Current Calls
Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine regularly receive information on current calls for proposals by e-mail. On this page we collect calls with a large target group, roughly summarized and sorted by deadline. You will find further information linked to each call.
Internal Calls:
Calls (target group, if applicable; funding amount/award money, if applicable) [Deadline]
External:

Forschungspreis 2025 (for young scientists (usually under the age of 40) who have made outstanding contributions to tumor research; prize money of 15 000€)
[31.12.2025]

William Stern Programm (Projects on giftedness; doctoral candidates and postdocs)
[11.01.2026]

(for innovative student-led projects on diversity and inclusion; seed funding up to 1500€)
[12.01.2026]

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Johann Georg Zimmermann Prize 2026 (young scientists under 40 years of age working in the field of cancer research; €10,000)
[31.01.2026]

Else Kröner Fresenius Stiftung
Memorialstipendien 2026 (Doctors with doctorates who are in further training; 250.000€)
[25.02.2026]

KlarTextpreis (for dissertations from 2024 & 2025 in Biology, Chemistry, informatics, Physics, Neuroscience; 7500€)
[28.02.2026]

Deutscher Studienpreis 2026 (for excellenct dissertations (summa cum laude or magna cum laude) with societal impact in 2025; prize money of 25 000€ or 10 000€)
[01.03.2026]

5 doctoral prizes (for outstanding doctoral theses on the fundamentals of microbiology, pharmacology, genetics, immunology, etc.; €1,000)
[31.05.2026]

Science Award (for outstanding work in the field of anti-infective therapy for scientists under 45 years of age; €10,000)
[31.05.2026]

Travel grants (for researchers wishing to attend national or international dementia congresses; travel grants of up to €1500)
[available all year]
Internal:
Full and short applications (for early career scintists; 160.000 or 25.000€)
[15.01.2026]
OPEN Seed Fund 2026 (Interdisciplinary Seed Fund Projects)
[17.02.2026]
ERS Start projects (early doctoral degree; 20.000€)
[17.02.2026]
Paper of the Month (all first or last authors of the faculty; 1000 + 4000€ prize money and material ressources)
[the 10th of every month]