New funding offer: "Change! Fellowships and Research Groups"
With the new funding program, the Volkswagen Foundation supports scientists who conduct research on transformation processes and, with the help of their network, put their knowledge into practice. Next deadlines in 2025
"Momentum" initiative provides funding for recently tenured professors
The Volkswagen Foundation supports professors three to five years after taking up their first tenured professorship at a university in Germany. Next deadline for application is April 24, 2024. Questions? Visit our online Q&A on Feb. 08, 2024 (in English).
Networking workshop for "Transformational Knowledge on Democracies under Change"
With a two-part funding offer, the Foundation aims to bring together researchers and (civil) society actors to enable new perspectives on social transformation processes of democracy.
This is about the future of your research area: What is the current status? What prospects are there for further development - and how can they be realised? With the "Scoping Workshops" the foundation offers space for discussion and intensive exchange. Apply now, deadline: June 4, 2024
The Volkswagen Foundation is hosting a "Theme Week on Ethics of Science: Ethical Dimensions of AI Research and AI in Research" from August 07 to 09, 2024. It invites applications for scientific symposia that address the nexus of artificial intelligence and scientific research from an ethical perspective. Deadline for applications: Dec. 12, 2023