For Research. For Berlin.

Funding Programmes

Funding applications are made through the Berlin universities or the Charité. In general, applications must be endorsed by two of the partner institutions involved (the university executive board/the head of a non-university research institute). You can access the Foundation’s funding statutes here.

Personal funding

Einstein Professorship

Einstein Strategic Professorship

Einstein Visiting Fellow

Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow

Einstein Junior Fellow

Einstein Research Fellowship

Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellows

Academic Freedom

Project funding

Wegweiser zu den Fragen rund um die Einstein Forschungsvorhaben

Einstein Research Project

Einstein Circle

Structural funding

Einstein Center

Einstein Award for Doctoral Programmes

Deadlines

27 May 2019
for applications in the programmes “Einstein-Circle“, “Einstein Junior Fellow“ and “Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow“. Please note that the internal deadline of the universities is 8 April!

18 November 2019
for applications in the programmes “Einstein Research Project“ and “Einstein Reserach Fellow“. The university-internal deadline ends on 23 September.

Applications for Einstein-Professorships and in the special programmes to support Academic Freedom can be submitted anytime. Applications for Einstein Visiting Fellows and Einstein Doctoral Program Awards can be submitted after a call for applications.

Before applying at the Einstein Foundation please contact the respective contact persons at your institution:

- Freie Universität Berlin:
Hannes Berger
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Dr. Christoph Raiser
- Technische Universität Berlin:
Dr. Stefan Schlelein
Dr.-Ing. Martin Steiof (Einstein-Professorship and -Centres)
- Universität der Künste Berlin:
Mandy Heinze
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin:
Kerstin Dlab

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EINSTEIN PROFESSORSHIP
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN STRATEGIC PROFESSORSHIP
Programmblatt | Antragsformular

EINSTEIN JUNIOR FELLOW
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN INT. POSTDOCS
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN VISITING FELLOW
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN RESEARCH FELLOW
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN GUEST PROFESSORSHIP
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN RESEARCH PROJECT
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN CIRCLE
Programme info | Application form

EINSTEIN CENTRE
Programme info

Forms

Form detailing expenditure of funds

Form requesting drawdown of funds

Checklists for interims and final reports can be found on the German pages for each programme.

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The Einstein Foundation Berlin was founded in 2009 by the State of Berlin. The Foundation funds cutting-edge science and research in Berlin, helping to strengthen the city's reputation as one the world's foremost research hotspots.

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