Current calls for applications

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is awarded for outstanding research achievements and is one of the most important research funding prizes in Germany. The prize is endowed with 2.5 million euros each. Submission deadline: December 11, 2025

Professor Schwabe Thesis Award for Outstanding Young Researchers Nomination deadline October 31, 2025

The Gisela and Erwin Sick Foundation endows prizes for measurement and sensor technology at TUD to promote engineering and natural sciences. submission deadline: December 31, 2025

The GI Dissertation Prize honors outstanding dissertations in the the realm of computer science. Application deadline: February 16, 2024

The Dresden Physics Prize, donated by P. Fulde, will again be jointly awarded by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems and TU Dresden in 2026. Submission deadline: November 15, 2025

Excellent doctoral researchers from all disciplines are admitted to the Young Academy for a period of four years in recognition of their outstanding scientific achievements and are supported in pursuing their careers and expanding their networks.

The Tang Prize allocates a grant of NT$ 10 million to each award category to help extend laureates' influence by funding their research projects which can be run up to 5 years.

Each year, the Humboldt Foundation awards around 20 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards to internationally recognized researchers living and working outside of Germany.

Those who completed their doctoral studies between four and twelve years ago are eligible to apply for a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for experienced researchers. With the Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for postdocs, the Humboldt Foundation enables researchers with above-average …