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Humboldt University of Berlin. The former Royal Library, now seat of the Faculty of Law.

 

Funding Sources for Researchers

 

Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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).

EURAXESS
The EURAXESS Germany’s funding database comprises more than 100 programs which are offered by funding organizations in Germany (including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation). The EURAXESS funding database offers are essentially composed of funding programs for scientists and scholars at an advanced stage of their careers.

DAAD
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers excellent research opportunities for international PhD students and researchers.

US Junior Oberwolfach Fellows
The focus of Oberwolfach Leibniz Fellows (OWLF) for postdoctoral researchers is to support outstanding mathematical junior researchers in the realization of own research projects during an important period of their scientific career.

Humboldt Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation was established to promote international academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from Germany and from abroad.

American Council on Germany
The American Council on Germany (ACG) is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit organization that was founded in 1952 to strengthen German-American relations.

Volkswagenstiftung
The Volkswagen Foundation is dedicated to the support of the humanities and social sciences as well as science and technology in higher education and research.

Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes.

Marbach Scholarship Program
The Marbach Scholarship Program is accessible to German and international researchers. It supports ambitious research projects that are based on the collections of the German Literature Archive.

Herzog August Bibliothek
The Herzog August Bibliothek and the Curt Mast Jägermeister Stiftung are now announcing an annual prize to be awarded to a book artist.

Goldman Fellowships
The Dr. Guido Goldman Fellowships for the Study of German and European Economic and International Affairs support promising American academics whose research bears special significance for German economic and international policy within a wider European context.

Hunt Fellowships
The Dr. Richard M. Hunt Fellowship for the Study of German Politics, Society, and Culture was established in 2003 to support the next generation of American academics whose research contributes to the scholarly discourse on contemporary German society and the political, cultural, and social history of Germany.

Getting Started

Germany and its universities are open to the world. Scholars interested in pursuing their academic work in Germany
will find colleagues intrigued by the possibilities of collaboration and a research infrastructure that is both accessible and excellent.