From PhD and Postdoc positions to specialized fellowships in agricultural science, drug discovery, and cancer research, there’s something for everyone. Visit the DAAD website for even more student scholarship options!

Apply by: various deadlines
PhD & Postdoc: all disciplines

Falling Walls Labs 2025

Go to Falling Walls Foundation

Apply by: 11 April 2025
Students & PhD: agricultural science, drug discovery and medical sciences

Bayer Foundation Fellowships

Go to Bayer Foundation

Apply by: 24 April 2025
PhD: disciplines related to cancer research

DKFZ International PhD Program

Go to German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Apply by: 15 July 2025
Graduates & PhD: all disciplines except human medicine and dentistry

Scholarships for international students

Go to Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (in German)

Apply by: any time
Postdoc: all disciplines

Emmy Noether Programme

Go to German Research Foundation (DFG)

Bayer Foundation Fellowships

• Scientific Fellowships for Master, PhD, and Medical Students

  Apply by: 11 April 2025
  Students & PhD: agricultural science, drug discovery and medical sciences

• Fellowship for STEM Student Teachers & Teachers

  Apply by: 11 April 2025

More information and how to apply

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Germany’s largest biomedical research institution.

The DKFZ International PhD Program is a fully funded, structured program providing its doctoral researchers (PhD students) with tailored mentoring and training in cancer research. The doctoral research projects are conducted at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg or Dresden, or its partner sites across Germany within the German Cancer Consortium, National Centers for Tumor Disease, the Helmholtz Institute for Translational Oncology and the DKFZ-Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medical Center Mannheim.

Apply by: 24 April 2025
PhD: disciplines related to cancer research

More information and how to apply