Funding oportunities & Awards
Here you will find information on funding opportunities at the Faculty of Medicine, the LMU and from various foundations. This list is by no means exhaustive. Additional information can also be found at the LMU Graduate Center.
Funding opportunities at the Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine offers various opportunities for funding doctoral projects. You can find a selection here:
Foundation scholarships and fellowships
Various foundations and organizations support doctoral candidates financially in the form of monthly scholarships. The award criteria can be the financial need of the doctoral candidate, previous academic achievements or the research project itself. You can find a selection of different scholarships here:
- Fuchsstiftung doctoral scholarship (support for disadvantaged and deserving doctoral students)
- Scholarships and funding opportunities for international doctoral candidates
- The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Research Fellowship (MD Fellowships)
- Add-On Fellowships For Interdisciplinary Life Science
- Bayer Foundation
- Hannelore Kohl Stiftung
- Hertie Stiftung medMS
- MD Scholarships with the RTG "Targets in Toxicology"
- lmu-nyu-research-cooperation
- Erasmus+
- Mildred Scheel doctoral program
- PassIOn (Squibb - Foundation)
- Peter-Scriba-doctoral-fellowship
- José Carreras Leukemia Foundation
- Junges Kolleg (Young Academy)
- PROSA LMU
- Oskar-Karl-Forster-Fellowship
Awards for outstanding doctoral projects
Awards for outstanding doctorates are given by various foundations, institutions and organizations. You can find a selection here:
- German Study Award
- Dr. Hildegard und Heinrich Fuchs Preis for the promotion of young medical talent
- Augsburger Science Award for intercultural studies
- Award of the German Society for Immunology (DGFI)
- kbo innocation award
- Care for Rare Science Award
- Cord Michael Becker-Award
- KlarText Award for Science Communication (Klaus Tschira Foundation)
- Lilo Habersack-RLS Young Researcher Award
- Doctoral Award fro Health Services Research
- Science award of the Bavarian Dementia Fund
- Young Scientists IO
- Young talent award for patient safety 2025
Support for material resources and the application process
Doctoral candidates can apply for financial support to cover the cost of printing of the dissertation and, if necessary, receive professional help with the writing of fellowship applications