Funding Opportunities for Postdocs
It is really hard to get an overview of (all) funding programmes for Postdocs. For this reason, there are numerous databases that allow a targeted search for suitable funding opportunities. Keep in mind, the own funding research is essential!
Nevertheless, there are some programmes of the major funding bodies which are existing since quite some time and are considered as "classics". Below we present a selection of funding programmes that we consider to be of greater importance. Depending on your interests, you can further refine the selection using the filter bar.
Individual Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Walter Benjamin Programme
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Emmy Noether Programme
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Heisenberg Programme
- European Research Council: Starting Grants
- Einstein Foundation Berlin: Einstein Junior Fellow
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI): Liebig Fellowship for prospective university teachers in the chemical sector
- Klaus Tschira Stiftung: Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
International Mobility
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH): Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH): Georg Forster Research Fellowship
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH): Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH): Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship for PostDocs from Brazil
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): P.R.I.M.E. - Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience
- Marie S. Curie: Postdoctoral Fellowships
- MBSF: The Martin Buber Society of Fellows