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: Exploration Grants (Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation)
   7. 14.03 – Deadline Rise Up! (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. 08.06 – Development of small-molecule ERBB4 agonists for the treatment of heart failure
   2. 11.06 – Q & A Volkswagen Foundation: "Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown"
   3. 24.06 – RWTH: DFG-Förderung: Programme und Antragstellung im Überblick (in German)
   4. 24.06 – Online information session: Equal opportunities in DFG funding procedures
   5. 24.06 – Invitation to the themed evening ‘I've started a business’ on 24 June 2026
   6. 25.06 – The Emmy Noether Programme (in English)
   7. 25.06 – Prospects - The Emmy Noether Programme
   8. 29.06 – Medizin.NRW Cluster: Snapshot “Funding for clinical research and trials”
7. July
   1. 02.07 – Probevorträge: Translationale Analyse in der Neurobildgebung, Universitätsprofessur (W2)
   2. 06.07 – Probevorträge: Audiologie, Universitätsprofessur (W2)
   3. 07.07 – ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced Grants & Synergy Grants in Horizon Europe
   4. 07.07 – Lehre für die Habilitation und für die apl.-Professur
   5. 07.07 – Neurowissenschaftliches Seminar: CAA/Zerebralen Mikroangiopathie
   6. 08.07 – Webinar: Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
   7. 13.07 – Promotionsförderung des Cusanuswerks
   8. 16.07 – BUVEBA Regional Congress: Quality Initiative for Clinical Trials – North Rhine-Westphalia
   9. 16.07 – Q & A Volkswagen Foundation: "Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown"
   10. 21.07 – Deadline Preproposal "Translational Research on Cancer Metabolism: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment"
   11. 30.07 – Funding for a research project in cleaning technology
   12. 31.07 – Summer School 2026 "GenDeCT 2.0 - Gender-sensitive ­inclusive design of clinical trials" Application Deadline
8. August
   1. 06.08 – Information event: Henriette Herz Scouting Program
   2. 09.08 – BMFTR: Innovative data analysis for women’s health and gender-sensitive medicine
   3. 12.08 – Information event: CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowship Program
   4. 15.08 – Paul Martini Early Career Award Clinical Research 2026
   5. 15.08 – Registration Deadline: 5th NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference – Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026
   6. 17.08 – Young Researchers’ Award for Gender-Sensitive Medicine
   7. 20.08 – BMFTR: e2Health – In silico-Forschung für die Medizin der Zukunft
   8. 31.08 – Daimler and Benz Foundation: Funding for research projects in the disciplines of computer science, applied mathematics, and biosciences
   9. 31.08 – From Research Project to External Funding Application: Funding Organizations, Programs, and the Application Process
   10. 31.08 – Prospects - The Walter Benjamin Programme
9. September
   1. 04.09 – RWTH Young Academics Day 2026
   2. 07.09 – Coscine – more than free quota!
   3. 14.09 – Deadline Abstracts: 3. Bochumer Symposium für Diversitätsmedizin
   4. 15.09 – 5th NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference – Boosting Biodata Bootcamp 2026
   5. 15.09 – Jung Career Advancement Award 2027
   6. 15.09 – Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation: Exploration Grants
   7. 15.09 – Fotowettbewerb DFG-Kalender
   8. 21.09 – SciCoCo.nrw 2026
   9. 22.09 – Prospects - DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs
   10. 24.09 – Information event: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship
   11. 30.09 – Daimler and Benz Foundation: 2027 Scholarship program for the promotion of postdocs and junior professors
10. October
    1. 01.10 – Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
    2. 01.10 – Automating (Meta)Data Transfer to Coscine
    3. 01.10 – Change the Universe - lost in space !?!
    4. 07.10 – Prospects - The Heisenberg Programme
    5. 28.10 – Deadline: COST Action
11. November
    1. 04.11 – 3. Bochumer Symposium für Diversitätsmedizin
    2. 04.11 – FAIRe Daten durch Publikation
    3. 06.11 – G3-Kongress: Perspektiven der geschlechtersensiblen Medizin in Versorgung, Forschung, KI und Lehre
    4. 10.11 – NRW Research Data Day
    5. 19.11 – Management und Bearbeitung von Datenmanagementplänen mit RDMO
12. December
    1. 11.12 – Prospects - Das Emmy Noether Programm