Funding Programs of the Graduate Academy and TU Dresden

• Saxon Scholarship Program
  The Free State of Saxony provides funding for the promotion of PhD students of TU Dresden for up to three years. The grant amounts to EUR 1,350 per month plus family allowance of EUR 100 for each dependent child (if applicable), as well as material/travel subsidy up to EUR 1,500.
  Eligibility: Prospective doctoral candidates
  Application deadline: March 31^st
• Maria Reiche Doctoral Fellowships (without Faculty of Medicine)
  Within the Maria Reiche Doctoral Fellowships (without Faculty of Medicine), grants up to three years can be awarded for women working on their doctoral degree. The monthly rate amounts to EUR 1,365. In addition, a monthly family allowance of EUR 400 for the first child and EUR 100 for each further child will be awarded.
  Eligibility: (Prospective) Female doctoral candidates
  Application deadline: March 31^st
• ESF Plus - PhD Scholarship Program
  The Free State of Saxony (SMWK) and the SAB provide funding for the promotion of PhD students of TU Dresden for up to four years. The grant amounts to EUR 1,700 per month plus family allowance of EUR 100 for each dependent child.
  Eligibility: Prospective doctoral candidates
  Application deadline: currently not known

• Grants for the Completion and Wrap-up Phase 
  These grants support doctoral candidates for up to three months during the completion and wrap-up phase of their doctorate. The bridging period enables researchers to finish their PhD, but also to publish their results and to prepare an application for a postdoctoral position. The monthly grant for PhD students amounts to EUR 1,365 and for postdoc students to EUR 1,750 plus a non-personnel cost subsidy as well as a family allowance, if the latter is applicable.
  Eligibility: Doctoral candidates in the final phase of their doctorate
  Application deadlines:  March 31^st and September 30^th

• Back-to-Research Grants 
  The Free State of Saxony provides funding for the completion of the doctorate of researchers after an interruption due to family affairs for up to 12 months. The monthly stipend amounts to EUR 985 for PhD students and, if applicable, an additional family allowance of EUR 100 per child.
  Eligibility: Doctoral candidates
  Application deadlines: March 31^st and September 30^th

This grant aims to support the visibility of the research achievements of doctoral candidates and postdocs. For this purpose, the Graduate Academy of TU Dresden grants allowances for proofreading services (German or English) for foreign-language publications of doctoral candidates of TU Dresden.
Eligibility: Doctoral candidates & postdocs
Application deadlines:  Applications can be submitted at any time

Detailed information and all application documents can be found under Proofreading Service.

Maria Reiche Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Maria Reiche Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent female postdocs in their intention to independently acquire a third-party funded project in order to qualify for a scientific career at TU Dresden with the goal of becoming a professor.

Eligibility:
young female scientists who have completed their doctorate no longer than six years ago
Application deadline: April 30^th

• Back-to-Research Grants 
  The Free State of Saxony provides funding for the completion of the habilitation of researchers after an interruption (of at least nine months) due to family affairs for up to 12 months. Moreover, female postdoctoral scholars are given the chance to return to academia after they have gained qualified professional experience to lay the foundations for being appointed to a university position within 6 months of funding. The monthly stipend amounts to EUR 1,285 for habilitation candidates and, if applicable, an additional family allowance of 100 EUR per child.
  Eligibility: Habilitation candidates
  Application deadline: March 31^st and September 30^th

The aim of the program is to support outstanding early career researchers (postdocs) at an early stage in their research career in developing and sharpening their scientific profile and to qualify them for further scientific career paths.
Eligibility: Postdocs
Application deadline: September 30^th

Detailed information and all application documents can be found here: Postdoc Starter Kit

This grant aims to support the visibility of the research achievements of doctoral candidates and postdocs. For this purpose, the Graduate Academy of TU Dresden grants allowances for proofreading services (German or English) for foreign-language publications of doctoral candidates at TU Dresden.
Eligibility: Doctoral candidates & Postdocs
Application deadlines:  Applications can be submitted at any time.

Detailed information and all application documents can be found here: Proofreading Service

Travel Awards support doctoral candidates, postdocs, TUD Young Investigators and Junior Professors with travel allowances up to EUR 1,500 to attend conferences, congresses, symposia and workshops within Germany and abroad.
Eligibility: Doctoral candidates, postdocs, TUD Young Investigators and Junior Professors
Application deadlines: March 31^st and September 30^th

Detailed information and all application documents can be found here:  Travel Awards for Conferences, Congresses, Symposia und Workshops 

Travel Grants support doctoral candidates, postdocs, TUD Young Investigators and Junior Professors with travel allowances up to EUR 4,500 for short-term research stays up to three months as well as the participation in summer and winter schools with up to EUR 1,000 per event abroad and within Germany.
Eligibility: Doctoral candidates, postdocs, TUD Young Investigators and Junior Professors
Application deadlines: March 31^st and September 30^th

Detailed information and all application documents can be found here: Travel Grants for Short-Term Research Stays and Summer/Winter Schools abroad

The GA funding program Lab2Lab promotes the exchange and lively collaboration of early career researchers based on the cooperation of international working groups (AGs).
Eligibility:  Professors / Young Investigators of TU Dresden together with a professor from the working group abroad and an early career researcher (doctoral candidate or postdoc) as the main contact person within the working group at TU Dresden.
Application deadlines: Applications can be handed in anytime.

Detailed information and all application documents can be found here: Lab2Lab

The association supports young scientists of TU Dresden with grants up to six months as well as travel allowances to attend congresses/conferences or short-term research stays abroad. Additionally, funding for incoming guest scientists from abroad can be applied for.
Eligibility: Young scientists
Application deadline: Anytime

Detailed informations can be found here: Association of Friends and Sponsors of TU Dresden e.V. 

The Dresden Fellowship Program focuses on inviting international scholars to conduct joint research and teaching at TU Dresden.

For up to six months, young researchers can be funded as Dresden Junior Fellows and established researchers as Dresden Senior Fellows. With both program lines, TU Dresden aims to attract scientific talents at senior and early-career level.

Detailed information can be found here: Dresden Fellowship Program

The Eleonore Trefftz Program at TU Dresden makes temporary stays possible for visiting women scientists who represent their subject in teaching and research at a respective faculty. Female professors, junior professors and junior researchers who are at least at an advanced stage of their postdoc can hold visiting professorships for 3 to 12 months researching and teaching.

Eligibility:  any Faculty or Central Academic Unit with appointment rights
Application deadlines: 15^th April / 15^th October

Special application deadline for stays in 2021/2022: 15^th July 2021

Detailed information and all application documents can be found on the website of the Eleonore Trefftz Program.

The International Office supports with the ERAMSUS+ program the possibility of being a guest lecturer at European partner universities. This program aims at strengthening the international collaboration and supporting the organisation of common study programs. 
Eligibility: Doctoral candidates and postdocs
Application deadline: 30 days before the envisaged teaching secondment starts

Detailed information and all application documents can be found here: Erasmus Grants for Teaching Secondment