Our Funding Portfolio at a Glance

Looking for a grant? Then use our search device to find the matching funding opportunity for your research proposal. Please note: As the foundation is realigning its funding strategy as of 2021, some funding offers will end, others will be readjusted - and there will be new funding measures.

Data Reuse – Additional Funding for the Preparation and Storage of Research Data (Open Science)

apply anytime

all subject areas

preparation and storing of research data

Funding for Refugee Scholars and Scientists from Afghanistan

Apply Anytime After Prior Consultation

all disciplines

own position or fellowship

researchers in Germany who have been funded by the Foundation and who wish to integrate refugee scholars from Afghanistan into their research context

Lichtenberg Endowed Professorships

Apply Anytime

Lichtenberg-Professor Dr. Matthias Schott at the Institute for physics

all subject areas

professorship

outstanding academics conducting research in innovative and interdisciplinary fields

Science Communication Cubed – Science of Science Communication Centers

No Open Call

Die interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Wissenschaftskommunikationsforschung steht im Fokus der neuen Ausschreibung "Wissenschaftskommunikation hoch drei" der VolkswagenStiftung (Foto: Richard Drury, GettyImages)

all disciplines

Cooperative projects; Science communication

up to 4 Mio. EUR (first phase); up to 2 Mio. EUR (second phase)

New funding strategy

For more information on our funding strategy, please visit the Volkswagen Foundation’s new funding strategy.

What we do NOT fund

Please note our exclusion criteria. Amongst others, the Foundation does not allocate funds for individual scholarships (i.e. PhD fellowships or student scholarships).