Funding lines, awards, programs. Find a selection of current calls related to computational neuroscience and the Bernstein Network.
FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme
FENS and IBRO-PERC are offering funding of up to EUR 4.000 each to early career researchers interested in participating in cross-border laboratory visits. FENS and the IBRO Pan-Europe Regional Committee (IBRO-PERC) are dedicated to supporting early career researchers and promoting intra-European mobility. The FENS/IBRO-PERC Exchange Fellowships Programme is designed to advance neuroscience research and training in Europe by enabling master or PhD students and early postdoctoral fellows to broaden their methodological expertise through targeted laboratory visits.
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Addressees: Master or PhD students, or early postdoctoral fellows
The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience
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: December 1, 2025
Addressees: Early-career researchers up to 3 years after completion of their doctorate in a quantitative field
Lower Saxony Professorship
The "Lower Saxony Professorship" addresses exceptional academics who are professionally excellent and have several years of (management) experience in the science system. They are expected to have the capacity to shape the profile and structure of their university location and impact the research region at large.
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Second deadline: December 31, 2026
Addressees: Scientists with a doctorate
Walter Benjamin Program
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: December 31, 2025
Second deadline: December 31, 2026
Addressees: Early-career postdocs
Emmy Noether Program
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: December 31, 2025
Second deadline: December 31, 2026
Addressees: Early-career researchers up to 4 years after completion of their doctorate
Heisenberg Program
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: December 31, 2025
Second deadline: December 31, 2026
Addressees: Researchers in all disciplines who have qualified for a professorship
Reinhart Koselleck Projects
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. The aim is to enable outstanding researchers with a proven scientific track record to pursue exceptionally interdisciplinary and innovative projects.
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Second deadline: December 31, 2026
Addressees: Scientists with or eligible for a professorship
Joint Proposal Submission with Researchers Abroad under a Standing Open Procedure (SOP)
In principle, researchers at a German institution in Germany and abroad can always submit a research project proposal (usually Individual Research Grants Programme ) with international participation if the appropriate co-financing is available.
Deadline: December 31, 2025
Second deadline: December 31, 2026
Addressees: Scientists with a doctorate