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Funding Opps & Info SessionsSeptember 2025 | Issue 8 |
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Dear Reader, Feeling the fall application crunch? Strong proposals typically take 8+ weeks to craft. If you are submitting this fall—reach out to have a native English speaker proofread your proposal or connect now to get help writing a new one from scratch for next year—now’s the moment to start. Below are high-value calls open now—you can book a free consult. Until next month, Matt |
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![]() ERC Proof of Concept GrantDeadline 18 Sept 2025 (17:00 CEST)ERC Proof of Concept Grants provide EUR 150,000 (lump sum) for up to 18 months to Principal Investigators of ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy grants to explore the commercial or societal potential of ERC-fun... Read more Principal Investigators (holders of an E... |
![]() Research Career: Info talksEvent date & time 15 Sept 2025 (14:00 CEST)The DFG runs information events (including the Prospects lecture series) to present funding opportunities for researchers in early career phases. Sessions cover central DFG programmes (e.g. Walter Benjamin, Emmy Noether, H... Read more PhD students; Postdocs; Early-career res... |
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![]() Postdoctoral programDeadline 01 Oct 2025 (23:59 CEST)The Daimler und Benz Stiftung’s Postdoctoral Program awards twelve scholarships of €40,000 over two years to postdoc researchers, junior professors, and heads of junior research groups across all scientific disciplines. Ap... Read more Postdoc researchers; Junior professors; ... |
![]() Towards the Ocean We WantDeadline 05 Mar 2026The Belmont Forum’s Ocean 2 CRA funds 36-month transdisciplinary research consortia tackling global ocean challenges in support of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Proposals must... Read more Principal investigators and research ins... |
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![]() Wellcome Career Development AwardsDeadline (Nov 2025) 20 Nov 2025 (15:00 GMT)Wellcome’s Career Development Awards fund mid-career researchers from any discipline to lead innovative research programmes with potential for significant advances in human life, health and wellbeing. Offering up to... Read more Mid-career researchers with potential fo... |
![]() Georg Forster Research FellowshipDeadline Feb, June & OctThe Georg Forster Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) supports postdoctoral and experienced researchers from developing and transition countries to conduct 6–24 month research stays in Germany. Fellowsh... Read more Postdocs; Experienced researchers; Citiz... |
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![]() Carnot BatteriesDeadline 03 Feb 2026DFG’s Priority Programme SPP 2403 invites interdisciplinary teams to develop an inverse top-down design methodology for Carnot batteries, linking market targets to component- and fluid-level design. Projects should address... Read more Principal investigators at universities ... |
![]() Forum ForschungDeadline 31 Oct 2025Daimler und Benz Stiftung’s 'Forum Forschung' funds small-scale, original research projects across all disciplines that demonstrate societal relevance. Both basic and applied studies, pilot projects, and preparations for l... Read more Researchers; project leaders/Principal I... |
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![]() New recyclable compositesRegister by Deadline 15 Oct 29 Oct 2025The DFG has established Priority Programme SPP 2528 “New recyclable composites” to fund three‑year individual projects that develop recyclable fibre‑reinforced polymers with at least 80% retention of key... Read more Principal investigators (PIs); Research ... |
![]() KMU-innovativDeadline 15 Apr 2025KMU-innovativ (BMFTR) funds cutting‑edge, high‑risk R&D by small and medium-sized enterprises across multiple strategic technology fields. The initiative offers a two‑stage application process, a dedicated advisory (Lotsen... Read more Small and medium-sized enterprises (KMU)... |
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![]() Future eHealthDeadline 15 Dec 2025The BMFTR funds junior consortia (3–4 postdoc‑led groups at ≥2 universities) to develop innovative in‑silico eHealth approaches. Eligible applicants are state/state‑recognised universities; project sketches due 15 Dec 2025... Read more Postdocs (as future group leaders), stat... |
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