Fellowships

In Germany, a variety of scholarships and financial support programs for junior researchers exists. This page provides an at-one-glance overview of the most important ones. The Funding Officer of the IPB as well as the heads of our departments and research groups will gladly assist up-and-coming IPB researchers in need of completing and/or filing applications.

For PhD Students

• Promotion of young talents with stipendium plus funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• PhD fellowships funded by Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
• PhD fellowships funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• Graduiertenförderung funded by the State of Saxony-Anhalt
• Fellowships of Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
• PhD program funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
• Fellowships of the Bayer Foundations
• Fellowships of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie

For Postdocs

• European Research Council Starting Grant
• Marie Curie Actions Individual programs
• Research Grants Fritz Thyssen Foundation
• Research Fellowships Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (Leopoldina)
• Research Fellowships of the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD)
• Fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
• Research Fellowships of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Fellowships of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO Fellowships)
• Fellowships of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS Fellowships)
• Fellowships of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
• Liebig-Stipendium - Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
• Volkswagen Stiftung Fellowships