Doctoral Candidates

Below you will find information on funding opportunities for your doctoral project. We are also happy to offer you comprehensive personal consultation on how to fund your project.

PhD scholarships

• NEW Corona Emergency Funds (Bridging Scholarship)

• Humboldt Research Track Scholarship (promoting transition from Master’s to doctorate)

• Elsa-Neumann-Scholarship
• Yousef Jameel Scholarship
• Other Scholarships, e.g. granted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• HU International
• DAAD Short-Term Grants
• DAAD One-Year Grants
• DAAD grants for Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle
• DAAD STIBET doctoral students’ programme
• Fellowship for Completion of Degree (international doctoral candidates)

Scholarship for female doctoral students

• Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation (funds for additional childcare and domestic help)
• Caroline von Humboldt Grant Programme  (Completion Scholarship)

Search for scholarships

• Research in Germany – Research Funding
• DAAD Scholarship database
• Euraxess 
• ELFI (information brokerage system for funding opportunities, german only)

Funding through structured programmes

• DAAD Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany
• DAAD Research Grants – Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP)
• Structured Doctoral Programs at Humboldt-Universität
• Berlin Doctoral Programs
• DFG Research Training Groups

Funding trough a research staff position

• Vacancies for young researches at Humboldt-Universität
• Academic Jobs in Berlin and Brandenburg
• Euraxess