Programme Search

Find the sponsorship that fits your personal career! Whether you are a postdoc at the beginning of your academic career or already a world authority in your discipline – we have the right programme for you.

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Current position

Academic degree

Place of residence

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

For whom: top researchers
From where: all countries (excluding Germany)
For what: up to €5 million award money to finance a professorship for the first five years

Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship

For whom: postdoctoral researchers, experienced researchers
From where: Brazil
For what: 6–24-month research stay in Germany

Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship

Carl Zeiss Humboldt Research Award

For whom: internationally recognised academics from STEM fields
From where: all countries (excluding Germany)
For what: 100,000 EUR in award money (research stay of up to 12 months in Germany possible)

Carl Zeiss Humboldt Research Award

Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship

For whom: postdoctoral researchers, experienced researchers
From where: Germany
For what: 6–24-month research stay abroad

Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship

Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award

For whom: internationally recognised researchers working in applied research
From where: all countries (excluding Germany)
For what: €45,000 award money (research stay of up to 12 months in Germany possible)

Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

For whom: internationally recognised researchers
From where: all countries (excluding Germany)
For what: €45,000 award money (research stay of up to 12 months in Germany possible)

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Georg Forster Research Award

For whom: internationally recognised researchers
From where: developing and emerging countries in accordance with OECD (excluding PR China and India)
For what: €60,000 award money (research stay of up to 12 months in Germany possible)

Georg Forster Research Award

Georg Forster Research Fellowship

For whom: postdoctoral and experienced researchers contributing to sustainable development
From where: developing or transition countries in accordance with OECD (excluding PR China and India)
For what: 6–24-month research stay in Germany

Georg Forster Research Fellowship

German Chancellor Fellowship

For whom: university graduates with initial leadership experience
From where: Brazil, China, India, South Africa, USA
For what: 12-month project in Germany

German Chancellor Fellowship

German Research Chair “Mathematics and its Applications” at AIMS South Africa

For whom: mathematicians holding a doctoral degree
From where: all countries
For what: funding of up to € 835,000

German Research Chair “Mathematics and its Applications” at AIMS South Africa