External Global Health Funding
The German Alliance for Global Health Research disseminates information about other funding opportunities for researchers active in global health. Here is a non-exhaustive list of relevant funders, programs, websites, newsletters and contact points. GLOHRA members and associate members receive regular updates about funding opportunities via the GLOHRA Newsletter and our social media channels.
Research and researcher mobility
Funder | Program | Measures |
|---|---|---|
Alexander von Humboldt - Stiftung | Stays of international researchers in Germany | |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Innovations to solve key problems in health and development | |
DFG | Research projects involving partners in developing countries | |
DFG | Visits by African scientists to German research institutions | |
| DFG | German-African cooperation projects in infectiology | Research on infectious diseases and their social impact |
EU / Horizon Europe | Individual or institutional reseearcher mobility | |
EU / Horizon Europe | Health Cluster | Research and innovation actions |
EU / Member states | European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2) | Capacity building in clinical trials through researcher mobility and collaborative studies |
| National Institutes of Health | Fogarty International Center | Research and training grants |
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung | history/language/culture, state/economy/society, medicine/natural sciences | |
VolkswagenStiftung | Wissen für morgen – Cooperative research in Subsahara Africa | Workshops, symposia and summer schools in Africa, career development of African scientists |
VolkswagenStiftung | Social sciences in conjunction with other disciplines | |
Wellcome Trust | Researcher mobility and project funding |
Teaching and capacity building
Funder | Program | Measures |
|---|---|---|
BMZ/ Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung | Hospital Partnerships | |
BMZ/ Engagement Global gGmbH | Project internships for students over 6 months | |
DAAD | Summer schools in Germany and Abroad | |
DAAD | PAGEL – Partnerships for the health sector in developing countries | Curriculum and capacity development at the partner universities through bi- or multilateral university partnerships, promotion of the return of graduates as well as support for alumni and creation of professional networks |
Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung | Humanitarian projects in patient care and teaching | |
Robert Bosch Stiftung | Exchange between cultures and decision-makers and for the national and international transfer of knowledge; science, health, international understanding, education, society | |
Stiftung Mercator | Projects on Europe, integration, climate change, cultural education, science, international understanding |
Databases and Websites
- Förderdatenbank des Bundes
- Electronic Research Funding Information System (ELFI)
- Research in Germany
- DAAD Funding for individual researcher mobility
- DAAD Funding database for higher education institutions
Newsletters
- German Federal Ministry for Education and Research BMBF
- European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi)
- German Research Foundation (DFG) – Informationen für die Wissenschaft (rss-Feed)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Research in Germany
- Hospital Partnerships
Contact Points
- Funding service of your university (“Antragsservice“, “Servicezentrum Forschung”, etc.)
- Funding and innovation agencies in some Federal States, e.g. BayFor (Bavaria) or ZENIT GmbH (NRW)
- European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi)
- National Contact Point Life Sciences (NKS-L)