Research in Germany: Funding Programmes: Senior Researchers

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Funding Programmes: Senior Researchers

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Here you find a selection of funding programmes by various funding organisations for international Senior Researchers and Faculty.

Please also check our integrated funding databases for more funding programmes.

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Academies of Science: Prizes for Senior Researchers

The academies award prizes for outstanding research work in the most varied subject areas.

AvH: Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Programme description: Enables award winners to carry out long-term and groundbreaking research in Germany and give German universities the opportunity to establish or upgrade internationally visible research focus areas to enhance their profile.

AvH: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for experienced researchers

Programme description: This fellowship allows researchers to carry out a research project abroad at a scientific host institution.

AvH: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Programme description: Award winners are honoured for their outstanding research record and invited to spend a period of 6 to 12 months at a research institute in Germany.

AvH: Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

Programme description: Allows researchers to carry out a research project in Germany in cooperation with an academic host of their choice.

AvH: Humboldt Research Award

Programme description: Award winners are invited to spend a period of 6 to 12 months, cooperating on a long-term research project with fellow experts at a research institute in Germany.

AvH: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

Programme description: Allows researchers to carry out their own research project in cooperation with an academic host of their choosing at a research institute in Germany

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DAAD-DLR: Research Fellowships in Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research

Programme description: Offers outstanding scientists and researchers the opportunity to conduct special research at the institutes of the DLR in Germany.

DAAD: Bilateral Exchange of Academics and Scientists

Programme description: Supports research or study visit within the scope of the bilateral exchange of academics and scientists

DAAD: Bilateral Programme for Cooperative Research Grants / PPP

Programme description: Aims to intensify scientific cooperation within the scope of a concrete, joint research project

DAAD: Re-integration of German Scientists from Abroad

Programme description: Individuals may apply for travel grants for job interviews and scientific presentations in Germany to enable their possible return

DAAD: Re-invitation Programme

Programme description: Allows candidates to carry out a research or study project at a German university or non-university research institute

DAAD: Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists

Programme description: Research project within the scope of a doctoral programme; research studies

DAAD: Research Stays

Programme description: Allows candidates to carry out a research or study project at a German university or non-university research institute

DFG: Collaborative Research Centres

Programme description: Creates core research areas at universities by establishing longer-term collaborative research projects.

DFG: Heisenberg Programme - Fellowship

Programme description: Provides excellent researchers the opportunity to prepare for a leading position in science and research and to spend time working on an advanced research topic

DFG: Heisenberg Programme - Professorship

Programme description: Offers excellent researchers the reliable prospect of a professorship.

DFG: Initiation and Intensification of Bilateral Cooperation

Programme description: Facilitates international cooperation by allowing eligible German and foreign scientists and academics to plan a partner visit and/or joint workshop with their partners.

DFG: Prizes for Senior Researchers

The DFG awards prizes to scientists and academics in recognition of their outstanding research achievements.

DFG: Temporary Position for Principal Investigators

Programme description: Provides researchers (especially early in their career) the opportunity to independently carry out research projects in an ideal research environment in Germany

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Fraunhofer: Fraunhofer Attract

Programme description: Fraunhofer Attract offers substantial funding, both budget and recruiting responsibility, research in close cooperation with industry...

Fraunhofer: Fraunhofer Bessel Research Award

Programme description: Award winners are invited to work closely with a partner at one of the Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany for up to 12 months.

Fraunhofer: Fraunhofer Fellowship Programme PROF.x2

Programme description: Funds working visits by senior researchers from the US, China or Japan at Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany, or enables senior Fraunhofer researchers to work at American or Asian research institutes

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IB: Preparatory Measures for International Cooperation

Programme description: Grants which lay the groundwork for transnational collaborative research projects or institutional partnerships, including feasibility studies and pilot studies

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Leibniz: Foreign Visiting Scientists at Leibniz Institutes

Programme description: Allows senior scientists to pursue or complete research in the scientific context of a Leibniz Institute.

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Max Planck: Foreign Visiting Scientists at Max Planck Institutes

Programme description: Enables foreign scientists to conduct independent research at a Max Planck Institute.

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