Mobility of (young) scientists

• Doctoral students
• (Young) Scientists

• Scholarship data base of the DAAD for stays abroad
• Scholarship data base of the DAAD for stays in Germany

• Post-docs
• Professors

• Post-docs

Scholarship for scientists at universities in Baden-Württemberg for a research stay at the partner university in Ontario, Canada

Experienced scientists of all fields,

• who are active as a professor, junior professor, director of young research teams, or 
• doctoral student with at least two to three years of scientific work experience (in the subject for which the application has been submitted) or doctoral students who can submit proof of several years of independent scientific work.

Ontario Baden-Württemberg Faculty Mobility Program

Application deadline: usually 15 October for the following year

Scholarship for scientists at universities in Baden-Württemberg for a research stay at the University of Massachusetts

The fellowship is available primarily for short-term stays of 3 to 14 days at any of the of the University of Massachusetts and is made up of a travel allowance of

• a travel allowance of 1,200 euros and
• a stipend of 600 euros to cover the costs of the stay.

Longer stays are also possible if funds are available. Then the funding consists of the travel allowance of 1,200 euros and a stipend of 1,200 euros per month

(max. 6 months).

Current call

The Walter Benjamin Program enables researchers in the qualification phase following their doctorate to independently implement their own research project at the location of their choice.

Only scientists in an early stage of their scientific career are eligible to apply. Funding requires a completed scientific education (with doctorate).

Funding abroad can only be provided if scientists are integrated into the German science system. This is the case if they have worked continuously in Germany for at least three years during the doctoral and/or postdoctoral phase immediately prior to submitting the application.

• Walter Benjamin Program

The Research Support Department offers advising about this program

Applications can be submitted at any time.

By providing travel grants, the Fulbright Commission supports the establishment and deepening of scientific contacts between German scientists and American universities.

• Postdoctoral scholars (professors, lecturers, and junior research assistants) who are planning a three- to nine-month teaching and/or research stay at a U.S. academic institution 
• German nationality

• Fulbright Germany

all year round, but at least nine months before the planned departure to the U.S.

Fulbright Germany supports young German scientists who carry out a four- to six-month research project at a U.S. university or scientific institution that is directly related to their academic dissertation.

• Young scientists who are enrolled in a doctoral program
• German nationality

• Fulbright Program

1 June for a stay in the U.S. beginning between 1 January and 30 June of the following year

1 November for a stay in the U.S. beginning between 1 August and 31 December of the following year