Funding Resources for Georgia Energy Researchers
This page is designed as a resource for researchers from Georgia. Here you can find the different funding agencies pages where calls will be published. Also on this page are opportunities for mobility funding, both incoming and outgoing, funding for training young researchers, and fellowship and scholarship opportunities for PhD and graduate students from Georgia who want to study in the other RLS regions.
Multilateral Funding
Horizon Europe | European Union
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Horizon Europe | European Union
Deadline: various, dependent on the specific call Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth. The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies. It creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact within a strengthened European Research Area. In Pillar II, researchers from Bavaria, Québec, Upper Austria, and Western Cape are eligible to receive funding. São Paulo researchers can receive funding from FAPESP if they are a co-PI. Western Cape partners can profit from the “Seed Funding Instrument” created by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). It supports South African researchers travelling to Europe or European researchers travelling to South Africa to initiate collaboration within Horizon Europe. Partners from Georgia or Shandong can participate in Horizon Europe either by providing a unique competence that cannot be found in the EU, or through bilateral agreements between their home countries and the European Union. Participation via own funding is always possible. Visit the Horizon Europe website here. Read about the United States of America and Horizon Europe here. |
DFG Scientific Networks │ DFG
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DFG Scientific Networks │ German Research Foundation
Deadline: Open Value: up to three years, covering travel and maintenance costs for work meetings of network members and for thematically relevant guests, as well as coordination costs and publication costs The aim of the program is to promote multi-year scientific exchange and cooperation on a topic area of choice across locations. Scientific networks offer researchers at all career stages the opportunity to engage in multi-year scientific exchange and cooperation on a topic area of their choice across locations, with the aim of achieving a specific outcome. The network must aim for a specific outcome, e.g. the preparation of joint research papers, a joint publication, impetus for the further development of research methods. Scientific networks may be used: - To promote national and international networking between researchers at an early stage of their careers. Supporting early career researchers is especially important to the DFG. - To promote networking between researchers who want to work on new interdisciplinary or strategic research questions in a results-focused approach and require a flexible organisational framework in which to do so. - To promote networking between researchers who want to address topic areas of a strategic nature where the exchange of ideas at international level appear to be particularly productive. A scientific network consists of a set group of 10 to 20 people, which may also include researchers working abroad. Since the objective is to promote the development of networks across locations, within Germany as well as internationally, members must not all belong to the same research institution; no more than half of the members may be based in research systems outside Germany. Program website. |
Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Actions | FWF, FAPESP, NSERC, NSFC, EC, BMBF, NRF, NSF (Closed)
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Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Actions | FWF, FAPESP, NSERC, NSFC, EC, BMBF, NRF, NSF
Deadline: Pre-proposal15 July, 2023, full proposal January 2024 (specific day to be defined) Established in 2009, the Belmont Forum is a partnership of funding organizations, international science councils, and regional consortia committed to the advancement of transdisciplinary science. This call for research proposals seeks to improve understanding among the climate, environment, and health pathways to protect and promote ecological, planetary, and human health in the face of climate challenges. Convergent research and/or transdisciplinary research projects will investigate issues that impede policy implementation; address complex climate, ecosystem, and health pathways to determine processes underlying causal links; capacity development and collaboration across relevant disciplines and institutions; and foster the use of international scientific databases with local knowledge to develop climate-related decision support tools to better inform planning, resilience, and adaptation to climate change. Research outputs should include solutions to improve healthcare preparedness, response to climate’s impacts on health, and support environmental preservation resources, adaptation strategies, or develop measures to mitigate health impacts on understudied groups. Capacity development efforts should focus on building the skills for conducting research, producing, and sharing relevant data and data platforms, and promoting collaboration across the disciplines and institutions responsible for data production, integration and use relevant to the nexus between climate, environment, and health. Global geographical, ecological, cultural, and national population diversity is encouraged to increase the scalability and