International Funding Opportunities
On this site you will find links and search portals for funding programmes which support international research. The offers are directed at doctoral students at German universities who would like to do research abroad (Outgoing), and for doctoral students at foreign universities who would like to conduct research in Germany (Incoming).
Search portals:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
“Stipendienlotse” (Outgoing)
stipendienlotse.de/datenbank.php
Information platform “Research in Germany” (Incoming)
research-in-germany.org/en
Funding programmes:
German Academic Exchange Service | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Scholarship database for stays abroad (Outgoing)
daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/70-stipendien-finden-und-bewerben
Scholarship database for stays in Germany (Incoming)
daad.de/deutschland/stipendium
Erasmus+ for students and doctoral students (Outgoing)
eu.daad.de/infos-fuer-einzelpersonen/foerderung-fuer-studierende-und-graduierte/auslandsstudium/de
German Academic Scholarship Foundation | Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Funding for doctoral students (Outgoing und Incoming)
studienstiftung.de/en/promotion
Begabtenförderungswerke
Funding for students and doctoral students (Outgoing und Incoming)
bmbf.de/de/die-begabtenfoerderungswerke-884.html
Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfonds
Funding for students and doctoral students (Outgoing und Incoming)
stiftungsfonds.org/stipendien/fuer-studenten
KfW
Study loan for students and doctoral students (Outgoing)
kfw.de/inlandsfoerderung/Privatpersonen/Studieren-Qualifizieren/Finanzierungsangebote/KfW-Studienkredit-(174)
Regionally and/or professionally specific programmes:
German Historical Institute Paris | Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (DHIP)
Support for young researchers from the German scientific landscape of the arts and humanities
dhi-paris.fr/foerderung/stipendien.html
European University Institute (EUI)
Exchange Programmes for Doctoral Students
eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/DoctoralProgramme/ExchangeProgrammes
Fulbright Commission
Doctoral students programme for stays in the USA
fulbright.de/programs-for-germans/nachwuchswissenschaftler-innen-und-hochschullehrer-innen/doktorandenprogramm
Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID)
Mexican Government Scholarship Program for International Students
gob.mx/amexcid/acciones-y-programas/becas-para-extranjeros-29785
Minerva Stiftung
Minerva Fellowship Programme for Israeli and German Scientists
minerva.mpg.de/18373/fellowship-programme