Individual stipends are an alternative to project-based research funding, e.g. for funding of a Ph.D thesis or the postdoc phase. 
 

Overview of important scholarship provider relevant at RPTU:

Public Sector Funding

• German Academic Scholarship Foundation 
• Hanns-Seidel Foundation
• Friedrich-Naumann Foundation
• Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation
• Friedrich-Ebert Foundation
• Heinrich-Böll Foundation
• Konrad-Adenauer Foundation
• Foundation for German Business - Klaus Murmann Fellowship
• Hans-Böckler Foundation
• Protestant Scholarship Fund, Villigst
• Cusanuswerk, Catholic Scholarship Fund
   

Postdoc and Mobility Programmes

• DAAD scholarship programs
• DAAD - research grants for researchers
• Feodor Lynen Post-Doc Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (abroad)
• Fulbright Program
• Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation
• DFG early career researcher grants 
• Thyssen Foundation Post-Doc Grants 
   

Additional Support Opportunities

• Boehringer Ingelheim Fund: For Biotechnology and Medical Research
• Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt: Scholarship program: Doctoral grants related to environmental issues (all faculties)
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Scholarship database
• Dr. Hilmer Foundation, member of the Association of donors to German Science: Offers doctoral grants for research
• Fazit Foundation: Doctoral grants (preference given to candidates in financial need)
• Friedrich Flick Foundation: Scholarships and travel expense supplements in economic sciences and technology
• Haniel Foundation: Scholarships for obtaining additional qualifications through studies abroad (e.g., business and engineering)
• Minerva Foundation: To promote German-Israeli scientific cooperation