Financial Support

There are numerous information platforms about the financial support of your studies or your stay abroad. On this page, we summarised some links where you can find information around the topic of financial support and get an overview of the funding available.

Information, advice and service about "Financial Support" on the part of RWTH:

Further information and databases:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Information about Promotion of Young Scientists, Supporting the Highly Talented or Research Funding. Current funding news can be fond here.

DFG - German Research Foundation
DFG Funding programmes - from individual grant programmes to coordinated programmes like research training groups.

DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service is a joint institution of German universities. It supports both foreign students, graduates and academics in their research projects at German universities and research stays of German students, graduates and scientists abroad.

DAAD - Studieren, Forschen und Lehren im Ausland
Stipendiendatenbank des DAAD. Sie gibt einen Überblick über die Förderangebote des DAAD sowie anderer ausgewählter Förderorganisationen zur Unterstützung von Studium, Forschung oder Lehre im Ausland.

DAAD - Study and Research in Germany
Scholarship database. This website gives an overview of the various types of funding offered by the DAAD or of the programmes offered by other funding organisations for a study stay in Germany

EURAXESS - Germany
National Coordination Point at the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. EURAXESS Germany is an information and advice point for internationally mobile researchers wishing to come to Germany or go abroad to work in research. On this website you can find information on funding opportunities, job offers, social security and tax issues and other topics related to researchers mobility.

kisswin.de
Communication and information system as a comprehensive research tool for young researchers of all qualification phases. It allows scientists to search for grants, both publicly and privately funded.

Kowi - European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations
The 'European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations' is the joint service platform of the German research organisations united in the 'Association for the Promotion of European and International Cooperation in Science e.V.'. As a central research facility, KoWi is financed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). Here you can find information about the PhD or postdoctoral funding programmes of the European Union as the Marie Curie programme.

stipendienlotse.de
Scholarship database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).

stipendiumplus.de
Information about the twelve organizations for the promotion of young talent (Begabtenförderungswerke) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF).

stiftungen.org
Association of German Foundations.

studis-online.de
Information around your studies.

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Fulbright-Kommission shall be highlighted.