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.
Calls (target group, if applicable; funding amount/award money, if applicable) [Deadline]
External:
Sandpit tenders (Researchers at all career stages (from doctorate onwards) at a German universit; 50,000€ to hold a three-day sandpit event including a workshop)
Big Data in den Technikwissenschaften [01.07.2025]
Big Data in den Geisteswissenschaften [01.10.2025]
Deutsche Tuberöse Sklerose Stiftung:
Tuberöse Sklerose-Forschungspreis (Scientists in German-speaking countries who conduct research on tuberous sclerosis; 10 000€)
[15.04.2025]
Paul Ehrlich & Ludwig Darmstaedter:
Nachwuchspreis 2026 (young independent postdoctoral scientist working in Germany for outstanding research in the field of life sciences, 60.000€)
[05.05.2025]
Falling Walls Global Call 2025 (researcher, innovator, or a team with groundbreaking work; international visibility, part of the Falling walls network)
[30.04.2025]
Add-on Fellowships (PhD students in an advanced phase of their doctoral thesis, postdocs and junior professors (without tenure) from the engineering, life sciences and economics who are working on innovative, interdisciplinary research projects and whose research topic has transfer potential. Thematic focus “Resources of the future”, €18,000)
[15.05.2025]
Forschungsstiftung Medizin am Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Cord-Michael Becker-Prize (for extraordinary disserations (not longer than 2 years ago) in the field of molecular medicine; 5000 € prize money)
[15.05.2025]
PRIME Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME offers temporary employment at a German university and is not a conventional scholarship. The 18 months of funding include a mandatory yearlong stay abroad)
[29.08.2025]
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation:
Rise Up! (basic scientists in biology, chemistry, and medicine who have accepted their first appointment to an associate (W2) professorship at a German university; up to 600 000€ funding for up to 3 years)
[every 6 month; next deadline: 15.09.2025]
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation:
Plus 3 perspectives programme (junior group leaders in Germany conducting basic research in biology, chemistry, and medicine; up to 900 000€ funding (incl. own position) for up to 3 years)
[every 6 month; next deadline: 15.09.2025]
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation:
Exploration Grants (scientists doing basic research in biology, chemistry, and medicine at an early stage of their careers; one-off grant of up to 180,000 euros, disbursed over a period of 2 years, for projects that offer the potential to initiate a new research direction in your laboratory)
[every 6 month; next deadline: 15.09.2025]
Dr. Werner Jackstädt-Stiftung:
5 Research fellowship in the field of ophthalmology, nephrology and oncology [young scientists up to 36 years of age with a doctorate; €1750 per month for 12 months; extension possible]
[during the year until 31.10.2925 for the last time]
Travel grants (for researchers wishing to attend national or international dementia congresses; travel grants of up to €1500)
[available all year]
internal:
project funding
[15.06.2025]
Paper of the Month (all first or last authors of the faculty; 1000 + 4000€ prize money and material ressources)
[the 10th of every month]