Finanzielle Förderung

Um einen Antrag auf ein Stipendium oder ein Forschungsstipendium zu stellen, sollten Sie sich so früh wie möglich mit den entsprechenden Expert*innen am Göttingen Campus in Verbindung setzen (siehe Tabelle am Ende der Seite).

Wissenschaftler*innen des Göttingen Campus, empfehlen wir den Newsletter des GC Postdoc Network zu abbonieren, um aktuelle Informationen über Förderungen, Preise oder ähnliches zu erhalten.

Innerhalb des Göttingen Campus gibt es diverse finanzielle Förderprogramme für Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen

Wenn Sie bei der Universität tätig sind, besuchen Sie die Abteilung Forschung, hier und (für EU-Projekte) hier und Göttingen International für Bildungs- und Mobilitätsprogramme. Wenn Sie bei einem Göttingen Campus Mitglied tätig sind, besuchen Sie die GAUSS-Seite.

Göttingen Campus Ressourcen

GAUSS neues Webpage-Tool: Findet Möglichkeiten der Forschungsförderung in MINT (STEM): Die Einwerbung von Forschungsgeldern ist einer der ersten Schritte auf dem Weg zur akademischen Unabhängigkeit. Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten für Postdocs, je nach Karrierestufe, Dauer des Projekts oder Forschungsplan. Um bei der Navigation durch die verschiedenen Förderprogramme zu unterstützen, gibt es nun ein neues Tool.
GAUSS Sammlung von Trainee-Programmen für MINT (STEM)
Auf dieser Webseite sind 50 Trainee-Programme nach Branchen geordnet und mit einem Kurzprofil aufgelistet. Bei all diesen Unternehmen sind Alumni der GAUSS/GGNB beschäftigt.

Externe Unterstützung

Eine sehr nützliche externe Beratungsquelle ist die Fördermittelberatung des Bundes für Forschung und Innovation. Sie hilft Ihnen diverse Fördermöglichkeiten aus verschiedenen Initiativen der Bundesregierung zu identifizieren, sowie lokale, nationale und EU-Forschungsprogramme zu finden und vieles mehr.
Zusätzlich können Sie sich bei FIT (Forschung Internationales Transfer) anmelden, das aktuelle Ausschreibungen auflistet.
Für Postdocs ist auch diese Förderwebsite auch nützlich: Forschung in Deutschland.
Einzelförderung: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) hat einen Leitfaden zur Einzelförderung veröffentlicht - ob für einzelne Projekte oder Personen. Er enthält auch Tipps für Anträge

Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten

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Oktober

Daimler and Benz Foundation Postdoctoral Scholarships to reinforce the independence and creativity of the next generation of researchers in any discipline – in particular humanities, social sciences and cultural studies are underrepresented. The funding provides €40,000 for two years and can be used for various purposes, such as research assistants, technical equipment, trips or conferences, as well as opportunities to be part of a network of scholars which helps promote exchange of ideas. Deadline: 1 October
DFG: Interdisciplinary Projects under the Reinhart Koselleck Programme for outstanding researchers with a proven scientific track record to pursue exceptionally interdisciplinary and innovative projects. The call is open to all scientific disciplines and research topics that allow an interdisciplinary approach. The proposals should meet the criteria of the Reinhart Koselleck programme and show a high degree of innovation and risk. Applications from individual and two applicants are eligible. Deadline: 15 October
AIMS DFG Collaboration Visits Programme in Mathematical Sciences: early career researchers are particularly encouraged to apply for researchers in the German research system to visit one of the six AIMS centres in Africa, as well as guests visits to Germany by ECRs from African countries. The visits are for a maximum of three months and the main focus is to facilitate collaboration visits. Deadline: 15 October
ERC Starting Grants for promising early-career researchers of any nationality in any field of research with 2-7 years’ experience after PhD who are ready to work independently and move towards being a research leader. The proposed research should be in any research organisation in the EU or associated countries. They are for up to €1.5 million and up to 5 years. Please contact the proposed host EU office as soon as possible for support in applying. They will be able to help you optimise your application. Deadline: 15 October
(In German) Max-Eder Junior Research Group by the Deutsche Krebshilfe to support highly qualified early career researchers (normally under 35 years) specializing in oncology to establish an independent research group and further develop their scientific career by changing location. The funds last 4 years (+ 3 years extension possible) and cover salaries, consumables, facilities, travel. Deadline: 22 October (February, June 2025 deadlines to be announced)
2024-25 Mellon Foundation/SAR (Scholars at Risk) Academic Freedom Workshop and Fellowships for early career researchers who received their PhD within the last 8 years who carry out research on academic freedom or related higher education values. Fellowships can be split between two researchers and preference is for projects involving comparative, international or collaborative work. The funding supports a 10-month programme to complete a project (whether for a publication, course, workshop or webinar or similar). Fellows participate in online workshops to present their progress and offer feedback on others with funding of USD 8,000 to cover research expenses, publication and other costs. Fellows will be expected to give an online talk of their work in the latter part of the programme. Deadline: 22 October<o:p></o:p>
GSO Klaus Tschira (KT) Boost Fund: for postdocs in the Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science who would like up to €120,000 for up to 24 months of flexible funding which includes tailored career development support. Find out more at their online event on Tuesday 10 September at 16:00. Register here. Deadline: 23 October
CAIS fellowships (research for the digital age) provide three to six months funded at CAIS in Bochum for those researching the social, political, media-related or cultural effects of digitalization to help researchers engage in digital exchange. In addition to the usual call, there are three fellowships for “Sustainability in the Age of Digital Transformation” as described here. Deadline 31 October

