Funding Opps & Info SessionsMay 2026 | Issue 17 |
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Dear @{items('Apply_to_each')?['FirstName']}, I hope May is off to a good start. Below is this month's overview of funding opportunities and info sessions. Please visit our funding calendar to search and save deadlines and events directly in your calendar. As always, if there are any features or tools that you would like to be made a reality, please let us know in our feedback form. We are trying to expand our offerings to make everyone more efficient! Finally, if you want support drafting research proposals, Happy grant finding we wish you. May the 4th be with you, Matt |
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Future & Current PhD Holders
MSCA Postdoc Fellowships
European Commission
EURAXESS North America hosts an MSCA info session webinar on EU Funding & Collaboration Opportunities for Transatlantic Researcher Mobility... Eligible: PhD-holding researchers; Faculty & administrators interested in hosting... |
Postdocs & established researchers
ERC Grants Info Session
European Research Council
Free ERC webinar on the bottom-up funding schemes of European Research Council grants. Intended for postdocs, established researchers & uni staff... Eligible: Postdocs; established researchers (PhD plus two years' experience)... |
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Postdocs & experienced researchers from Germany
fellowships for 3–12 month research stays in Taiwan
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The NSTC (Taiwan) Research Fellowship supports postdocs & experienced researchers from Germany with a 3-12-month research stay in Taiwan, up to two stays annually & extendable up to three years total... Eligible: Postdocs & experienced researchers from Germany; highly qualified postdocs or experienced researchers... |
Postdocs & experienced researchers from Germany
fellowships for 6–24 month research stays in Japan
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
JSPS Research Fellowship for highly qualified postdocs from Germany for a 6-24-month research stay in Japan. Two lines are available: short-term, 1-12 months, pre-selected by the Humboldt Foundation/JSPS... Eligible: Highly qualified postdocs from Germany; doctoral degree no more than six years ago... |
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PhD holders worldwide
6–24 month postdoc fellowships in Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Humboldt Research Fellowship supports researchers with €3,000 stipends for 6–24-month postdoc stays in Germany at a host... Eligible: Postdocs; experienced researchers across all nationalities & research areas, excluding Germany |
Postdocs & Jr. Profs
funding for AI methods development
German Research Foundation (DFG)
DFG invites highly qualified early-career researchers in AI methods development to submit draft proposals under the Emmy Noether Program... Eligible: Postdocs; holders of temporary Jr. or equivalent qualification prof positions (W1/W2) at an early stage of... |
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German R&D Institutions
support for particle physics R&D
the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology & Space (BMFTR)
The BMFTR supports physics of the smallest particles within the ErUM framework program by providing funding for R&D on high-tech detectors & large-scale facilities, e.g., CERN/FAIR/Belle II... Eligible: Unis, non-uni R&D institutes & commercial companies; collaborative projects must include at least one uni |
Profs & Group Leaders
funding for chitin, chitosan & chito-carbohydrate related R&D
the German Research Foundation (DFG)
DFG invites proposals for the second three-year funding period of Priority Program SPP 2416 CodeChi to decipher principles govnerning chitin, chitosan and chito-oligosaccharides functions... Eligible: Scientists, PIs & research groups at unis & R&D institutes; individual or joint project applicants |
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Postdocs, unis & R&D orgs
€500,000 in project funding
BMFTR
Two-year grants of up to €500K to create "Places of Innovation" researching future international value creation & technological sovereignty... Eligible: PhD holders; Postdocs; state & non-state unis; non-uni R&D institutes as applicants or consortium partners |
Established PIs
Up to € 2.5 M for 5 years
ERC
The ERC Advanced Grant funds established PIs to pursue ambitious, groundbreaking projects across any research field... Eligible: PIs who are established research leaders; active researchers with a track record of significant research... |
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Postdocs & profs at German unis & R&D institutes
up to €1.3 million in funding
the Volkswagen Foundation
The Volkswagen Foundation invites postdocs & profs at German unis and R&D institutes to apply for pioneering, risky basic research that explores the unknown unknown... Eligible: Postdocs & profs at German unis and R&D institutes; international collaborations are possible |
PIs at unis/HAWs/FHs & Fraunhofer institutes
tech transfer project funding
German Research Foundation
The German Research Foundation (DFG) & Fraunhofer jointly call for trilateral transfer projects with a uni/HAW/FH partner, Fraunhofer partner & application partner from industry... Eligible: Eligible scientists at unis/HAWs/FHs & Fraunhofer institutes together with application partners... |
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PhD holders worldwide
postdoc fellowships
the MSCA
The MSCA Postdoc Fellowships 2026 call supports postdocs worldwide to undertake international research stays & develop their careers... Eligible: Postdocs worldwide who hold a PhD, or have successfully defended their thesis but have not yet been formally... |
SMEs, unis, & R&D orgs
R&D projects funding
EUREKA
Eurostars Call 11 funds international collaborative R&D and innovation projects led by innovative SMEs to work with partners across participating countries... Eligible: Innovative SMEs; large companies; unis; R&D orgs; other orgs; international consortia led by an innovative SME |
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Jr. group leaders
R&D Grants of up to €210K
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Exploration Grants support Jr. independent group leaders to initiate a new research direction in biology, chemistry & medicine... Eligible: Scientists with a PhD awarded less than 10 years prior to the application deadline... |
Unis, R&D orgs & SMEs
set up PhD network programs
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 fund international consortia to create doctoral programs (Standard, Industrial, Joint) that train PhD candidates across disciplines, promote intersectoral mobility... Eligible: International consortia of orgs from all socioeconomic sectors: unis; R&D institutes & infrastructures... |
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International R&D Consortia
project funding from
CBE JU
CBE JU's 2026 call for project proposals funds RIAs, Innovation Actions (including flagships) and CSAs across topics from biorefineries and SSbD bio-based products to sustainable polymers, textiles, additives and circular packaging... Eligible: Corporates; SMEs; R&D institutes; unis; orgs from participating countries... |
SMEs, R&D orgs & unis
biotech project funding
Eureka Network
Eureka's Biotech Call for Network Projects invites consortia of at least two independent legal entities from a minimum of two participating countries to develop biotech R&D with commercialization potential... Eligible: Corporates; SMEs; R&D institutes; unis; orgs from participating countries... |
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