Funding and Research Aid

1) You are planning a research or teaching stay at the University of Bamberg and you would like information on funding opportunities?

An overview of aid programmes for internationally mobile scholars can be found at the web portal EURAXESS and in the DAAD database.

The following institutions and programmes offer financial support targeted specifically at internationally mobile scholars:

• The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 
• The Marie Curie-Programme of the Seventh EU Framework Programme  
• The Bavarian Research Foundation 
• The Fulbright Commission (for citizens of the USA) 
• The ERASMUS Mundus Programme

Short-term lectureships (max. 6 weeks) for scholars from our European partner universities can receive aid from the EU programme “ Erasmus Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments”.

It is recommended that German scholars abroad who are planning to return to Germany consult the DAAD announcement “ Recovery of German Researchers/Scholars Abroad” (“Rückgewinnung deutscher Wissenschaftler/innen aus dem Ausland”).

In addition to the programmes mentioned above, it is also possible to receive funding for an externally funded position and in so doing to realise a longer-term research stay at the University of Bamberg. Detailed information can be found here.

The Welcome Center would be happy to provide you with information concerning the various financial aid possibilities. In these endeavours, we work closely with the university’s Research and Transfer division and the Trimberg Research Academy.

2) You are currently at the University of Bamberg, are planning a research or teaching stay abroad and would like information on aid programmes?

Current postings for scholars in Bamberg can be found here.

A) Funding for Research Work:

The DAAD’s scholarship database provides information on aid for research worldwide, and includes programmes beyond those of the DAAD.

Aid opportunities for stays in European countries can be researched using the Euraxess database.

Where applicable, aid for a stay abroad may be possible within the scope of the following programmes:

• The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• The Marie Curie funding for individual researchers
• DFG research fellowships
• The Foundation of German Humanities Institutes Abroad
• The Fulbright Commission (scholarships for research and teaching in the USA)
• The Erasmus Mundus Programme

B) Funding for Teaching Work:

Short-term guest lectureships (max. 6 weeks) at one of our European partner universities can be funded by the EU programme “ Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments”.

Funding for short and long-term lectureships is available from the DAAD.

The Johann Gottfried Herder Initiative funds stays abroad for emeritus and retired lecturers.

The Welcome Center would be pleased to provide you with information and advice on these programmes.