applicability of the project outcomes, including working with low- and lower middle-income countries (LLMICs) where data, knowledge, services, and solutions are lacking. Consortia are strongly encouraged to foster and implement sustainable, innovative, inclusive community relationships that will develop novel, long-term equitable partnerships, and workforce development to address climate and environment-related health risks. Proposals must be eligible to receive funding from at least three participating Partner Organizations established in three different countries and should include researchers from the natural sciences (including climate), health/medical sciences, social and economic sciences or humanities, as well as societal partners (i.e. public health organizations, civil society organizations, and non-governmental organizations). Researchers and societal partners from countries not supported by any of the partner agencies can participate in the research project at their own expense. Belmont Forum website. |
2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation | NFRF, DFG, NSF, FAPESP, NRF (Closed)
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2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation | NFRF, DFG, NSF, FAPESP, NRF
Deadline: Notice of Intent (mandatory)- 2 May, 2023; full proposal 12 September, 2023 Value: projects to be designed for 3 years, value dependent upon the funding agency- for NSF the maximum value per project is US$700,000 This international joint initiative represents a collaboration among research funders from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States to leverage international expertise to tackle the global challenges caused by climate change. It aims to further the design and implementation of co-produced adaptation and mitigation strategies for vulnerable groups—those currently most impacted by the effects of climate change, owing to both physical vulnerability and socio-economic vulnerability. Project teams must be interdisciplinary, incorporating expertise from across disciplines as appropriate to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies, and including expertise in the social sciences and/or humanities to address enabling factors, such as effective governance, community capacity and geopolitical and economic security. To encourage research in comprehensive strategies, projects must directly address at least two of the representative key risks from the Sixth Assessment IPCC reports:
The RLS regions eligible for this call are Bavaria, Georgia, Québec, São Paulo, and Western Cape. Visit the call website here (NFRF) . |
Unilateral Funding
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) | NSF
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Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) | National Science Foundation
Deadline: GOALI proposals must be submitted to an active NSF funding opportunity and must be submitted in accordance with the deadlines specified therein. A proposer interested in submitting a GOALI proposal or a GOALI supplemental funding request to an existing NSF-funded award must contact the cognizant NSF Program Officer listed in the relevant funding opportunity prior to submission. Value: $500 000 for US participants, timeline project dependent GOALI promotes university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on:
The program targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research, new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational programs, and direct transfer of new knowledge between academia and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund. Funds cannot be shared with industry partners- they may only be used by the academic institutions. Collaborators in institutions outside the US must seek funding from their respective funding organizations. International collaborations that strengthen proposed project activities are encouraged, when there is an opportunity for coordinated funding with colleagues from foreign institutions who will add value to the project. This program will support the US-based scientists and their students. Proposals for international collaborations will be evaluated on the value that they add to the domestic research proposed. NSF requires that proposals with international collaborations include the following: description of the collaboration; discussion of US and foreign contributions to the project; costs of travel to work with foreign partners; costs for students to travel overseas for short or extended visits in foreign laboratories; foreign collaborators' biographical sketches (CVs); and documentation of their agreement to collaborate on the proposed project, as well as the means by which they will support their part of the work. Program website. |
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) | NSF (Closed)
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Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) | National Science Foundation
