Here you will find an overview of all relevant internal and external funding opportunities, competitions, and calls for proposals with a focus on sustainability.

• International Laboratory Freezer Challenge for particularly sustainable laboratories - Call for proposals for 2024 starting in autumn 2023. More information here.
• Young Green Buddy Award for young, unusual, and bold ideas focusing on sustainability in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district - Application deadline April 15, 2024. More information here.
• Sozial-ökologische Forschung – New funding opportunity for early-career researchers - Sketches due by April 29, 2024. More information here. 

• SK:KK: Innovative-& Modellprojekte-Förderungen - Investive, Municipal Climate Protection Model Projects as well as Innovative Climate Protection Projects, more here.

• Bundespreis Ecodesign - Call for entries for 2024 launched on January 24, 2024. More information here.

• Green Talent Competition 2023 for young non-German scientists - FAQ 

• BNE-Auszeichnungen der deutschen UNESCO-Kommission - Commission for diverse and committed actors in education for sustainable development. Applications accepted year-round. Further information here.

• Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg:: An annual competition for partnerships between science and industry, for individuals and teams especially from universities and scientific institutions. Information on their conditions can be found here.

• Una Europa Starter Funds for research, teaching, and administration: Funding for short stays of FU scientists at Una Europa partner universities, costs for joint events and workshops with partners at FU Berlin, projects with digital teaching content, and fact-finding missions to develop joint project ideas. More information here. 

• Projekt Nachhaltigkeit - Idea competition for shaping the future and projects of change in business, science, civil society, and municipalities. Award ceremonies between September and November 2023. More information here.  

• Green Awards as part of the Greentech Festivals - Award for particularly innovative ideas and personalities in the field of sustainability. Call for entries for 2024 has begun. More information here.  

• Funding for ClimaClic for national and international climate protection projects in the areas of nature & landscape, environment & resources, or education & research - Information on funding guidelines here.

• Funding „Transformationspfade für nachhaltige Hochschulen“ of the BMBF. Funding phase runs until March 31, 2026. More information here. 

• Overview of the database Förderdatenbank des Bundes

• Funding fom the Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt 

• Overview funding form Z-U-G

• SPRIND-funding for sustainable leap innovations and projects

If an important funding opportunity is missing, please E-Mail us.