Funding

Outstanding graduates of  the University of Bremen can receive special Bridging Stipends from the University’s Central Research Development Fund (ZF) to enable prospective doctoral students bridge the period prior to obtaining other funding for their research projects.

Doctoral candidates can submit applications within the context of Impetus Funding to finance activities that complement their PhD process, for instance active participation in high-level conferences and summer schools, research sojourns at renowned institutions or additional experiments and surveys. Responsibility for the selection procedure lies with the respective Doctoral Candidate Committee.

Vacancy notices

• Open positions at the University of Bremen
• SCIENCE-JOBS-DE lists open position of German research institutions (hosted by University of Heidelberg)
• PhD Germany is the DAAD database of positions for doctoral students.
• On Dr.-Arbeit.de Phd positions in natural sciences are advertised.
• academics.de is the top German site for positions in academia.

Doctoral programs

For an overview, go to Doctoral Programs at the University of Bremen. 

BMBF Scholarship Guide

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) maintains an interactive information platform that enables a targeted search of the scholarship programs currently on offer.

German Research Foundation – DFG

The German Research Foundation funds research projects and Graduate Research Groups. It also provides stipends and finances salaried positions for doctoral candidates.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports altogether twelve organizations for the promotion of young talents that support social causes and grant scholarships to doctoral candidates with a record of outstanding achievement.

The Graduate Center at the University of Bremen will be pleased to supply information on these funding organizations. Various foundations and funding organizations are represented at the University by their own liason lecturers, who are the persons to address concerning submitting applications.

Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst

Cusanus Werk

Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk e.V.

Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung