National and international scholarships
Useful links with information as well as more specific details on current scholarship programmes for doctoral students and postdocs:
- EURAXESS funding opportunities for doctoral students, postdocs and senior researchers
- Funding information of the German Research Foundation
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
- DAAD, German Academic exchange Service: PhD-Net
- Scholarship Databases: overview of scholarship programmes (some suitable for students of the natural sciences)
- Information on doctorate scholarships at Academics.de [in German]
- Information on postdoc scholarships at Academics.de [in German]
- Leibniz University Hannover: Funding possibilities for international doctoral students
- Doctorate scholarship offered by the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft) [in German]
Brief information on the "Paths into Research" programme
This programme is targeted exclusively at those who have obtained their doctorate and young postdocs at the LUH. There are two different lines of funding: those who already have their doctorate can obtain start-up funding to support externally funded projects, which includes funds for scientific staff (although this is not sufficient for a three-year doctorate). Young postdoctoral researchers may apply for project grants.
Applications for project funding can be submitted to Department 4 (Research and EU university office, Technology Transfer) at the LUH by 1 May and 1 November each year. Applications for start-up funding can still be made at any time.
The German Study Prize of the Körber Foundation for elite doctoral students
The German Study Prize is awarded annually under the patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. The call for applications is open to doctoral students of all disciplines who have completed their doctorate in a particular year. The deadline is always 1 March of the following year. Every year, the Körber Foundation, Hamburg, awards prizes totalling more than EUR 100,000, including three top awards of EUR 25,000 each and six second prizes of EUR 5,000.
McCloy Scholarship Programme
The McCloy Programme of the German National Academic Foundation is aimed at highly qualified students from all disciplines, and provides a scholarship for a two-year Master programme for managers of the future at the Harvard Kennedy School.
- Aim of the programme: To qualify participants for a management career in public and international organisations, promote transatlantic understanding and build long-term networks among McCloy scholarship holders.
- Awarding of scholarships: a maximum of seven scholarships are awarded per year
- Age limit for application: 35 years of age
