Electronic Reasearch Funding Information System - ELFI
ELFI contains research funding information from several national and international organisations and foundations. With a special software ELFI observes about 40.000 relevant documents, so the content is always updated.
ELFI offers you:
- over 12.000 research programs and 5.200 national and international funding organisations
- deadlines of the calls
- adresses of the contact persons
- choice of particular funding types
- individual query profiles for different research interests
Under the folllowing link you can access the english version of ELFI: ELFI access
Please note that your browser's preferred language has to be set to "en" or "en-us", in order for the ELFI-application to work in English.
Funding Portals
This is an overview of regional, national and international institutions that provide support and information for academics and scientists.
National Funding Institutions
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Hermann von Helmholtz Association
- Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- German Federation of Industrial Research Associations
- Federal Minsitry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
- Fraunhofer Association
Research Support in the EU
Information and Advice Regarding Research Support in the EU
- Horizon 2020
Central portal for calls for proposals and electronic administration of FP7 projects:
Research and Innovation - Participant Portal
- KOWI - European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (Kooperationsstelle EU der Wissenschaftsorganisationen)
- EU-Office of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [de]
- National Liaison Offices [de]
- CORDIS
Community Research and Development Information Service
European Funding Portals
- Participant Portal
Central portal for calls for proposals and electronic administration of FP7 projects:
Research and Innovation - Participant Portal
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology
- European Research Council
Funding for innovative fundamental and frontier research.
Foundations
Private Foundations
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation [de]
Funds the five fields of: science in research and teaching, educational sciences, health sciences, sport and culture (literature, music and visual arts).
- Deutsche Telekom Stiftung
Focuses nationally on improving developments in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), funding equally both basic and groundbreaking research.
- Fritz Thyssen Foundation for Funding Science
Gerda Henkel Foundation
Funding for the historical humanities, mainly history, archaeology, the history of art and other disciplines with a historical component.
Youth Development
- Information on Scholarships for Women [de]
Regional Funding Institutions
Supporting of Cooperation between Business and Science
- The Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
National funding programme for SMEs open to all branches and technological sectors and business-oriented research institutions working with them.
- Eurostars
Eurostars funding programme for SMEs who would like to realise joint R&D projects with partners in other member states within the framework of the European research initiative EUREKA.
- EraSME Promoting Innovation by SMEs
- InnoCentive – Social Media for Academics, Research Institutions, NPOs and Businesses
- COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology
- Marie Curie Actions
Structured initial training programmes for junior researchers involving the industry.
Special Information for Start-Ups
- National Agency for Women Start-Ups Activities and Services (bga)
The National Agency for Women Start-Ups Activities and Services (bga) is the first and only information and service centre for female entrepreneurial independence and company takeovers by women in Germany.
- Start-Up Grants MV
- Exist
The Centre for Research Support investigates the possibility of financing your research ideas for you and offers support during the application process.