At Freie Universität, next to the support by individual academic departments, numerous central funding opportunities are available for international projects and collaboration.

Joint Seed Funding with Stratgic Partners

In order to support the initiation of research with Freie Universität’s Strategic Partners, several competitive calls are held annually within the framework of the Joint Seed Funding.

Funding for International Research Workshops

Several joint funding calls with renowned international partners provide funding opportunities for international research workshops.

FUB-CSC Program

In cooperation with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), Freie Universität Berlin offers qualified chinese young academics the opportunity for a PhD or postdoctoral scholarship.

Test Scholarships for Potential International Doctoral students

For the recruitment of promising international doctoral students, short-term funding can be made available for determining the suitability of the candidate for doctoral studies at Freie Universität.

Flexible Project Funding

In addition to specific funding lines, flexible project funding offers an opportunity to apply for funds for internationalization measures of many kinds, for example, to prepare joint applications for third-party funding or to establish cooperation relations with international partners.

For more information about funding opportunities for faculty and staff, please follow this link:
http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/international/faculty-staff/research-funding/index.html

For more information about funding opportunities for doctoral students and postdocs, please follow this link:
http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/international/doctoral-students-postdocs/index.html