Research in Germany: Scientific Career

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Research Funding

academics.com gives visitors to the site information on various kinds of scientific research funding. Look here to find useful links with information on funding international research cooperation projects and on financial assistance of young academics.

Who provides funding and how? Where do I send my application to? These important research funding questions are answered on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). (Partly in German)

Trying to find out more about the various types of funding offered by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) or other funding organisations? Look here for some useful information.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is one of the world's largest and most respected intermediary organisations in its field. The DAAD promotes international relations in higher education, especially by exchanging students and researchers.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is the central, self-governing research funding organisation of German science. To promote research at universities and other publicly-financed research institutions, the DFG funds research projects and helps researchers cooperate with each other.

Planning a research trip to Germany? Or would you like some information on scholarship programmes? The website contains an alphabetical list of organisations and agencies that provide grants and scholarships in Germany.

Forschen-Foerdern is a global portal that provides information onprojects and awardy in the fields of natural, technological anfd medical science in Germany and promotes the communication between institutions and recipients of research funding (available in German only).

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is the central, self-governing funding organisation. The DFG promotes research at universities and other publicly financed research institutions in Germany.

The Higher Education Guide which the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) publishes in cooperation with the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) helps you find the German universities that offer the subject of your choice. The search engine lets you select the appropriate database on the basis of your academic qualifications.

KISSWIN is an online communication and information platform for young researchers. Here you can research all funding organisations for young researchers in Germany.

You are just about to graduate from university and are looking for PhD-funding? You already ‎hold a doctorate and would like to undertake postdoctoral research? KoWi provides information and advice on PhD and postdoctoral (funding) programmes of the ‎European Union.

The well-structured scholarship database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) also contains information about doctoral scholarships available from companies like Airbus, Bayer and Novartis (only available in German).

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