Grants for Materials and Travel Expenses

Are you planning a stay abroad, do you need material resources or printing subsidies? Have a look around and find the right support for your project!

We update this website regularly. Information, deadlines and requirements may change. Therefore, please contact the respective funding organization directly for more information.

 

 

Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy at the Federation of German Industries e. V. –  Bronnbacher Scholarship

Target group:
Master students and doctoral researchers from STEM subjects 

Area of studies:
All disciplines are eligible, with the exception of art sciences.

Terms of application:
Applicants should be distinguished by special professional and personal achievements and show the willingness to assume social responsibility as future decision-makers. It is also important to have an open personality and be prepared to engage in artistic processes.

Period/Amount of Funding:

For the period of one year there are various events (workshops, excursions)

Deadline:
January 18, 2026

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Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds – Travel Grants

Target group:
Doctoral researchers, postdocs

Area of studies:
Biomedical research

Period/amount of funding:
Travel grants are awarded for short-term visits of up to three months. The travel grants (lump sum) contribute to the expenses for travel to and from a destination, lodging (e.g. student housing), and course fees. 

Terms of application:
The grants are intended for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to learn clearly-defined methods useful for their ongoing research and their current laboratory by visiting another laboratory, or by attending research-orientated courses with the practical part making up at least 50% of the course. The grants can also be used by PhD candidates and their potential supervisors to evaluate the scientific and personal fit before the start of a PhD project in another country by funding a research stay of one to three months in the supervisor’s laboratory.
The application shall be completed in English and by the applicant personally.

Deadline:
Ongoing, however at the latest six weeks before travelling

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation

Target group:
The foundation is aimed at outstanding female scientists. The CNV Foundation supports doctoral researchers from the second year of their PhD onwards, whose dissertation is still in the practical research phase. Among postdoctoral researchers, preference is given to those who have changed their field of research after completing their doctorate. 

Area of studies:
Funding is provided in the fields of experimental natural sciences and basic medical research.

Period/amount of funding:
The funding amounts to EUR 500 per month for a period of one year. The financial support is intended to help ease the burden of household responsibilities and childcare, allowing recipients to dedicate more time to their scientific work.

Terms of application:
Applications and references may be submitted either in Englisch or in German. The application must be submitted via the online application portal.

Deadline:
Applications are accepted annually by November 30. The application portal opens each year on September 1. Applications can only be submitted via the portal.

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Deutscher Akademikerinnenbund e.V. (Association of German Female Academics) – Printing Subsidies

Target group:
Female doctoral researchers and postdocs

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
A One-year doctoral scholarship: amounting to EUR 500 per month for a duration of up to one year (non-renewable). The aim of the scholarship is to support female academics who are in the final phase of their doctoral studies.

Terms of application:
Disciplines with a low share of women are considered especially.

Deadline:
April 15 and October 15 of every year

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Eucor – Mobility Funding

Target group:
All KIT staff members of all fields of work

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
Travel and accommodation expenses from KIT to Eucor partner.

Terms of application:
The purpose of travel or stay should serve the establishment and deepening of cooperations with the Eucor partner universities as well as the exchange of experience, further training and conferences, short teaching visits, work shadowing at a person with a similar field of work. Applications can be sent informally to the ▶ Eucor team.

Deadline:
Applications can be sent informally to ▶ Felicitas Proksch.

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European Research Council (ERC) and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) – Proof of Concept – Grants

Target group:
ERC grantees

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
The financial contribution will be awarded as a lump sum of EUR 150,000 for a period of 18 months.

Terms of application:
The Proof of Concept grant is a complementary funding for Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, and Synergy grantees. Proposals must be substantially based on results from their ERC-funded project.

Deadline:
For the exact dates please contact the European Research Council (ERC).

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FAZIT-STIFTUNG (FAZIT Foundation) – Printing Subsidies

Target group:
Doctoral researchers not older than 28 years at the start of the doctoral research phase

Area of studies:
All with an emphasis on media/journalism

Period/amount of funding:
Printing subsidies for thesis or habilitation with at most EUR 2,000 (restricted to the required number of mandatory copies)

Terms of application:
There must be a "real financial hardship"; endorsement of the application by the professor (supervisor) and an indication of the estimated printing costs with calculation of costs. The application must be made in German, and applicants must be proficient in the German language.

Deadline:
Ongoing

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FAZIT-STIFTUNG (FAZIT Foundation) – Travel Grants

Target group:

Doctoral researchers not older than 28 years at the start of the doctoral research phase

Area of studies:
All with an emphasis on media/journalism

Terms of application:
There must be a "real financial hardship"; endorsement of the application by the professor (supervisor). The application must be made in German, and applicants must be proficient in the German language.

Period/amount of funding:
Travel subsidies (conference fee, air fare, train tickets, hotel costs etc.) as part of a doctorate with up to EUR 3,000

Deadline:
Completed applications for travel grants should be submitted at least six weeks prior to travel.

