Postdoc Fellowships
BMBF – Federal Ministry of Research and Education https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/jobs-and-careers/info-for-senior-researchers.html
BMBF – Federal Ministry of Research and Education www.research-in-germany.org/en/jobs-and-careers/info-for-postdocs-and-junior-researchers.html
DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service https://www.daad.de/deutschland/en/
GCRI – German Centre for Research & Innovation
http://www.germaninnovation.org/resources/postdocs
GCRI – German Centre for Research & Innovation
http://www.germaninnovation.org/resources/faculty-and-researchers
Scholarships for Development
http://www.scholars4dev.com/category/level-of-study/post-doctoral-fellowships/
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/lynen-fellowship.html
Target group: Postdocs and experienced researchers, German nationality or non-Germans well integrated into German science system
Funding period: 6 – 24 months (postdocs) and 6 – 18 months (experienced researcher)
Deadline: no deadline; selection committee meetings take place three times a year (February, June, October). Applications should be submitted at least four to seven months ahead of the prospective selection meeting.
Brief description: For research stays worldwide by researchers from Germany of all disciplines and at all career stages with an academic host that is a former Humboldt fellow. For post-doctoral researchers up to four years after completing a doctorate and experienced researchers up to 12 years after completing a doctorate. Success rate about 40%.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Georg Forster Research Fellowships https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html
Target group: Postdocs and experienced researchers, from developing countries
Funding period: 6 – 24 months (postdocs) and 6 – 18 months (experienced researcher)
Deadline: no deadline; selection committee meetings take place three times a year (February, June, October). Applications should be submitted at least four to seven months ahead of the prospective selection meeting.
Brief description: Applicants from abroad with above-average doctoral degree, PhD completed within the last 4 years. Applicants apply directly presenting a research proposal containing aspects important for the continued development of the country of origin for a project to be conducted in Germany and providing a hosting confirmation from a German research institution. Success rate about 20-25%.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Humboldt Research Fellowship https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html
Target group: Postdocs and experienced researchers, from abroad
Funding period: 6 – 24 months (postdocs) and 6 – 18 months (experienced researcher)
Deadline: no deadline; selection committee meetings take place three times a year (March, July, November). Applications should be submitted at least four to seven months ahead of the prospective selection meeting.
Brief description: Applicants from abroad with above-average doctoral degree, PhD completed within the last 4 years. Applicants apply directly presenting a research proposal for a project in Germany and providing a hosting confirmation from a German research institution. Success rate about 25%.
Carl Zeiss Foundation https://www.carl-zeiss-stiftung.de/german/index.html
Supports only universities also no exception for double affiliation of PI at FLI and FSU (supported person needs to be at the university).
Daimler and Benz Foundation – Postdoctoral Scholarships http://www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de/cms/en/young-academics/postdoctoral-scholarships.html
Target group: Postdocs, assistant professors, and young managers of new research projects
Funding period: 24 months
Deadline: once a year
Brief description: Every year, the Daimler and Benz Foundation awards ten scholarships to exceptional postdoctoral students, assistant professors, and young managers of new research projects. Our goal is to support the autonomy and creativity of our next generation of academics and to help committed researchers as they begin their postdoctoral academic careers. The recipients receive scholarships of €20,000 a year for two years to finance research assistants, technical equipment, research trips and attendance at conferences. By hosting gatherings for the steadily increasing network of scholarship recipients in Ladenburg, the Daimler and Benz Foundation also provides a forum for the exchange of interdisciplinary ideas.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – DFG – Forschungsstipendium http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/einzelfoerderung/forschungsstipendien/index.html
Target group: postdocs
Funding period: up to 24 months
Deadline: four times per year (April, July, September, December)
Brief description: For young scientists to realize a research project abroad. German and non-German scientists are eligible; non-German nationals need to be well integrated into the German science system (having been working in Germany for more than three years) and stating to want to return to Germany after the funding period. The stipend will be calculated based on the place of executing the project and the presence of children. Travel and publication will be supported as well.