November

BioInnovation Institute / Science Prize for Innovation rewards bold researchers who ask fundamental questions at the intersection of life sciences and entrepreneurship. Scientists need to show that they have reached across field boundaries, combining outstanding basic science with an eye towards application in the market place. This should be demonstrated in a 1000-word essay. The prize is USD 25,000 plus travel and accommodation for the award ceremony, along with 5-year subscription to Science. There are also runner-up prizes of US 10,000. Deadline: 1 November
Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft: Sandpit funding offers researchers from postdoc onwards at German universities €50,000 to create and contribute to an event to think beyond disciplines, test fresh approaches and air new ideas. The theme is Big Data in Clinical Research – scientific progress, translational breakthroughs, commercial use and societal implications. Researchers who are awarded funding may nominate up to 8 participants and choose a further 6-8 from a pool of potential candidates drawn up by a group of experts consulted by the Foundation. Workshop facilitators will be from a list provided by the Foundation. Deadline: 1 November<o:p></o:p>
ERC Synergy Grants: applications from any group of two to four outstanding researchers of any nationality in any field with 2-7 years of experience since completing their PhD. The topic should be so ambitious that it cannot be dealt with you or your team alone. It must demonstrate that the different investigators need to bring different skills and resources together to tackle a research problem. Please contact the proposed host EU office as soon as possible for support in applying. They will be able to help you optimise your application. Deadline: 6 November
John F Kennedy Memorial Fellowship for Visiting Post-doctoral Fellowship to be held at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University: up to 3 fellowships to German postdocs who are in the process of writing their habilitation or equivalent research in the Social Sciences. Topics should focus on Europe, transatlantic issues and/or the United States. Deadline: 11 November
Adolf Martens Fellowship Programme funds postdoc junior scientists who obtained their PhD (in an area of expertise matching BAM’s scientific direction) outside Germany within the last 3 years. BAM tests, researches and advises on protection for people, the environment and materials, and sets safety standards in technology and chemistry for Germany and its global markets. Please email for more information before submitting any documents. Funding is for one year: Deadlines: 30 November, (31 March 2025, 31 July 2025)
Funding for interdisciplinary research symposia in Göttingen (in English or German): academics across the Göttingen Campus are invited to submit applications (in English or German) for up to €15,000 to run a symposium. The topic should align with the University’s strategic research objectives ‘Understanding Energy, Information, and Life’, ‘Creating Knowledge in a Changing World’ and ‘Building a Sustainable Future’, which have the aim of promoting collaboration and cross-disciplinary research areas, as well as addressing socially relevant research questions. Applications and queries to Elisabeth Michelbach or Katrin Fehl. Deadline: 30 November

