Webinar: Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
The Klaus Tschira Stiftung and the German Scholars Organization offer through the Klaus Tschira Boost Fund flexible funding and career development to promote researchers in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Mathematics, Neurosciences and Physics.
“Through the Klaus Tschira Boost Fund, we promote excellent researchers by providing
flexible funding for independent, explorative, risky, and interdisciplinary projects;
support in building (international) collaborations and networks;
targeted workshops, coaching, and peer support for professional and personal development.
For the 8th Boost Fund, we fund 15 new fellows. Projects can start between May 1 and Oct. 1, 2027. It is possible to apply for funding of up to € 115,000 for a period of up to 24 months. Funding can be used for all types of costs, but no more than € 67,000 gross for the fellow’s salary for the duration of the project. Junior group leaders or junior professors cannot apply for funding for their own position.
The program addresses postdoctoral researchers who
are employed at a state-funded (public law) university or state-funded (public law) university of applied sciences (= öffentlich-rechtliche Universität oder HAW), at a Bundesamt or Bundesanstalt (Ressortforschung), at a Fraunhofer, Leibniz, Max Planck, Helmholtz, or DLR institute or at EMBL in Germany at the latest at the start of your project,
conduct non-clinical research in one or more of the following areas: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Mathematics, Neurosciences and Physics,
do not yet have a permanent position or tenure option,
do not have acquired further substantial funding.
Applications may be submitted by 1 October 2026.
Further information may be found here, including details on the info webinar scheduled for 8 July 2026.
On July 8, 2026, at 4:00 PM (CEST), we will host our Info Webinar, “How to Apply for the Boost Fund 2026/27“. We will record the webinar and post the recording along with the slides here. Register for the webinar
Be sure to also visit our career resources website where you find tips from Boost alumni on writing grant applications, the first articles in the new “Keeping Up with the Boost Fellows” series, and all previous installments of the series.