Jena University supports you if you wish to arrange a stay abroad during your postdoc phase. In the context of international research you acquire important scientific and cultural additional qualifications no matter whether you go abroad for a research stay, the participation at a conference or workshop or a teaching exchange.
When you pursue a career in academia, international research experience is always a plus for your career. You should try and learn from the best as well as make use of the best research facilities worldwide. Even if that is too ambitious, getting a different perspective within your field of research can be of great help to develop your own research profile.
There are different ways to finance the travel and living expenses:
- You can apply for open positions at a university or research institute abroad (international job market i.e. on the euraxess webpageExternal link).
- You can apply for funding for a research stay or research project abroad. The funding should cover living expenses (salary or scholarship) as well as travel expenses and material costs.
- If you write a grant application for a research project in Germany, you can add funding for travel expenses or even a research stay abroad of several weeks or months (i.e. with DFG Walter Benjamin programmeExternal link).
- You can apply for travel grants, covering the costs for attending a conference, presenting your research in a guest lecture or doing a teaching exchange. In these cases, your salary should come from your home university and the extra costs can be covered by the grant.
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Funding opportunities for a research stay or research project abroad
If you are not a German citizen, yet you have done your PhD in Germany or worked as a researcher in Germany for a couple of years or more, you can often apply for German funding programmes equal to a German citizen. Please check the requirements for the programmes that are of interest to you.
Please search for funding opportunities in these databases:
- Database of the German Academic Exchange ServiceExternal link (in German only)
Database for scholarships and other funding schemes from different German institutions, selection of programmes by discipline and country of destination - ELFI – Servicestelle für Elektronische ForschungsförderInformationenExternal link (in German only)
Database with lots of different funding programmes, you can find funding opportunities for research projects abroad (how to search: create an account and login with your uni-jena.de-email, then narrow the results down with: Förderart Nachwuchsförderung - Förderung für Postdoktoranden AND Förderart Projekt, Fördertyp Internationale Förderung)
Some examples for funding programmes that are open to all disciplines:
- ERASMUS+ at Jena university de
Visiting partners of Jena university - DAAD: Short term Scholarships for postdoctoral researchersExternal link
3-6 months research stay abroad, for postdocs up to 4 years after finishing the PhD - DFG Walter Benjamin ProgrammeExternal link
Research stay for postdocs (up to 24 months) - EU MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships and Global Postdoctoral FellowshipsExternal link
Research at a university or research institute within the EU (12-24 months) or outside the EU (24-36 months) - DAAD: Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E.)External link
12 months research stay abroad plus 6 months reintegration phase in Germany. Please contact the Service Centre for Research and Transfer for further information. - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Feodor Lynen Research FellowshipsExternal link
Research stay abroad 6-24 months
- Database of the German Academic Exchange ServiceExternal link (in German only)
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Travel grants for conferences, guest lectures and teaching exchange
- Funding programmes of Friedrich Schiller University for covering travel expenses and material costs
- Database of the German Academic Exchange ServiceExternal link (in German only)
Database for funding programmes from different German institutions, selection of programmes by discipline and country of destination