Early career researchers who have completed their doctorate may apply to a variety of European and German research programmes to finance their own research or development projects using external funds. If you wish to do so, the Research Services Division is the competent contact for you.
Continue reading below for an introduction to the topic:
The donor institutions and programmes below are particularly suitable for funding requests from postdoctoral ECRs. At the University, your primary contact is the Research Services Division, and the Graduate Centre and International Office will be glad to provide assistance. Please note that some of the sites linked to below are only available in German.
Under the EU's Horizon 2020 framework programme, ECRs have access to the following funding lines:
Research Services will be happy to advise you on these programmes.
The Research Services Division is your first port of call for information on programmes geared towards securing funding for professorships (e.g. the Heisenberg Programme of the DFG or the Lichtenberg Professorships of Volkswagen Foundation).
To gain funding for professorships, the University usually has to give a guarantee that these posts will be made permanent and therefore require the approval and endorsement of the University Executive; as a result, such applications cannot be pursued by researchers alone.
