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Heidelberg University, in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany’s oldest university and one of the world’s oldest surviving universities.

 

Funding Sources for Graduate Students

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).

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.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula.

 

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