Research Funding

Extensive information on research funding is available on the research page and in the newsletter of the FIT information service for research, international matters and transfer, as well as directly from the following funding bodies:

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020)

There are further funding options:

Doctoral scholarship as per the Hamburg Act for the Promotion of Young Researchers and Artists (HmbNFG)
Travel grants from Universität Hamburg
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Hanns Seidel Foundation
Heinrich Böll Foundation
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Hans Böckler Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation