{"id":2465,"date":"2022-03-21T13:40:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/?page_id=2465"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:42:37","slug":"funding-opportunities-of-the-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/funding-opportunities-of-the-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding opportunities for the doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 id=\"oben\">Content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"#guides4docs\">Guides4docs@MLU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#overview\">Overview, how-to, key steps, FAQ<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#phd_positions\">PhD positions at graduate programs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#graduate_funding\">Graduate funding from the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#stipendium_plus\">Stipends<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#subject_specific\">Subject specific funding<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#job_vacancies\">Job vacancies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#grants_innovation\">Grants and competitions for innovations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#print_costs\">Printing cost subsidy for the publication of the dissertation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#databases\">Databases<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#other\">Other<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"guides4docs\">Guides4docs@MLU<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide is part of the overview Guides4docs@MLU released recently by InGrA. Together with the following topics you can get a good overview of options and requirements during your future or current doctorate at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/science-at-mlu-some-research-prospects-for-early-career-scientists-in-halle\/\">Research at MLU<\/a>: Some research prospects for early career scientists in Halle (research4docs@MLU)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/documents-and-forms-for-your-phd-studies-at-mlu-halle\/\">Documents and forms<\/a>&nbsp;for your PhD studies at MLU Halle (documents4docs@MLU)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/starting-the-path-to-a-doctorate\/\">Starting the path<\/a>&nbsp;to a doctorate (start4docs@MLU)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"overview\">Overview, how-to, key steps, FAQ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Referat_6_Forschung_Transfer_und_Drittmittelservice_at_MLU\"><h6>Referat 6 Forschung, Transfer und Drittmittelservice at MLU<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Overview of individual grants for junior researchers (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wcms.itz.uni-halle.de\/download.php?down=48158&amp;elem=3102048\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>, MLU-internal in English)<\/li><li>Further programs to support careers in science (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-halle.de\/forschung\/service\/wissenschaftlicher_nachwuchs\/wiss_nachw\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> MLU-internal in German)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Internationale_Graduiertenakademie_InGrA\"><h6>Internationale Graduiertenakademie (InGrA)<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/kategorie\/funding\/\">News upon funding<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"German_Research_Foundation_DFG\"><h6>German Research Foundation (DFG)<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Individual Grants Programmes \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfg.de\/en\/research_funding\/individual_grants_programmes\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">A How-To Guide<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Information_from_UNIBUND_Halle-Jena-Leipzig\"><h6>Information from UNIBUND Halle-Jena-Leipzig<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-jena.de\/en\/phd-scholarships#General_information\" target=\"_blank\">Doctorate scholarships<\/a>: key steps to a grant and FAQ by Friedrich Schiller University Jena<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-leipzig.de\/en\/research\/academic-careers\/doctorates\/funding\" target=\"_blank\">Pathways to a doctorate<\/a> &#8211; funding information by Leipzig University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#oben\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"phd_positions\">PhD positions at graduate programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Law_and_Anthropology\"><h6>Law and Anthropology<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imprs-gm.mpg.de\/vacancies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMPRS Global Multiplicity: A Social Anthropology for the Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Economics_Agricultural_Economics\"><h6>Economics, Agricultural Economics<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwh-halle.de\/en\/career\/jobs\/jobs-at-iwh\" target=\"_blank\">IWH Doctoral Programme in Economics (IWH-DPE)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iamo.de\/en\/institute\/career-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">IAMO Graduate School<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Physics_and_Chemistry\"><h6>Physics and Chemistry<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/beam.uni-halle.de\/open-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\">GRK BEAM<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trr227.de\/PhD_positions\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">iRTG Ultrafast Spin Dynamics<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imprs-stns.mpg.de\/application\" target=\"_blank\">IMPRS for Science and Technology of Nano-Systems<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chiralelectronics.de\/career\/\" target=\"_blank\">Graduate center for Chiral Electronics (GraCE)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Biology_Biochemistry_Pharmacy\"><h6>Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacy<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/snp2prot.uni-halle.de\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">PROTEOFORuM (SFB 1664)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/idiv-biodiversity.de\/en\/web\/treedi\/join_treedi.html\" target=\"_blank\">GRK TreeD\u00ec \u2013 \u6797\u5730 \u2013 Tree Diversity Interactions<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rtg2498.uni-halle.de\/association\/\" target=\"_blank\">GRK Plant Cell Compartments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/rtg2467.uni-halle.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GRK Intrinsically Disordered Proteins<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idiv.de\/en\/about_idiv\/career.html\" target=\"_blank\">yDiv<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipb-halle.de\/en\/career\" target=\"_blank\">Leibniz Research School PlantBioChem<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipk-gatersleben.de\/en\/career\/job-offers\" target=\"_blank\">IPK Graduate Program<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Environmental_Science_Geography_Geology\"><h6>Environmental Science, Geography, Geology<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufz.de\/index.php?en=34276\" target=\"_blank\">UFZ &#8211; HIGRADE<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Education_Science_Didactics\"><h6>Education Science, Didactics<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/interfach.de\/en\/news\/job-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\">GRK Interfach<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Medicine\"><h6>Medicine<\/h6><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umh.de\/en\/forschung\/forschungsverbuende\/grk-2751-incupanc\/application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GRK InCuPanC<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please also check the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/structured-doctoral-programmes-at-mlu\/\" target=\"_blank\">overview<\/a> of graduate programs at MLU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#oben\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"graduate_funding\">Graduate funding from the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg annually provides funding for scholarships in accordance with the German Graduate Funding Act (GVBl. LSA [Bulletin of Acts and Ordinances of the State of Saxony-Anhalt] 2015, p. 613). The funding comes from the Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. The annual provision of funding and the amount thereof are subject to the decision of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. Scholarships are awarded by the Graduate Funding Committee of our University. You can obtain further information and advice from Department 1 \u2013 Student Services, Division 1.3 \u2013 Further Academic Training, Tuition Fees, Scholarships and Elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wisswei.verwaltung.uni-halle.de\/graduiertenfoerderung__exkursions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website of Ref 1.3<\/a> (in German)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#oben\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"stipends\">Stipends<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"stipendium_plus\">StipendiumPlus &#8211; Talent development in higher education<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>StipendiumPlus: more than just a scholarship, more than just one scholarship opportunity.  Thirteen organizations for the promotion of young talent which have come together under the umbrella of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provide support to students and young researchers with special talents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stipendiumplus.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.stipendiumplus.de\/<\/a> (in German)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Studienstiftung_des_deutschen_Volkes_e.V.\"><h5>Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.<\/h5><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>The Studienstiftung offers generous financial support for Ph.D. students. Additional funds are provided for research and travel abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studienstiftung.de\/en\/finanzen0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.studienstiftung.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#oben\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"subject_specific\">Subject specific funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hector-fellow-academy.de\/en\/young-scientist-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hector Fellow Academy<\/a> (for natural and engineering sciences, medicine and psychology)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/klaus-tschira-stiftung.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Klaus Tschira Foundation<\/a> (for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Sciences)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"job_vacancies\">Job vacancies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Employment in the form of a position in an externally funded project or a budgeted position funded from the university budget is common. Vacancies are advertised at the following websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"University_and_institutes_in_Halle_Saale\"><h5>University and institutes in Halle (Saale)<\/h5><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/personal.verwaltung.uni-halle.de\/jobs\/wissmi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (in German)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi-halle.mpg.de\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eth.mpg.de\/2949781\/career\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imws.fraunhofer.de\/en\/schnelleinstieg-fuer-bewerber.html\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.izi.fraunhofer.de\/de\/jobs-karriere.html\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Fraunhofer-Institut f\u00fcr Zelltherapie und Immunologie IZI<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwh-halle.de\/karriere\/jobs\/arbeiten-am-iwh\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipb-halle.de\/en\/career\/\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iamo.de\/en\/career\/job-offers-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufz.de\/index.php?en=34276\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research \u2013 UFZ<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<span id=\"Research_societies\"><h5>Research societies<\/h5><\/span>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpg.de\/jobboard?job_type%5B%5D=sc&amp;job_type%5B%5D=sc_jun\" target=\"_blank\">Job offers<\/a> at Max Planck Society<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fraunhofer.de\/en\/jobs-and-career.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jobs and career<\/a> at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de\/en\/careers\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\">Leibniz job portal<\/a> of Leibniz Association<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helmholtz.de\/en\/career\/job-vacancies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Job vacancies<\/a> at Helmholtz Association<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#oben\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"grants_innovation\">Grants and competitions for innovations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/forschung.verwaltung.uni-halle.de\/gruendungsservice\/foerdermittel\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of innovation grants<\/a> by transfer and entrepreneurship office (in German)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"print_costs\">Printing cost subsidy for the publication of the dissertation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rund-um-die-promotion.de\/die-promotion\/finanzierung\/druckkostenzuschuss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overview of foundations<\/a> offering print cost subsdies (in German)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"databases\">Databases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>ELectronic Research Funding Information System (ELFI): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elfi.info\" target=\"_blank\">www.elfi.info<\/a> (in German)<\/li><li>Research, International and Transfer Information Service (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/ingra\/2025\/03\/research-international-and-transfer-information-service-fit-at-mlu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIT<\/a>): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fit.uni-kassel.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/fit.uni-kassel.de<\/a> (free registration with your @(domain).uni-halle.de&nbsp;e-mail address)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.daad.de\/deutschland\/stipendium\/datenbank\/en\/21148-scholarship-database\/\" target=\"_blank\">DAAD Scholarship Database<\/a> for Incomers (in English)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mystipendium.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">mystipendium.de<\/a> (in German)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euraxess.de\/funding\/search\" target=\"_blank\">EURAXESS Researchers in Motion<\/a>&nbsp;(in English)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hochschul-job.de\" target=\"_blank\">Hochschul-Job.de<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.academics.de\/stellenanzeigen\/position-doktorand\/UQ==\" target=\"_blank\">Academics.de<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\">ResearchGate.net<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#oben\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"other\">Other<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-frankfurt.de\/81714214\/GRADE_Financing_your_Doctorate.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\">Financing your doctorate<\/a> by Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE), Frankfurt (Main)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dfg.de\/en\/research_funding\/research_careers\/info_talks\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Info Talks<\/a> on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gsonet.org\/karrierewissen\/uebersicht-stellenportale\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Overview of job portals<\/a> for science, business and the non-profit sector by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gsonet.org\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">GSO<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content Guides4docs@MLU Overview, how-to, key steps, FAQ PhD positions at graduate programs Graduate funding from the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt Stipends Subject specific funding Job vacancies Grants and competitions for innovations Printing cost subsidy for the publication of the dissertation Databases Other Guides4docs@MLU This guide is part of the overview Guides4docs@MLU released recently by InGrA. 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