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Early Career Research Support

We support doctoral and early career researchers!

To attract outstanding doctoral and early career researchers to University of Hamburg—and to retain them—it is vital to offer a range of support in the form of junior research groups, research training groups, and prizes.

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Postdoctoral funding

If you have earned a doctorate and wish to continue doing research, find out about the options available to you.

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Collaborative projects / RTGs

We are happy to advise you at all stages of the application process for a collaborative project / research training group. We will give you basic information.

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Doctoral funding

If you have completed your studies and wish to pursue a doctorate, you can find information here about funding the doctoral phase at the University of Hamburg.

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Travel expense subsidies, foundations and corporate investments and assets

If you would like to present your research at a conference and need a travel expense subsidy, find the information you need here.

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Scholarships

The University of Hamburg awards scholarships to promote academic training and further education.

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Research prizes for early career researchers

Honoring outstanding researchers is an integral part of the support for scientific pursuit and research.

Further funding options:

Contact

Funding advice for early career researchers
ecr-support"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Events and activities

We would like to draw your attention to a few events and activities in the area of doctoral and early career researchers and research funding at the Hamburg Research Academy (HRA):

The HRA course programme offers many more events.

FIT Newsletter

The FIT Newsletter provides regular updates about application calls for research funding, scholarships, research prizes, and more!

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