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Friedrich-Stammberger-Foundation – Printing Subsidies

Target group:
(Young) scientists

Area of studies:
Geology

Period/amount of funding:
Printing subsidies for contributions to publications of the DGGV (German Society of Earth Sciences), grants for eastern European geoscientists and societies to subscribe to DGGV publications and to participate in DGGV events

Terms of application:
Self-nomination via a written application

Deadline:
November 15 of every year

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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – Program for Travels to Conferences

Target group:
Scientists (from doctorate onwards) and doctoral researchers

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
A. For active participation in person: DAAD travel allowance (In the event of funding being granted, funding recipients who travel to the destination from abroad will receive a travel allowance of up to 80% of the documented airfare), flat-rate accommodation allowance (per proven congress day), a lump sum of EUR 300 for material costs.
B. For active online participation: Against proof reimbursement of participation fees, membership fee (for max. 1 year) and abstract fee (for max. 1 abstract). Surcharges for late registration will not be reimbursed.

Terms of application:
The program supports active participation in international scientific congresses and conferences. Active participation is defined as the presentation of one's own paper or poster, or the main responsibility for the conception and chairing of a panel. Participation can take place online or in person.

Deadline:
Applications can be submitted at any time. First documents must be submitted 4 months (120 days) ahead of the event.

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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – Program for Travels to Lecture Tours

Target group:
Postdoctoral researchers who are working within the German academic system.

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
For lecture tours, a subsidy amounting to the applicable DAAD flat-rate travel allowance is paid. 

Terms of application:
The line of funding "lecture tours" is designed to enable scientists to accept written invitations of foreign colleagues or scientific institutions outside of congresses or conferences.

Deadline:
Applications can be submitted at any time. The application must be submitted at least 1 month (30 days) ahead of the planned lecture.

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Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften (Boehringer Ingelheim Siblings Foundation for the Humanities) – Printing Subsidies

Target group:
Scholary works in the humanities.

Area of studies:
Research with interdisciplinary aspects, either in the field of economics or natural sciences (here with explicit biological reference).

Period/amount of funding:
Depends on the publisher's cost estimate. The maximum subsidy ranges between EUR 500 and EUR 5,000, with most grants falling between EUR 1,500 and EUR 3,000.

Terms of application:
The fellowships enable flexible and individual research stays, conference visits, the acquisition of equipment and the use of continuing education opportunities. They are not intended to cover the cost of living. The fellows are funded for a maximum period of two years and two months. The funding consists of up to 12,500 euros each for individual research funding and for networking among the fellows. An additional amount of up to 3,000 euros is available for fellows with children.

Deadline:
February 15 and August 15.

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Hans Böckler Foundation – Maria Weber Grant

Target group:
Researchers in the postdoctoral phase

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
Applicants may request a teaching replacement for up to 12 months in order to create free space for their research activities. A flat-rate amount of EUR 20,000 per semester is provided to cover the costs of the partial replacement.

Terms of application:
Applications must be submitted as a PDF file. 

Deadline:
The application deadline is September 15 of each year.

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Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften – WIN 2024

Target group:
Scientists in their early postdoc phase who work at a research institute in Baden-Württemberg

Area of studies:
All

Period/amount of funding:
Financial support up to EUR 11,000, support of the independent implementation through experienced coworkers, possibility to publish the results of the conference, conference rooms for up to 60 participants as well as the production of conferenceand advertisement materials.he application as well as the conference has to be interdisciplinary. In the application, it has to be explicitly shown which topic will be talked about at the conference and explained how it can only be talked about in the framework of an interdisciplinary conference. 

Terms of application:
The application as well as the conference has to be interdisciplinary. In the application, it has to be explicitly shown which topic will be talked about at the conference and explained how it can only be talked about in the framework of an interdisciplinary conference. The application text must not be longer than five pages [Times New Roman 12pt, line spacing 1,15], include a conference plan and a finance plan as well as a CV (max. 1 page) with a publiations list (max. 2 pages per person). The documents have to be sent in a joint PDF-file. 

Deadline:
March 3, 2025

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Joachim Herz Stiftung – Add-on Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Life Science

Target group:
Doctoral researchers, postdocs

Area of studies:
Research with interdisciplinary reference, either in the field of economics or natural sciences (here with explicit biological connection).

Period/amount of funding:
The fellowships enable flexible and individual research stays, conference visits, the acquisition of aids and the use of continuing education opportunities. They are not intended to cover living costs. Fellows are funded for a maximum period of two years. The funding consists of up to EUR 12,500 each for individual research funding and for networking among the fellows. An additional amount of up to EUR 3,000 is available for Fellows with children.

Terms of application:
The foundation awards grants exclusively for the printing of scholarly works that belong to the field of humanities. In addition, the works for which a printing subsidy is requested should, in the broadest sense, be connected to the German-speaking cultural sphere. For example, if the author lives in this region, the subject matter is related to it, or the work is being published by a German, Austrian, or Swiss publisher. The foundation supports the publication of doctoral theses only if all reviewers have graded the dissertation with summa cum laude or magna cum laude.

Deadline:
March 17- May 16, 2025 

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Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (Words Copyright Collective) – Printing Subsidies

Target group:
Scientist with previously unpublished works

Period/amount of funding:
A maximum of EUR 12,000 is paid, depending on the calculation of the publisher

Terms of application:
Subsidies are provided for printing costs for up to the date of the approval of funding unpublished, outstanding scientific works that may not appear without financial assistance due to a high degree of specialization and limited circulation. A panel composed of an equal number of publishers and scientists awards the grants based on strictly scientific criteria.

Deadline:
Recently no applications are accepted.

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