Selected calls for applications for awards, prizes and funding programs aimed at scientists of different fields and career levels.
Cross-status:
Zeigt eure Forschung!
The University Competition in Science Year 2026 – Medicine of the Future | Wissenschaft im Dialog gGmbH | application deadline: 30 November 2025
HörWerk Innovationscommunity
Funding for collaborative projects between hearing researchers and acousticians | Hörzentrum Oldenburg – Jade University of Applied Sciences – EUHA e.V. | application deadline: 31 December 2025 | Further submission deadlines: 31 March 2026, 30 June 2026
Helene-Lange-Preis – Frauen in der digitalen Welt
for research work that addresses application-oriented, innovative aspects of digitalization | EWE Foundation | application period: 15 December 2025 – 31 January 2026
Hochschulperle des Monats
Call 2025: projects combining research and innovation | Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. | applications accepted on an ongoing basis
DFG funding opportunities
The German Research Foundation (DFG) regularly offers online info talks on its funding instruments for early career researchers (DFG funding for Postdocs, Walter Benjamin Programme, Emmy Noether Programme, Heisenberg Programme)
For postdocs / advanced researchers:
Förderung von Juniorverbünden im Förderschwerpunkt „Zukunft eHealth“
Development of new in silico approaches for health research | BMFTR | application deadline: 15 December 2025
“”Impuls Forschung” to support collaborative research
HUA – Hanse University Alliance | target group: postdoctoral researchers from the member universities and university medical centres of the HUA (Bremen, Greifswald, Groningen, Hamburg, TU Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Lüneburg,
Oldenburg, Rostock) | regular application deadlines: 30 June and 15 December
NoW – Northwest Alliance Research Fund
Strengthening joint research priorities and areas of potential at the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen, including Humans & Technology: From Hearing to Brain Health – Intelligent technologies for prevention | Applications can be submitted from October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, or until funds are exhausted
Henriette Herz Scouting Programme
for international Humboldt Research Fellows at institutes in Germany | scout applications accepted on an ongoing basis
