next deadline: 15 June 2025
Minerva Fellowship Programme
The Minerva Fellowship Programme enables Israeli and German scientists to complete a 6 to 24 months long research stay at institutions in the respective other country. Minerva Fellowships are not only intended to promote research but also to strengthen the cultural and scientific exchange between Germany and Israel. Younger graduates and postdocs get the possibility to further their scientific background while they conduct a research project at their host institution.
deadline: 26 June 2025
Max Planck-Weizmann Postdoctoral Programme
The Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) jointly offer outstanding postdoctoral researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, earth sciences and life sciences a prestigious 4-year appointment in a unique research environment. The employment contracts are concluded according to German guidelines and take into account the postdoc’s level of experience.
deadlines: 8 and 15 July 2025
PRIMA Calls 2025
PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) is an international funding initiative, in which both Israel and Germany participate. It aims to effectively address the challenges of the Mediterranean in terms of agri-food systems and water scarcity through research and innovation. The current calls focus on environmental resilience through ecosystem restoration, particularly implementing nature-based solutions in farming and water management.
deadline: 29 July 2025
EUREKA: Germany and Israel call for projects
This EUREKA project call by ZIM and IIA is for R&D projects in all technological and application areas. You must develop ready-to-market solutions for products, technology-based services or methods, which have strong market potential for Germany, Israel, and Europe. Your project consortium must include at least one eligible Germany company and at least one eligible Israeli company. The team may include other parties such as research institutes or universities.
deadlines: 12 and 19 August 2025
German- Israeli Water Technology Cooperation – Call for Proposals 2025
The German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology (MOST) are inviting researchers from both countries to submit proposals for bilateral R&D projects in the research area ‘innovations in water technologies and water systems’. Priority will be given to projects based on novel ideas and potential industrial applicability.
deadline: 21 October 2025
COST Open Call 2025
COST is a European funding initiative for the creation of research networks, called COST Actions. Both Israel and Germany are participating in COST. COST Actions bring together researchers and innovators to investigate a topic of their choice (bottom-up-approach) for 4 years. COST Actions are different to many other EU funded projects because it is possible to join and participate in a research network even after it has started running, throughout the entire lifespan of the Action.
next deadline: 2 May 2025
Minerva Short-Term Research Grant
The Minerva Short-Term Research Grant gives young German and Israeli scientists from all subjects the opportunity to visit research partners and to establish contacts with scientists in the respective guest country. The grants also allow scientists to participate in seminars and workshops, particularly as guest speakers. The short-term grants are for stays of 1 to 8 weeks and support their recipients in terms of travel expenses and additional costs.
deadline: 2 April 2025
Azrieli Visiting PhD Fellowship
The Azrieli Visiting PhD Fellowship enables outstanding international PhD candidates to conduct research in Israel for a period of 3 to 4 months, fostering collaboration with leading researchers. Fellows will work closely with leading Israeli researchers. The current call is for the fall semester 2025 /2026, which will start in November. Fellows will receive a stipend of 12,000 ILS per month. This funding is intended to support accommodation, airfare, living costs, fees, and health insurance.
deadline: 31 March 2025
zukunft.niedersachsen
With the funding programme ‘Research Cooperations Lower Saxony – Israel’, the Ministry of Research and Culture in Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation support scientifically outstanding projects by researchers from Israel and Lower Saxony. The programme is explicitly aimed at scientists at an early career stage. It addresses different disciplines in different years. The current call for application invites proposals from the Life Sciences and Medicine. Call will open mid-January 2025.
new deadline : 31 March 2025
GIF Nexus 2025
GIF Nexus supports excellent scientific collaboration between German and Israeli scholars and new collaborations for early career scientists. The application process consists of two stages: pre-proposals and full proposals as well as two tracks: Collaborative Track and Solo Track. The Collaborative Track for joint proposals by German and Israeli researchers funds projects of up to 2 years. The Solo Track for early career scientists funds one-year solo projects.
deadline: 15 March 2025
29th Call: German-Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP)
With this programme, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds research projects for generally up to 5 years with up to 1.655 million euros each. Up to three projects are selected each year. Only 8 Israeli institutions are exclusively eligible to apply. German scientists are not eligible to apply, but are involved in the respective project via the Israeli project application. The programme is being administered by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
deadline: 14 February 2025
Project funding: ‘Causes and dynamics of current anti-Semitism’
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides funding to individual and collaborative research projects on current challenges of anti-Semitism, especially with a view to developments after 7 October 2023. Direct funding is restricted to partners in Germany. Collaboration with foreign universities or research institutions is possible, e.g. as part of visits or subcontracts.
new deadline: 22 January 2025
Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025 / 2026 academic year is open to researchers in any academic discipline at eligible institutions in Israel. The program offers a two-year fellowship, with the option to extend for a third year. Exceptional postdoctoral researchers worldwide from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Candidates must secure an academic sponsor based in Israel before applying.
deadline: 17 December 2024
Joint Seed Funding Freie Universität Berlin / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
With the goal of facilitating research cooperation in the framework of a stragic partnership, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) have established a joint seed funding scheme. The 2025 call is open to collaboration of HUJI and FUB scientists in all fields. The joint funding scheme supports first steps of research collaboration (about 5,000 – 10,000 euros per proposal).
deadline: 16 December 2024
Dubnow Institute Visiting Research Fellowship Program (2025/26)
The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI) offers fellowships for a visit in Leipzig during the academic year 2025/26. The fellowship’s duration is two months. The call is aimed at doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on an innovative project in Jewish history and culture. The proposed research projects should resonate with the foci of DI’s research units »Politics« , »Law« and »Knowledge«.
