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The LMU Research Fellowships Program at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München supports outstanding postdocs from across all fields of research. The scheme has been running since 2009 and is designed to foster independent research careers through a competitive fellowship that combines personal project ownership with institutional support. Successful fellows manage their own research project with guidance from an LMU professor, while also benefiting from research stays at international partner or...

International postdoc grant from Vetenskapsrådet supports newly qualified researchers who hold a doctoral degree from a Swedish higher education institution and want to build their research profile abroad. The scheme is designed to strengthen academic networks and research competence through an international postdoctoral period. The award emphasizes secure employment conditions while the researcher works outside Sweden. This is a funding opportunity rather than a fixed project post, and it is ai...

The DFG Walter Benjamin Programme supports early-career researchers in the very early stage of their postdoctoral career to carry out an independent research project at a research institution of their choice worldwide. The scheme is designed for researchers who want to build their own project in a flexible international setting, with the option to be hosted at a German institution or at an institution abroad. The German Research Foundation funds the project either as a research position in Germa...

Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of British Columbia is a recurring fellowship scheme supporting postdoctoral research across disciplines. The award is part of the Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes, established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of Dorothy Johnston Killam and later gifts made during her lifetime. The programme’s stated purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the A...

The Macquarie University Research Fellowships (MQRF) Scheme is an early-career research opportunity designed to strengthen the research careers of researchers within three years of their PhD. It is intended to support applicants who have an outstanding record relative to opportunity and/or clear evidence of strong research potential. The scheme is framed as an incubation period to help researchers build the competitive profile needed to secure research funding from non-university sources. It als...