They offer fellowships for PhD students (1,600 €/month) or postdocs (2,700 €/month) for 3 months, in selected cases for up to 6 months.
In addition to the stipend, we offer a one-time travel allowance (up to 1,200 €).

Applicants from countries of the Global South will be considered.
Applicants must hold a Master’s or PhD degree in one of Senckenberg’s research areas.
You will contact a suitable scientist at Senckenberg, who can be your host, and together you will develop a concept for a suitable research topic, which you will spend the funded time working on at Senckenberg.
This link to all Senckenberg institutes can help you find suitable hosts for your project ideas: all Senckenberg institutes.
Please note that you are only eligible to receive a Senckenberg Global Fellowship if you do not receive a parallel project funding during the period of the fellowship. We would like to exclude double funding in any case.

Global South Countries

Required application documents
Letter of motivation with information on your research interests and experience (max. 1 page, in the online form)
Description of your project idea (planned goals, implementation) for the research to be carried out within the framework of the fellowship, agreed upon with your host at Senckenberg. Please explain how the submitted project topic would enrich your personal range of methods and your research portfolio (especially for postdocs). Is this research topic breaking new ground? (max. 1 page, in the online form)
Letter of support from your host(s) at Senckenberg, acknowledging you and your proposed work, adding to the expertise of the host group, and outlining how your stay will add value to Senckenberg as well. Please explain how the named project topic fits into the Senckenberg research landscape, how the Fellow’s project will enrich the research of your working group and the research field as a whole. Will new ground be broken or existing knowledge gaps closed? (max. 1 page – upload)
Your current curriculum vitae, including a complete list of your publications (upload)
Certificates of your Master’s degree and, if applicable, of your PhD (upload)
Optional: further letters of recommendation (e.g. from mentors, supervisors; upload)
Please note that you can only apply online via our form. Please use our form/template for the texts under 1. and 2. and fill it out carefully and completely. Please make sure that the uploaded documents are complete. If any required documents are missing, we will unfortunately not be able to consider your application.