• The university competition for the academic year 2024 – Freedom
  Deadline: 30^th of November 2023
   

  As part of the university competition (Hochschulwettbewerb) for the academic year 2024, Wissenschaft in Dialogue (WiD) invites doctoral candidates and early-career researchers from all disciplines to submit their creative and interactive communication ideas on the topic of freedom. The twelve best ideas will be awarded €10,000 each to realise the idea, with the winners supported for an entire year by WiD for the implementation of the project.

  The university competition is a project of Wissenschaft in Dialogue and has been held annually since 2013 for students, doctoral candidates, postdocs, and early-career researchers in the context of each respective academic year. It is supported by the Hochschulrektorenkonferenz and the Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

   

  Digital appointments and FAQs about the call for applications:
  MON, 20^th of NOVEMBER 2023
  Online via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89155250745
  Further information about the call for applications and about how to apply can be found via the link:

   The university competition 2024 | Der Hochschulwettbewerb

• Augsburg academic prize for intercultural studies 2024
  Deadline: 8th of December 2023
  
  The University of Augsburg, the Forum Interkulturelles Leben und Lernen (FiLL e.V.), and the City of Augsburg jointly award the Augsburg academic prize for intercultural studies. The call for applications is open to all academic disciplines and aims to recognise interdisciplinary and innovative research completed as part of an academic qualification. Academic theses that were submitted to a German university no more than two years before the current application deadline can be submitted. The main prize of €5000 is awarded to theses written as part of a doctorate or habilitation. Applications must be submitted by one of the supervising professors.
   

  Further information on the call for applications and about how to apply can be found via the link:

  Call for applications for the Augsburg academic prize for intercultural studies 2024 (uni-augsburg.de
  
  
   

• Roman Herzog Research Prize for Social Market Economy 2024
  Deadline: 31.12.2023
  The Roman Herzog Institute recognises early-career researchers who have addressed key questions of regulation in the twenty-first century in their doctoral thesis or habilitation. Each year up to three prizes to the amount of €20,000, €10,000, and €5,000 are awarded. Applications can be submitted by the author or on the recommendation of professors, faculties, or institutes.
   

  Further information on the call for applications and on how to apply can be found via the link:
  Research prize | Roman Herzog Institut

• Friedwart Bruckhaus Prize 2023/2024 
  Deadline: 28^th of February 2024
  
  Europe in the 21^st century: the beginning of a new era? Prizes will be awarded for scholarly and journalistic work on this topic. The competition is open to academics who have conducted relevant noteworthy research, as well as media professionals who have distinguished themselves by their presentation of academic findings and practical experience. Up to three prizes of €5,000 each are to be awarded, which can be shared. Works that have been published in German or English since the 1^st of January 2022 will be considered for selection. Applicants must be under 40 years of age by the application deadline.

  Further information on the call for applications and on how to apply can be found via the link:
  Bruckhaus call for applications - Hanns Martin Schleyer-Stiftung

Doctoral candidates

• German Thesis Award 2024 of the Körber Stiftung
  Deadline: 1^st of March 2024
  
  Every year, the Körber Stiftung presents the German Thesis Award to the best doctoral candidates in Germany from all disciplines. In addition to academic excellence, the award primarily focuses on the broader social relevance of a particular piece of research. As such, the award encourages young scientists to highlight the value of their research to society and to discuss their work in public. Prizes totalling more than €100,000 are awarded for significant and innovative research, including three top prizes of €25,000 in each of the three disciplinary areas of social sciences, natural and technical sciences, and humanities and cultural studies. Two second prizes of €5000 each are also awarded. This makes the German Thesis Award one of the most highly endowed prizes awarded to young scientists in the country.
  
  Information on conditions for participation can be found via the link:
  German Thesis Award • Körber-Stiftung (koerber-stiftung.de)
  
   

• Fulbright fellowship for academics with a doctorate (professors, lecturers, as well as academic assistants)
  Applications must be submitted at least nine months before the planned research stay.
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• ERA future fellowships – Green hydrogen 2023: DAAD fellowships for researchers with a doctorate from Germany (Applications are possible at any time.)
  
  DAAD has established the new fellowship programme “ERA Future Fellowships – Green Hydrogen” to accompany the implementation of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the European Agenda Process on Green Hydrogen, a pilot initiative of the European Research Area (ERA). The programme will enable young scientific experts to do research at universities and research institutes in Germany and the ERA. They will be integrated into international expert networks, supported by scientific conferences and events involving DAAD alumni. Four working groups focussing on the following key topics of the agenda process will be established: production, transport and infrastructure, market stimulation, cross-cutting issues.
  
  Funding is available for a research stay in the European Research Area (ERA). Funding is not available for participation in courses, workshops or similar. A stay in other non-European countries can also be funded. The duration of funding is 1 to 12 months for research stays.
  
  You can apply if you have completed a doctorate, are conducting research in Germany on the topic of green hydrogen (GH2), would like to continue working in the field of green hydrogen (GH2) after the end of the fellowship, and would also like to remain actively involved after the end of the fellowship in one of the four international working groups of the fellowship programme.
• Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024-2025 for Research at Israeli Universities in STEM, Humanities, and Social Sciences 
  New deadline: 9^th of May 2024
  
  The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Azrieli Foundation supports up to 24 international early-career researchers for a period of two years in the undertaking of research in all academic disciplines at selected Israeli research institutes. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having an academic sponsor (a faculty member at an eligible Israeli institute) at the time of application.
  The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship - Call for Applications - The Azrieli Foundation

• Researching academic research: Summer schools and workshops
  
  Funding from the Volkswagen Foundation to hold a summer school or workshop for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers on academic research (Deadline: 1^st of January 2024)
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