Postdoc Start-up Grant

Postdocs who intend to apply for their own research project from large project sponsors can use this funding to prepare and generate initial research data. The funding amounts to 85,000 euros and is granted for up to two years.

These are the winners of the last two funding periods:


2025

  • Bazioti, Venetia| Munich
  • Cañes Esteve, Laia | Rhine-Main
  • Carlantoni, Claudia | North
  • Dittrich, Gesine M. | Lower Saxony
  • Gonzalez, Carlos Alfonso | Heidelberg/Mannheim
  • Hoffmann, Adrian| Munich
  • Leão Santos, Gabriela| Lower Saxony
  • Schütte, Jan Philipp | Heidelberg/Mannheim
  • Suresh, Athira | Berlin
  • van der Kwast, Reginald | Munich

2024

  • Abrahamian, Carla | Munich
  • Büch, Joscha | Munich
  • Dumbović , Gabrijela│ Rhine-Main
  • Finke, Daniel │ Heidelberg/Mannheim
  • Fischer, Maximilian │ Munich
  • Härtter, Daniel | Lower Saxony
  • Parma, Laura │ Munich
  • Pietsch, Niels | North
  • Trogisch, Felix Armin │ Heidelberg/Mannheim
  • Wang, Rongling | Berlin


Digital Postdoc Start-up Grant

2025

  • Hadler, Thomas | Berlin
  • Halle, Lennard | Munich
  • Dar, Salman Ul Hassan | Heidelberg/Mannheim
  • Nonn, Olivia | Berlin
  • Marino, Joany | Greifswald

2024

No call


Further postdoc start-up funding projects, see project database


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