The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience was created to provide freedom and flexibility to promising young scientists from diverse fields, as they work alongside neuroscientists at the Allen Institute and University of Washington. The three-year fellowship provides Ph.D.s from data science, computer science, physics, mathematics, and allied fields the guidance to pursue their own research interests with our data, with help from dedicated mentors .

Deadline: 1. Dezember 2025

Zielgruppe: Early-career researchers up to 3 years after completion of their doctorate in a quantitative field

Mit der Förderlinie "Niedersachsen-Professur" unterstützen das Niedersächsische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK) und die VolkswagenStiftung die niedersächsischen Hochschulen dabei, führende Wissenschaftler:innen für den Wissenschaftsstandort zu gewinnen. Die Förderlinie "Niedersachsen-Professur" adressiert Spitzenwissenschaftler:innen, die durch fachliche Exzellenz in Kombination mit langjähriger (Führungs-)Erfahrung im Wissenschaftssystem in herausragendem Maße profil- und strukturbildend für den Hochschulstandort und darüber hinaus wirken können. Angesichts der hohen Anforderungen ist die Zahl der Förderfälle auf drei pro Jahr begrenzt.

Deadline: 31. Dezember 2025

Folgedeadline: 31. Dezember 2026

Zielgruppe: Promovierte Wissenschaftler:innen

Interdisciplinary research is often particularly challenging and requires special efforts at newly emerging interfaces. In order to create an additional opportunity for interdisciplinary research and to make the achievements of scientists who conduct research at scientific boundaries more visible, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) launches an open call under the Reinhart Koselleck programme. This programme enables outstanding researchers with a proven scientific track record to pursue exceptionally innovative, higher-risk projects.

Deadline: 31. Dezember 2025

Folgedeadline: 31. Dezember 2026

Zielgruppe: Scientists with or eligible for a professorship

If you already meet all the requirements for appointment to a permanent professorship, you can apply to the Heisenberg Programme. While you prepare for a future senior academic role, the DFG provides funding to enable you to carry on with high-quality research at the institution of your choice and continue building your academic reputation.
The Heisenberg Programme is directed primarily at those researchers who have qualified for professorship via the Emmy Noether Programme, leadership of a junior research group, DFG project staff positions, private-sector research or mid-level faculty positions. The target group also includes junior professors who have received positive evaluations, those who have achieved their habilitation or an equivalent qualification, and German researchers returning from abroad, as well as appropriately qualified foreign researchers (who have not yet achieved a full professorship) looking to pursue careers in Germany.

Deadline: 31. Dezember 2025

Folgedeadline: 31. Dezember 2026

Zielgruppe: Researchers eligible for a professorship

The Emmy Noether Programme gives exceptionally qualified early career researchers the chance to qualify for the post of professor at a university by leading an independent junior research group for a period of six years.

Deadline: 31. Dezember 2025

Folgedeadline: 31. Dezember 2026

Zielgruppe: Early-career researchers up to 4 years after completion of their doctorate

The Walter Benjamin Programme enables researchers in the postdoctoral training phase to independently conduct their own research project at a location of their choice for up to two years. The project can be carried out at a research institution in Germany or abroad, with the host institution providing support for the project.

Deadline: 31. Dezember 2025

Folgedeadline: 31. Dezember 2026

Zielgruppe: Early-career postdocs

Grundsätzlich ist für Wissenschaftler:innen an einer deutschen Einrichtung im In- und Ausland die Beantragung eines Forschungsprojektes (in der Regel Sachbeihilfe) mit internationaler Beteiligung bei entsprechender Kofinanzierung immer möglich.

Deadline: 31. Dezember 2025

Folgedeadline: 31. Dezember 2026

Zielgruppe: Promovierte Wissenschaftler:innen