Deadline: Please note this call is currently closed, but reopens with a deadline for the the third Monday in September each year Value: $250 000 for up to 2 years, up to $2 million for 3-5 years The contemporary research landscape is a collaborative and international enterprise requiring high level coordination among multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural teams. As such, the Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations program (AccelNet) values cooperation over competition. Program goals are to 1) leverage prior NSF support for building research capacity towards activities that launch international research network of networks (NoN) that will lead to an accelerated advancement of an area of science after the award period and 2) recruit and foster a diverse and internationally competent US-based workforce trained in conducting and leading multi-team international collaboration. Any area funded by the National Science Foundation is eligible, particularly those addressing grand research challenges identified within research communities and/or by NSF. Successful proposals will demonstrate that the proposed activities will: 1) accelerate scientific research at a rate that would not be possible without concerted international cooperation in research planning; 2) make NoN members more competitive for research awards following the period of award; 3) recruit and foster a US-based diverse and internationally competent workforce trained in conducting and leading multi-team international collaboration. Proposals must include detailed plans for collaborative networking activities that will result in a synergy of effort across the entire NoN. The AccelNet Program has two tracks. The Design Track allows PIs to build on prior NSF research awards by providing time and resources for building capacity across teams to launch a synergistic international NoN. The Implementation Track allows PIs to build on prior research or networking awards, such as AccelNet Design or Research Coordination Networks (RCN) by providing time and resources to implement an international NoN. There are two phases to the Implementation Track. Phase 1 funding is for activities related exclusively to NoN activities and is open to all PIs, including but not limited to prior successful Design Track PIs. Phase 2 funding is for early concept research arising from Phase 1 activities and is only open to Phase 1 PIs who have identified a critical research gap during synergistic networking activities in the first 18-24 months of Phase 1 awards. Program website. |
FWF ESPRIT│FWF
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FWF ESPRIT│FWF
Deadline: open call Value: dependent on project proposal The ESPRIT program (Early-Stage Program: Research – Innovation – Training) is a unilateral project funding program for early-career postdoc-level researchers from all disciplines. The grant aims at enabling them to lead an independent research project and foster their academic profile at an Austrian research institution. Grants will be provided by the Austrian Science Fund FWF for 36 months with funding for the principal investigator’s salary and certain project specific costs. The Austrian host institution is eligible for application in the funding programme. The granted project will be carried out under the auspices of the Austrian research institution by the principal investigator who may come from Austria or abroad. Principal investigators may come from any RLS-Sciences region. Programme website |
FWF Principal Investigator Projects│FWF
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FWF Principal Investigator Projects│FWF
Deadline: open call Value: dependent on project proposal The Principal Investigator Project call for projects is a unilateral project funding program for researchers at all career levels and from all disciplines of basic research. The program aims at providing principal investigators and their research group with resources to focus on a clearly defined research question at an Austrian research institution. Grants will be provided by the Austrian Science Fund FWF for 48 months with funding for personnel and non-personnel costs depending on the proposed project. The Austrian host institution is eligible for application in the funding programme. The granted project will be carried out under the auspices of the Austrian research institution by the principal investigator who may come from Austria or abroad. Principal investigators may come from any RLS-Sciences region. Programme website |
Incoming Mobility: Researchers
Bringing RLS-Sciences researchers to Georgia
São Paulo Researchers in International Cooperation (SPRINT) | FAPESP
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São Paulo Researchers in International Cooperation (SPRINT) | São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Deadline: 23 February, 2026 Value: dependent on proposal, please see below The objective of the SPRINT programme is to promote the engagement of researchers affiliated to institutions of higher education and research in the State of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad in order to: 1) further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects; and 2) work cooperatively aiming at the elaboration of joint research projects of medium and long term, for submission to FAPESP, by researchers from the State of São Paulo, and to the research funding agencies in the countries of corresponding partners, by their colleagues. SPRINT provides funding for the initial phase of international research collaborations with clear expectations that the next phase will be a presentation, by the researchers from the State of São Paulo, of research proposals in the regular funding lines of FAPESP aiming to continue the research started under SPRINT and the consequently consolidation of the partnership. Foreign partners must provide their own funding through the appropriate partner agencies. Selected projects must last between 12 and 24 months. Joint petitioners should submit their proposals in both countries, using the appropriate forms supplied by the respective agencies. Each proposal will initially be analyzed by the agency