2026

1. January
   1. 04.01 – Registration deadline for information event 14 January DFG funding: Industry data for research
   2. 05.01 – Registration deadline for information event on January 27: Application submission, finance, and legal matters in HORIZON Europe
   3. 09.01 – Paper of the Month
   4. 10.01 – Deadline William Stern Programm
   5. 11.01 – ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund (for students)
   6. 13.01 – Humboldt Research Professorship
   7. 14.01 – The Heisenberg Programme (in English)
   8. 16.01 – Poster competition 2026: (Inter)national collaborations for cutting-edge medicine from North Rhine-Westphalia
   9. 22.01 – Become a host for international research talent
   10. 27.01 – Application submission, finance, and legal matters in HORIZON Europe
   11. 28.01 – Research data management in DFG applications – what research funders expect
   12. 30.01 – FF-Med
2. February
   1. 04.02 – Check-up Aachen: How gender-sensitive are we in clinical practice, teaching and research?
   2. 05.02 – Humboldt Research Professorship
   3. 10.02 – The Emmy Noether Programme (in English)
   4. 10.02 – Prospects - The Emmy Noether Programme
   5. 16.02 – Deadline ERS-Calls
   6. 19.02 – Internal Deadline: Karl Heinz Beckurts Preis
   7. 24.02 – Information event: Henriette Herz Scouting Program
   8. 24.02 – Spotlight: Forschung in Alten- und Pflegeheimen - Cluster Medizin.NRW
   9. 24.02 – Else Kröner Memorialstipendien 2026
   10. 27.02 – Deadline KlarText Award
   11. 28.02 – Deutscher Studienpreis
   12. 28.02 – Die Junge Akademie and Volkswagen Foundation: “Best Research Environment” award
3. March
   1. 01.03 – CSP "Short-term"
   2. 04.03 – Infoveranstaltung: CAPES-Humboldt-Forschungsstipendienprogramm
   3. 11.03 – DFG-Förderangebote für Postdocs
   4. 11.03 – Prospects - DFG-Förderangebote für Postdocs
   5. 14.03 – Deadline: Plus 3 Perspectives (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
   6. 14.03 – Deadline Rise Up! (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
   7. 14.03 – Deadline: Exploration Grants (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
   8. 14.03 – Reichart-Preis 2026
   9. 25.03 – Medizin.NRW 2026 Cluster Conference – Cutting-edge medicine from North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, Europe and the world
   10. 30.03 – PRO-SCIENTIA-Förderpreis 2026
4. April
   1. 09.04 – Volkswagen Foundation: Live webinar on the funding portfolio
   2. 14.04 – Das Walter Benjamin-Programm
   3. 14.04 – Prospects - Das Walter Benjamin-Programm
   4. 16.04 – Information event: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
   5. 22.04 – DFG-Webinar: AI in peer review
   6. 27.04 – Vom Forschungsvorhaben zum Drittmittelantrag: Förderorganisationen, Programme und Antragstellung (in German)
   7. 29.04 – Fast Forward Science 2026
5. May
   1. 05.05 – EU Experience Exchange with a Focus on Proposal Submission
   2. 20.05 – DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs (in English)
   3. 20.05 – Prospects - DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs
   4. 20.05 – 6. Jung Symposium „Ausgezeichnete Humanmedizin 2026“
   5. 30.05 – Deadline PEG doctoral prizes
   6. 30.05 – Deadline PEG Science Award
6. June
   1. 25.06 – The Emmy Noether Programme (in English)
   2. 25.06 – Prospects - The Emmy Noether Programme
7. July
   1. 30.07 – Funding for a research project in cleaning technology
8. August
   1. 06.08 – Information event: Henriette Herz Scouting Program
   2. 12.08 – Information event: CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Program
9. September
   1. 24.09 – Information event: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
10. October
11. November
12. December
    1. 14.12 – Prospects - The Heisenberg Programme