Deutsche Krebshilfe – Postdoc fellowship https://www.krebshilfe.de/forschen/foerderung/foerderprogramme/nachwuchsfoerderung/mildred-scheel-postdoktoranden/
Target group: postdocs with MD or PhD
Funding period: 24 months
Deadline: four times per year (April, July, September, December)
Brief description: The eligible fellowship candidates are life scientists or medics working in basic oncology and clinical cancer research that want to realize a project in a renowned institution abroad. Applicants have one first author publication, are generally below the age of 35 years, and are working in Germany at the time of application. The fellowship includes a basic amount appropriated to the respective targeted country, support for the family, travel costs, monthly fees for consumables and congress participation, moving costs.
EMBO – Long-term Fellowship http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/fellowships/long-term-fellowships
Target group: Postdocs
Funding period: 24 months
Deadline: no deadline
Brief description: Application within 0-2 years post PhD (probable extension for maternity leaves, PhD necessary,1st author publication), mobility rule, i.e. applicant has to go abroad, evaluation committee meets May & November. Applications received by early February will be evaluated in spring with interviews conducted in April. Applications received early August will be evaluated in autumn meeting with interviews in October. Outcomes will be announced on the first week of June and the first week of December.
European Union – Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions – Individual fellowships http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/apply/calls_en
Target group: postdocs or experienced researchers w/o PhD with at least 4 years full-time research experience
Funding period: 24 months
Deadline: once a year
Brief description: Fellowship to go abroad (mostly within EU), no age restrictions, any nationality
Evonik Foundation – Evonik Scholarship https://www.evonik-stiftung.de/en/subsidized-projects/science/evonik-scholarships/
Target group: Bachelor, Master, PhD students, and Postdocs
Funding period: see below
Deadline: once a year
Brief description: Bachelors and masters theses: six months, 250–600 euros/month. In addition, applications can be submitted for funding of the purchase of research literature and attendance of scientific congresses.
Doctoral program: two years (option to extend), 1,400 euros/month. In addition, applications can be submitted for funding of the purchase of research literature and attendance of scientific congresses.
Postdoctoral studies: one years funding is decided on a case-by-case basis. In addition, applications can be submitted for funding of the purchase of research literature and attendance of scientific congresses.
Yearly changing funding topics, focus on chemistry. To finalize Bachelor, Master, PhD and Postdoc projects
FEBS – FEBS Long-term Fellowship https://www.febs.org/our-activities/fellowships/
Target group: Postdocs
Funding period: 12 months + 24 months
Deadline: once a year
Brief description: candidates must have obtained PhD degree within the past three years. In addition, applicants need to be members of a FEBS Constituent Society (Federation of European Biochemical Societies), to be working in a laboratory in a FEBS country, and to be seeking to work in a laboratory in a different FEBS country. Support long-term visits for the purpose of scientific collaboration or advanced training. Funding rate 15-20%. Stipend not salary.
HFSP – Human Frontier Science Program – Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.hfsp.org/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships
Target group: Postdocs
Funding period: 36 months
Deadline: once a year (applicants need to register prior to submission)
Brief description: HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. Fellows may choose to stay for up to three years in the host country or use the last year of their fellowship to return to their home country or to move to another HFSPO member country. Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) are for applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences, which is significantly different from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work. Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) are for applicants with a Ph.D. from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences), who have had limited exposure to biology during their previous training. Applications are possible up to three years post PhD with extensions for maternity leaves. The fellowship includes living, research, travel, and relocation allowances.
Jacobs Foundation - Jacobs Early Career Research Fellowship https://jacobsfoundation.org/en/activity/jacobs-foundation-research-fellowship-program/
Target group: postdocs, highly talented young scholars
Funding period: 3 years
Deadline: once a year (October)
Brief description: A three-year grant allows Fellows to concentrate on their research projects related to children and youth. Scholars who engage in interdisciplinary work on individual development and learning of children and youth, and who seek to combine genetic, epigenetic, neurobiological, behavioral and social levels of analysis, are particularly encouraged to apply. The Ideal candidate has obtained his/her PhD no more than 7 years ago. 150.000 SFr over 3 years.