in the country of its origin. Under SPRINT, projects are initially funded for 12 months, with a possible extension of up to an additional 24 months depending on the results obtained and the evolution of the collaboration. The proposals should provide for the mobility of the São Paulo research team to the institution abroad in the first year, but they can already foresee the subsequent stages, which are the arrival of the foreign partners to the institution in the state of São Paulo in the second year and the implementation of joint research in the third year, based on seed funding. Researchers partners of any foreign institution can prove the financing of the missions by their own institution or of the development agency for which they have contemplated project. Therefore, it is not necessary that groups and institutions have agreements with FAPESP to participate. Nevertheless, interested foreign research institutions can create conditions for receiving proposals in collaboration and funding of their teams in scientific missions in research institutions in the state of São Paulo. Review the SPRINT program webpage here. |
PPP Programme for Project Related Personal Exchange | DAAD (closed)
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PPP Programme for Project Related Personal Exchange | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Deadline: (please note that this call is currently closed) Value: Dependent on the country- please see country-specific conditions for further information Through its PPP programmes DAAD supports joint bi-national research projects of a high academic standard in order to strengthen academic relations between a German institution and an institution abroad and to promote cooperative research activities. The provided project funding is intended to cover mobility costs for German participants arising from the research project, and in particular to enable young academics involved in the project to conduct a research stay at the partner institution abroad, thereby supporting them in their international training. An application must present a specific academic research project of high quality, on which the partners from Germany and the foreign partner country intend to work together in an ideally complementary manner. Basic financing of the project (personal and material expenses on both sides) must be ensured. The German funding application and the funding application from the foreign partner must be submitted simultaneously, if not otherwise agreed for the specific country. Applications submitted by only one party will result in exclusion from the selection procedure. The allowance covers all expenditures within the scope of mobility and the stay. Eligible for funding are short-term stays of academics (up to 30 days) and young academics (up to 50 days). On the German side, DAAD provides funding for members of the German research group for stays at the foreign partner institution if no other arrangement was made with the foreign partner institution. Young academics are defined as junior researchers currently completing their doctorate and academics who completed their doctorate no more than five years ago. Master students are also eligible. DAAD's PPP programme is connected with the RLS regions of Georgia, Québec, and São Paulo. Please note for São Paulo, only follow-up projects are possible at this time. Programme website |
ERA Fellowships Green Hydrogen │ DAAD (closed)
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ERA Fellowships Green Hydrogen │ DAAD
Deadline: open Value: dependent per country - please see programme website for further details The ERA Fellowships on “Green Hydrogen” is a mobility funding programme for PhD students and PostDocs with a funding line for international incoming fellows to Germany and a funding line for outgoing fellows from Germany. The call for applications is launched by DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst and addresses all research fields in Green Hydrogen including production, transport, infrastructure, market simulation and cross-cutting issues. For outgoing fellows from Germany, the programme provides PhD students and PostDocs with funding for a research project at an institution outside of Germany for 1-12 months. PhD students may use the grant for a self-organised internship at a company or non-university institution abroad (shorter duration). Funding is provided in the form of a monthly fellowship instalment with additional financial support depending on the type of project or internship. The host institution may be located in any of the RLS-Sciences regions except Bavaria. Programme website |
Incoming Mobility: Students
Bringing RLS-Sciences students to Georgia
Programme to Increase the Mobility of German Students | DAAD (Closed)
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Programme to Increase the Mobility of German Students | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Deadline: (Please note this call is currently closed, but reopens on 15 June, 2026) Value: please see below This program provides stipends for visits abroad for a period of up to six months allowing for an increase in the mobility of German students, including doctoral candidates. This provides higher education institutes with the opportunity to prioritize international mobility of their students and to offer them a variety of mobility measures with fitting funding instruments. This program should also offer students the opportunity for a stay abroad which is outside of the framework of the structured DAAD funding programs. During the period from January 1 - December 31 of the year following the application activities worldwide may be funded in the form of partial stipends (for study abroad), support for travel costs (for study tours), course fees and subsidies towards tuition and costs of living for:
