Education and research funding

Whether you are the DAAD, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, or the International Sustainability Campus, you must notify the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of any changes to funded vocational training and continuing education projects.

Excellent researchers from the humanities can apply for funding for a Käte Hamburger Kolleg at their university.

If your institution organizes placements for mandatory internships for agricultural students from Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, you may be eligible to receive a grant from the federal government.

If you are an archive, museum, library, university or similar institution that preserves written cultural assets, you can apply for funding for model projects for the preservation of written cultural assets under certain conditions.

Are you conducting research on German cultural heritage in the former eastern provinces of the German Empire, Eastern, Central-Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, or Central Asia? If so, you can apply for funding from the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI).

If you have an idea for the (further) development of innovative technologies in information and communication technologies (ICT), you may be eligible for funding under certain conditions. The aim is to transfer knowledge from research to industry.

If you are a small or medium-sized company and want to carry out a new, unfinished project in the field of artificial intelligence, either alone or with partners from science and/or industry, you can receive funding under certain conditions.

If your research institution conducts research on global food security and collaborates with specific international partners in this area, you can apply for a grant from the federal government.

If your research institution conducts research on sustainable forest management and collaborates with partners from third countries, you can apply for a federal grant.

Are you a scientist with promising research results and raw, sketchy commercialization ideas in the life sciences? GO-Bio-initial funding could be your starting point for the further development of these ideas.

If you run a small or medium-sized company that conducts research in the field of electronics, autonomous driving or high-performance computing, you can receive funding under certain conditions.

If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and want to strengthen your competitiveness and innovative capacity in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT), you can receive funding under certain conditions.

If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise and want to carry out a new, unfinished project in the field of materials research, either alone or with partners from science and industry, you can apply for funding.

If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise and want to carry out a new research and development (R&D) project in the field of photonics or quantum technology, either alone or with partners from science or industry, you can receive funding.

If you are a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and want to carry out a new project in the field of resource efficiency and climate protection, either alone or with partners from science or industry, you can apply for funding.

If you are a programmer and want to develop open source software as a creative solution to a social problem, you can receive funding under certain conditions.

Are you a researcher at a university of applied sciences? Then you can apply for funding via the "FH Europa" scheme, which you can use to finance the preparation of EU funding.

If you as a company or research institution want to further develop an innovative and practical civil security research project, you can receive funding under certain conditions.

The DAAD, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the International Sustainability Campus can currently apply to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for funding for vocational training and continuing education projects.

The JUVENTUS program helps young people between the ages of 18 and 30 who face barriers to entering the job market to go abroad for an internship, gain new experiences, and make a fresh start.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) wants to strengthen the innovation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in civil security research. It also wants to support SMEs in exploiting corresponding market opportunities.

Through its “Full-Day Expansion” funding guidelines, the Saarland supports local authorities in expanding full-day educational and childcare services for elementary school children. Apply now for grants to cover construction and equipment costs to implement the statutory entitlement starting in 2026.

Are you organizing a civic education event for federal civil servants and judges? If so, you can have your event recognized by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) as eligible for special leave.

Do you organize educational events for staff councils in the public sector? If so, the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) may, under certain conditions, recognize your event as eligible for educational leave.

Through its “Expansion of Full-Day Programs” funding guidelines, the State of Saarland supports local authorities in expanding full-day educational and childcare services for elementary school children. Apply now for grants to cover construction and equipment costs to implement the statutory entitlement starting in 2026.

With the funding guideline for all-day expansion, the Saarland supports municipal providers in the expansion of all-day education and childcare services for primary school children. Apply now for grants for construction and equipment measures to implement the legal entitlement from 2026.

If you are a Saarland company planning a research and development project in Saarland, you can receive funding under certain conditions.

Are you receiving a grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a vocational training and continuing education project? If so, you can request disbursement of the funds once the project begins.

Are you receiving a grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a vocational training and continuing education project? If so, you must submit annual interim reports and, upon completion of the project, a report detailing how the grant funds were used.