Where to search for funding possibilities?

Information at this pages were updated in September 2021. We apologize that GGG cannot present more up to date information because of staff shortages.

Government funding programs

• BMBF funding programs
• Lower Saxon doctoral program (Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony)
• Research funding programs (Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony)

Seach for funding organizations

• Association of German Foundations
• Stifterverband (business community's innovation agency for the German science system)


Search for Scholarships

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• ScholarshipPortal.eu
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• e-fellows.net
• mystipendium.de



Some websites may be available only in German.

For more general information on doing a PhD in Germany, you may also want to have a look at BMBF's homepage on Research in Germany or EURAXESS Germany.