Research Funding

Here you find information about the funding support offered at the institute, information on workshops and seminars, and a collection of links for major funding institutions and databases.

Services and Profile

Information about the European Funding Programs and calls
Information on national funding programs (BMBF, DFG and Foundations)
Support with grant proposals
Contacts to the EU offices of the Leibniz Association, the KoWi and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)

EU Research Funding

The 9th EU Framework Program "Horizon Europe" is the successor program to "Horizon 2020" and will run from 2021 to 2027, with a budget of €95.5 billion. Collaborative research remains the central funding instrument in "Horizon Europe". The program is "missions" oriented. The planned missions are a response to "the clear need for greater outreach to citizens". It consists of three pillars: "Excellent Science", "Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness" and "Innovative Europe", complemented by the area "Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area". Information on all calls for proposals can be found on the EU Portal Funding & tender opportunities.

The websites of the National Contact Points, the Leibniz Office in Brussels and KoWi offer additional information on the individual funding lines, workshops and support during the application process. In addition to that the Research Funding Officer will gladly assist IPB researchers with any questions regarding the application process.

German Funding Programs

In Germany, a wide range of different research funding programs and foundations exists. Here you find a link collection of major funding agencies and databases.

German Funding Organisations

DFG Funding programs at a glance at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Announcements of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Funding topics of the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
Overview of funding organisations at Förderdatenbank (BMWi)

Foundations

Business Clusters

Databases

PhD Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

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