Calls for Funding Applications

DFG Invites Highly Qualified Researchers in Early Career Phases in the Field of AI Methods to Submit Proposals under the Emmy Noether Programme

The Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf has announced that the Meyer Struckmann Prize 2026 for humanities and social sciences is open for admissions.

The German Bundestag invites applicants to apply for the German Bundestag Science Prize, which will be awarded in 2027.

The goal of the call “MINT für die Umwelt (STEM for the Environment)” from the Vector Foundation is to support excellent postdocs in building their own research group at a university in Baden-Württemberg.

For the fifth time, the city of Kassel is announcing a nationwide call for entries for the “Kassel Democracy Impulse” award. The award is endowed with 10,000 euros for the first time and is expected to be presented in…

Through its funding program “Pioneering Projects – Explorations of the Unknown Unknown,” the Foundation VolkswagenStiftung supports groundbreaking and risky research ideas with high scientific relevance. They are looking…

The new UMAXplore funding program will establish up to four incubators in which proposals for Collaborative Research Centers and Clusters of Excellence can be developed. Funding starts on 15 November 2026. Submission…

A new funding opportunity from the Volkswagen Foundation promotes transatlantic academic exchange.

Calls for Research & Innovation Actions on Climate, Energy and Mobility in the European Commission work program 2026–27