Jung Foundation – Ernst Jung Career Advancement Prize https://jung-stiftung.de/en/the-awards/ernst-jung-career-advancement-award/information-for-application/
Target group: MDs
Funding period: 3 years
Deadline: once a year (likely August)
Brief description: For medical specialists under 35 years of age who want to work at a German hospital after at least two years of scientific research work, preferably abroad, to intensify their research work and strive to complete their residency at the same time. Applicants and the host hospital make a commitment to exclusively conduct research work during the first year. The residency can start afterwards but it must be geared towards scientific effectiveness for two more years in total through intermittent leave. The funding of 210.000 Euro is intended for a three-year period and to finance their own position and material expenses. It is paid out in two installments where the payment of the second half of the amount is tied to the approval of an application for further research funding by a third institution, for example the DFG, after 18 months.
Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/karriere/wissenschaftlicher-nachwuchs/leibniz-daad-research-fellowships/
Target group: Postdocs
Funding period: 12 months
Deadline: once a year
Brief description: For non-Germans with PhD awarded less than 2 years ago. To work at a Leibniz Institute for one year. The fellowship comprises a salary of about €2000/month, covers insurances on top, and comes with a research allowance of 500€ per year.
if renewed deadline 03.2018
Minerva Foundation – Minerva fellowship http://www.minerva.mpg.de/fellowships/fellowships.html
Target group: PhD students and Postdocs
Funding period: 6 – 36 months (PhD students) and 6 – 24 months (postdocs)
Deadline: twice a year (January 15th and June 15th)
Brief description: To enable German and Israeli scientists and researchers to spend longer-term research residencies at institutions in the respective other country. Eligible PhD student candidates must have completed a university degree. Candidates for Postdoc fellowships must not have completed their thesis more than seven years ago. Parental leave will be taken into account. Applicants who are presently residing in Israel/Germany but are not nationals of either of the two countries must show a proven record of integration into the Israeli or German scientific community. Applications are open to all institutional affiliations; there is no bias towards Max Planck Institute affiliates.
Schlumberger Foundation – Faculty for the Future Fellowship http://www.facultyforthefuture.net/content/grant-application-process
Target group: female PhD students and postdocs (from developing countries)
Funding period: 12 months (with possibility for extension)
Deadline: once a year (September to November)
Brief description: For women from developing countries doing interdisciplinary research projects (note: dual citizenship might affect eligibility). There are no age limits. Candidates should plan to return to their home country after completion of the project to facilitate knowledge transfer.
Thyssen Foundation – Research Stipend http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/
Target group: Postdocs
Funding period: 12-24 months
Deadline: none (answer within 8 weeks)
Brief description: For the execution of a research project, self-conceived. PhD received one – two years before application. Funding is basically reserved for projects that have a clear connection to the German research system. This connection can be established either at a personal level through German scientists working on the project, at an institutional level through non-German scientists being affiliated to German research institutes or through studies on topics related thematically to German research interests. Stipend rate is 1.800€/month plus a possible lump sum of 200€/month for travel and material. Child supplements can be applied for (400€/month)
Volkswagen Foundation – Experiment – In Search of Bold Research Ideas https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/experiment
Target group: postdocs and group leaders
Funding period: up to 18 months
Deadline: once a year (August)
Brief description: The initiative addresses researchers who want to put a potentially transformative and risky research idea to the test. They are given the opportunity to demonstrate preliminary evidence for a concept’s potential during an exploratory phase, which is limited to 18 months and up to 120.000 Euro. Innovative, cutting-edge projects at the forefront of any given field of research are not to be supported since they might be funded through other conventional funding lines. Funds can be used for personnel and non-personnel costs including the own position. It is also possible to file collaborative applications. Overheads are not covered. Funding rate about 8%.
