institute e.V.: Research Award Social Market Economy | 31.12.2024 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (up to 40 years + parental leave) | all disciplines related to the design of our economic and social order |
January 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: Programme to promote the return of highly qualified young researchers from abroad (NRW Return Programme 2024) | 09.01.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (doctorate 2-6 years ago, at least 12 months abroad, centre of life before and after stay abroad: Germany) | future computing |
| Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS: DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowships | 14.01.2025 | Postdoc | Reference to the roles of the USA and Germany at a crucial moment in world history |
| Karg-Foundation: William Stern Programme | 15.01.2025 | PhD, PhD+Postdoc | talent research (psychology, educational science, pedagogy; interfaces with disciplines from the social, educational and human sciences) |
| Volkswagen Foundation: Call for papers: Conference 'Universities and the Public Good' | 19.01.2025 | all (PhD see Young Scholars Forum) | history of colleges and universities in the transatlantic region as centres of education and research since 1945 |
| AMA Association for Sensor Technology and Measurement Technology e.V.: Innovation Award 2025 | 23.01.2025 | all | sensor technology/measurement technology and associated technologies with recognizable market relevance |
| Semikron Danfoss & European ECPE Network: Innovation Award and Young Engineer Award | 31.01.2025 | all (Innovation Award) all under 30 years (Young Engineer Award) |
power electronics |
February 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| CAST e.V. and the 'Security - Protection and Reliability' department of the Society for Informatics e.V. (GI): PhD Prize IT Security 2025 | 02.02.2025 | PhD (shortly before completion), Postdoc (max. 2 years after dissertation) | security in computer science |
| Information Technology Society in the VDE Association for Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology e.V. (VDE ITG): Dissertation Award 2025 | 05.02.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation in 2024 and max. 32 years) | information technology |
| Schering Foundation: Ernst Schering Prize 2025 | 09.02.2025 | Postdoc, Junior Faculty | basic research in life sciences/biomedicine (biology, medicine or chemistry) |
| Schering Foundation: Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 | 09.02.2025 | Postdoc (max. 6 years after dissertation; working in Germany) | basic research in life sciences |
| Society for Computer Science e.V. (GI) in cooperation with Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and Swiss Informatics Society (SI): Dissertation Award | 14.02.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation in 2024) | computer science |
| Kurt Eberhard Bode Foundation in Stifterverband: Junior Research Group ‘Water - Research for Sustainable Resource Utilisation’ | 15.02.2025 | PhD, Postdoc | water and x; networking and dialogue between medicine, biology, chemistry, physics and computer science |
| DECHEMA, Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology e.V.: Industrial Bioprocess Award | 15.02.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation between Dec. 2023 and Dec. 2024) | bioprocess engineering |
| Information Technology Society in the VDE Association for Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology e.V. (VDE ITG): Literature Award | 15.02.2025 | all (for dissertations see Dissertation Prize 2025) | information technology |
| Bernd Rendel Foundation in Stifterverband and German Research Foundation (DFG): Bernd Rendel Prize | 20.02.2025 | PhD | earth sciences |
| Klaus Tschira Foundation: PlainText Prize for Science Communication | 28.02.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation in 2023 or 2024) | biology, chemistry, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience and physics (including related fields) |
| Marianne and Dr. Fritz Walter Fischer Foundation in Stifterverband: Junior Research Group ‘BEN - Biodiversity, Ecology, Nature in National Parks and Biosphere Reserves’ | 28.02.2025 | Postdoc (max. 6 years after dissertation + time off) | biodiversity, ecology, nature |
March 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Körber-Foundation: German Study Award | 01.03.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation completed with magna or summa cum laude in 2024) | all |
| German Chemical Industry Association (VCI): Kekulé Scholarship | 01.03.2025 | PhD (start) (EU nationality) | chemistry and chemistry-related subjects |
| Körber Foundation: German Study Award | 01.03.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation in 2024 and rated magna or summa cum laude) | all |
| Daimler and Benz Foundation: Bertha Benz Prize 2025 | 01.03.2025 | Postdoc (dissertation not older than March 2, 2024 and rated magna or summa cum laude) | engineering |
| Hamburg Foundation for Science, Development and Culture Helmut and Hannelore Greve and Academy of Sciences in Hamburg: Hamburg Science Prize 2025 ‘Immunomodulation’ | 15.03.2025 | all (with several years of internationally recognised research achievements) | immunomodulation |
| Wissenswerkstadt, Bielefeld Marketing GmbH: FameLab Germany: 'Talking Science' | 17.03.2025 | all 21 years and older | natural or social sciences, technology or medicine |
| ARD.ZDF media academy: Women + Media Technology Award 2025 | 31.03.2025 | PhD | audiovisual media production and distribution or related subject areas |
| Tyczka Energy Foundation, Technical University of Munich, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and Research Centre for Energy Economics e.V.: Dr Tyczka Energy Prize | 31.03.2025 | PhD | energy (especially practical or implemented energy saving concepts) industrial gases and hydrogen (innovative applications of technical gases as well as the extraction, storage and applications of hydrogen) |
| Goldschmidt Foundation: Karl Goldschmidt Prize | 31.03.2025 | PhD (without high school diploma and without university entrance qualification) | engineering (mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials science, electrical engineering, industrial engineering) |
May 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German-American Fulbright Commission: PhD program (university and university of applied sciences) | 01.05.2025 | PhD (start) (German nationality) | all |
July 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German Chemical Industry Association (VCI): Kekulé Scholarship | 01.07.2025 | PhD (start) (EU nationality) | chemistry and chemistry-related subjects |
| Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes Association (FSK): Innovation Award for Foamed Plastics and Polyurethanes | 15.07.2025 | all | all disciplines related to foam plastics and polyurethanes |
November 2025
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German-American Fulbright Commission: PhD program (university and university of applied sciences) | 01.11.2025 | PhD (start) (German nationality) | all |
| German Chemical Industry Association (VCI): Kekulé Scholarship | 01.11.2025 | PhD (start) (EU nationality) | chemistry and chemistry-related subjects |
April 2026
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| German Society for Biomedical Engineering in the VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE DGBMT) and Klee Family Foundation: Prize for Innovation in Biomedical Technology | 30.04.2026 | all | medical issues solved through technical transfer |
Anytime
| Call | Deadline | Career stage | Subject group(s) |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship (Information event on 24.09.2024) |
anytime | Postdoc, Junior Faculty | all |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation: Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programme | anytime | Postdoc, Junior Faculty (without German citizenship) | all |
| Chemical Industry Fund: Liebig Scholarship for the start of a university teaching career (3-year funding, equipment for the working group and a doctoral scholarship for one research assistant) | anytime | Postdoc | chemistry |
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Research scholarship (funding period: 6-24 months) | anytime | PhD, Postdoc | all |