Financing and Career

One option for working at the CMB is that our research center hosts your research projects funded by a third party. The most common funding programs and their deadlines for submission are listed below.

Apart from the funding opportunities listed below, there is also a vast array of funding programs. The CMB regularly informs its researchers and doctoral candidates about financing opportunities for projects through specific information events and exchange formats.

Funding Program	Grant Amount	Project Duration	Deadline
ANR –Appel à Projet générique (AAPG)	varies (On average 200.000-300.000 € per partner)	3 years	October every year
ANR-DFG – projets FRAL	max. 900.000 €	3 years	March every year
DFG – Emmy Noether	Personnel and material costs for a research group	6 years	Rolling
DFG –Forschungsgruppen	Personnel and material costs for a larger research group	6-8 years	Rolling
ERC Advanced Grant	2,5 million	5 years	Throughout the spring every year
ERC Consolidator Grant	2 million	5 years	Throughout the winter every year
ERC Starting Grant	1,5 million	5 years	Throughout the fall every year
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung	Personnel and material costs	3 years	2 x per year (feb and sept)
Horizon Europe – Cluster 2, divers appels à projets	2-4 million	3 years	varies
VW-Stiftung „Opus Magnum“-Vertretungsprofessur	max. 195.000 €	1,5 years	varies
VW-Stiftung Kooperationsprojekte	max. 1,3 million	5 years	varies
VW-Stiftung Pioniervorhaben	max. 500.000 €	3 years	varies