Doctoral Researchers
Scholarship programs for doctoral candidates, countless foundations, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and LMU Munich all offer individual funding for doctoral researchers. Furthermore, doctoral candidates can receive funding within the scope of doctoral programs. For general information on finances, please refer to Financial Issues.
The following overview contains a selection of institutions and programs which offer grants, as well as links for further research.
Organisations for the Promotion of Young Talent (Begabtenförderungswerke)
Independent foundation
Political foundations
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
- Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
- Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Other foundations
Denominational scholarship programs
Scholarship Providers
- Andrea von Braun Stiftung
- Bayer Foundations
- Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard-Stiftung
- Daimler und Benz Stiftung
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
- Deutsche Telekom Stiftung
- Evonik-Stiftung
- Fazit-Stiftung
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- Gerda Henkel Stiftung
- Leo Baeck Fellowship Programme
- Schering Stiftung
- Stiftung Bildung und Wissenschaft
- Stiftung Industrieforschung
- Zeit-Stiftung
Bavarian and LMU Funding
- Auslandsstipendienprogramm der LMU (PROSA)
- Bavarian American Academy (BAA)
- Bayerische Forschungsstiftung
- Bayerisches Hochschulzentrum für China (BayChina)
- Bayerisch-Französisches Hochschulzentrum (BayFrance)
- Bayerisch-Tschechische Hochschulagentur (BTHA)
- Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST)
- Landeskonferenz der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten an Bayerischen Hochschulen (LaKoF)
- LMU Completion Grant
- LMU-CSC Scholarship Program
- LMU Funding for Events (DRT I)
- LMU Open Access Fund
- LMU scholarships for international degree students and doctoral candidates
- LMU Stipends for LERU Doctoral Summer Schools
- LMU Travel Grant
- LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities
- Münchener Universitätsgesellschaft
- Munich Quantum Valley - Doctoral Fellowship Program
- Oskar Karl Forster Scholarship
- STIBET Mentoring Scholarship Program for International Doctoral Candidates
- Study grants from LMU foundation funds
International Funding
- Canon Foundation
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) (outgoing)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) (incoming)
- Deutsch-Französische Hochschule
- Erasmus+ (further information)
- ERP-Stipendienprogramm
- EURAXESS
- EURAXESS Germany
- Fulbright Kommission
- Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Minerva Stiftung
- Stiftung Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland
- Stiftung für Kanada-Studien
- Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (SOG)
Research on Other Foundations
Information
Current information on grants is offered by the following LMU institutions:
- GraduateCenterLMU (Newsletter)
- International Office (Newsletter, in German)
- Research Services (Funding opportunities database Pivot-RP, restricted access)
The GraduateCenterLMU also regularly organizes events on the topics of "Finanzierung der Promotion" and "Stipendienanträge schreiben" (in German).