Dezember und später

(in German) Deutsche Lungenstiftung German Dissertation Prize Pneumology 2023 for the best experimental dissertation work in the field of pneumology to early career researchers (under 35 when completing doctoral procedure). Dissertation must be carried out in Germany, written in German (or a translation into German provided). Award includes an invitation to give a lecture and €3,000. Deadline:15 December
Roman Herzog Research Prize for Social Market Economy will honour outstanding works – whether dissertations or habilitations – which provide important scientific approaches to the further development of the successful model of the social market economy. Applications are welcomed from individuals, teams or institutions and the prize is €35,000. Deadline: 31 December
(in German) Walter Schulz Stiftung: Cancer research prize €10,000 for early career scientists under 40 years of age who have made outstanding achievements in tumour research. Deadline: 31 December
ERC Consolidator Grants: These are personal awards that provide a lot of independence for researchers with 7-12 years’ experience who want to establish a research team and continue to develop their career in Europe. Please contact the proposed host EU office as soon as possible for support in applying. They will be able to advise you and have details about all the support you need for the process. Deadline: 14 January 2025
Branco Weiss Fellowship – society in science to support postdocs after their PhD and before their first appointment, in unconventional projects outside the mainstream of science, engineering and social sciences. Fellows can use CHF 600,000 to pursue their science for up to five years. You must show a willingness to engage in a dialogue on relevant social, cultural, political or economic issues beyond the frontiers of your particular discipline. You must not have held your PhD for more than five years at the time of the deadline. Deadline: 15 January 2025
(in German) William Stern Program provides research funding to stimulate new research in the field of giftedness and to attract new researchers to the topic. Applications can be up to €500,000 and relevant fields include psychology, educational science and teaching, as well as interfaces with other disciplines. The following are of particular interest: giftedness equity, early education, school and teaching, family research, as well as crises, change and challenges. Open Science and interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome. Deadline: 15 January 2025
(in German) Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators in partnership with Nature recognises outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts. Applicants must not be older than 35 years of age at the type of entry (exceptions apply). The award is worth €20,000. Deadline: 15 January 2025
(In German) Klee Prize – for the promotion of early career scientists (not over the age of 35 on 31 Jan 2025) who are awarded €5,000, €2,000 or €1,000 for a scientific contribution from a German institution in the field of biomedical engineering as an interdisciplinary subject, engineering solutions to current clinical problems, or scientific contributions for diagnostics or therapy. The contribution could be published / submitted after 1 Jan 2024 in an academic journal, as a dissertation or habilitation or as a book. Deadline: 31 January 2025

Fortlaufend

ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT JSPS Research Fellowship up to 24 months in Japan for postdocs with permanent residence in Germany in all disciplines. Applications are generally processed four to seven months. Deadline: open
MSC4Ukraine (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for Ukraine)has been launched to support postdocs and PhD candidates from Ukraine (in residence on 24 February 2022 and displaced after that date or ready to relocate). The programme will match researchers with institutes and fellowships will be offered on a rolling basis from January 2023. Deadline: open
DFG Emmy Noether programme applications: for highly qualified early career researchers and junior professors (normally up to 4 years after PhD completion and at least 2 years of postdoc experience) on temporary contracts who want the chance to qualify for the post of professor at a university by leading an independent junior research group for six years. (The eligibility period has been extended by 3 months due to the coronavirus pandemic for those who would otherwise have to apply by 31 December 2022). Deadline: proposals can be submitted at any time.
DFG Walter Benjamin Programmeenables researchers in the postdoctoral training phase to independently conduct their own research project at a location of their choice for 2 years. The project can be carried out at a research institution in Germany or abroad, with the host institution providing support for the project. Applications can be submitted at any time. Frequently asked questions are here. Contacts are subject-specific and can be found here. Deadline: at any time
EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Postdoctoral Fellowshipssupport researchers for two years and international mobility is a key requirement. Fellowship includes a salary or stipend, laboratory leadership training, access to an EMBO global network, relocation allowance and support for those with kids. Applications accepted throughout the year.
EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Scientific Exchange Grantssupport researchers for up to three months between laboratories in eligible countries – facilitating collaborations with research groups with expertise, techniques or infrastructure that is unavailable in the applicant’s laboratory. They cover travel and subsistence costs. Applications accepted throughout the year.
EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Core Facility Fellowshipssupport training for core facility staff (including scientists and technicians) in specific techniques in core facilities that provide services to research institutions or universities. The fellowships contribute towards travel and subsistence costs. Applications accepted throughout the year.
Exist Business Funding for University-based Business Start-ups by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate funding. The application comes from the University/research institute but is driven by researchers (potential entrepreneurs) who hand their business idea to the University. More info about the scheme is here. Applications must be in German. Deadline: on-going
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship - the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation provides sponsorship for research stays worldwide (length of 6 to 24 months for postdocs), for researchers from Germany in all disciplines and all career stages. Applicants choose an academic host from some 15,000 academics in the Humboldt Network abroad. Deadline: Apply throughout the year but well in advance of committee meetings in February, June and October
Fritz Thyssen Foundation Research Stipendsto support highly qualified individual junior scholars who generally received their doctoral degree one or two years ago. It provides postdocs with an opportunity to focus on a research project for a limited period of time and the stipends can be used to enable scholars to familiarise themselves with a new field of research or to write an article for publication. Funding in the following areas: history, language and culture; interdisciplinary field “image-sound-language”; state, economy and society; medicine and the natural sciences. Deadline: applications can be submitted at any time and an answer is generally provided within 8 weeks.
Fulbright Germany: Reisestipendien für deutsche Wissenschaftler*innenfor scientists with German citizenship for teaching or research stays in the US for 3 to 12 months. Fulbright Germany encourages applications from diverse groups who are traditionally underrepresented in academia. No deadline but apply at least nine months before you intend to travel
Liebig Postdoc Fellowships are to help start the careers of prospective university teachers in the field of chemistry. Postdocs from chemistry and related fields can get funding to continue their scientific experience at another working group and university (different from their PhD which should have been completed within three years). Deadline: at any time
Leopoldina Postdoc ScholarshipPostdoctoral scientists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland who already show independence in natural science or medicine to conduct research abroad. Contact: PD Dr Andreas Clausing. Deadline: applications can be submitted at any time and are considered four times a year.
VolkswagenStiftung: support in Germany for Scientists/Scholars from Afghanistan (or who have fled Afghanistan): scientists in Germany are eligible to apply if they have received research funding from the VolkswagenStiftung in the last 10 years. Scientists can apply to bring researchers from Afghanistan (or scholars/scientists who have fled Afghanistan) to work on their research project. Potential PhD students could be funded although the initial funding period would only cover 2 years. In all cases, please discuss potential applications directly with the VolkswagenStiftung before applying. Open deadline.

Expert*innen für Forschungsstipendien unterstützen auf dem gesamten Campus bei Bewerbungen

Um einen Antrag auf ein Stipendium oder ein Forschungsstipendium zu stellen, sollten Sie sich so früh wie möglich mit den entsprechenden Expert*innen am Göttingen Campus in Verbindung setzen:

UNI	Lisa Grow	lisa.grow@zvw.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 28252	Research Dept, National and international funding (Humanities)
UNI	Felix Spöler	felix.spoeler@zvw.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 28245	Research Dept, National and international funding (Natural and Life Sciences)
UNI	Ricarda Blumentritt	ricarda.blumentritt@zvw.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 21320	Göttingen International, EU programmes (Horizon Europe MSCA and Erasmus+)
UNI	Jakob Hedderich	jakob.hedderich@zvw.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 21326	Göttingen International, DAAD
UNI	Claudia Sueltmann	Claudia.sueltmann@zvw.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 28254	EU Office
UNI	Christian Schöpper	Christian.schoepper@zvw.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 28253	EU Office
UMG	Team Research Management	forschung@med.uni-goettingen.de	(0551) 39 61270	Research Management
MPI	Kerstin Mosch	kmosch@gwdg.de	(0551) 3899 453	Forschung EU
MPI	Ulrike Gerischer	ulrike.gerischer@mpinat.mpg.de	(0551) 201 1283	Forschung
DPZ	Björg Pauling	bpauling@dpz.eu	(0551) 3851 454
DPZ	Robert Teepe	rteepe@dpz.eu	(0551) 3851 122