The institutes can apply for a one-time lump sum supervision grant of € 250 per supported scholar; the total of the supervision grants is not to exceed ten percent of the total funding. Programme Website. |
Mitacs Accelerate | Mitacs
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Mitacs Accelerate | Mitacs
Deadline: Applications accepted at any time, the review will take approximately six to eight weeks Value: $15,000 CAD per four- or six-month internship Mitacs Accelerate provides leveraged funding of $15,000 CAD per four- or six-month internship, where interns will work collaboratively with their academic supervisor and partner organization on a research project. An intern can be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, international student with a student visa, or international postdoctoral fellow with a valid work permit. Academic supervisors are eligible if they are faculty at a Canadian academic institution who are eligible to hold Tri-Agency funds. Partner organizations can be for-profit corporations (must receive more than 50% of their funds from non-government sources), eligible not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, or hospitals in Canada. For-profit businesses and not-for-profit corporations operating outside of Canada are eligible as additional partners on projects with a Canadian partner organization. Interns may interact remotely with an international partner organization and/or travel to interact in person. Any travel must be in accordance with their Canadian academic institution’s policies. The Mitacs standard funding model requires a partner contribution starting at $7,500 CAD per internship (4 or 6 months) which results in a $15,000 CAD research award. Of this award, the intern must receive a minimum $10,000 CAD stipend or salary. The Mitacs Postdoctoral researcher funding model requires a contribution of $10,000 CAD per internship (4 or 6 months) which results in a $20,000 CAD research award. This funding model is only available to postdoctoral interns. Visit the program website here. |
Internationalization Program for Students (IPS) | Government of Upper Austria
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Internationalization Program for Students (IPS) | Government of Upper Austria
Deadline: applications must be submitted before the start of the stay abroad Value: dependent upon destination (upper funding limit per applicant is 1480 EUR incl. travel allowance) The Government of Upper Austria has created the Internationalization Program for Students as a successor programme to the Kepler Internationalization Program. Funding is provided for students and graduates of Upper Austria to complete study visits, courses or internships abroad in non-German speaking countries for a maximum of ten months. Students who have had their main place of resident in Upper Austria for at least one year prior to submitting their application, and who have been admitted to regular studies at Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Fachhochschulen Oberösterreich, Pädagogischen Hochschule Oberösterreich, and Privaten Pädagogischen Hochschule der Diözese Linz or at other universities and colleges in Upper Austria or with a successfully completed diploma or master's degree at the above-mentioned institutions can apply. Program website. |
globalink research award | mitacs
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Globalink Research Award | Mitacs
Deadline: open- Applicants (student or postdoctoral fellow, home and host supervisors) submit their application to Mitacs 12-16 weeks prior to the project start date for processing. Value: $6,000 CAD for 12-24 weeks, $12,000 for 24-48-weeks *Please note: only Québec students may apply for research projects in Georgia The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supports research collaborations between Canada and eligible countries and regions through intern(s) international mobility. Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor, successful senior undergraduate students, graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows will receive a $6,000 research award per internship unit (12- to 24-week research project in the other country). Applicants can do up to two internships. Awards are offered in partnership with Mitacs’s Canadian academic institution partners and are subject to available funding. Program website |
Outgoing Mobility: Researchers
Support for Georgia researchers to go abroad
Gastdozentenprogramm | DAAD (Closed)
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Gastdozentenprogramm | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
(Please note this call is currently closed, but reopens annually with a summer deadline) Value: dependent on salary and length of stay- please see below The Foreign Guest Lecturer Program ("Förderung ausländischer Gastdozenten zu Lehrtätigkeiten an deutschen Hochschulen") serves to enhance the internationalization of the German higher education institutes and improve the international dimension of teaching. The two models of this program differentiate between an agreement with an individual guest lecturer or with a Visiting Chair which contributes guest lectures on a consecutive basis. The cooperation should result in the internationalization of courses and, in the case of a Visiting Chair, more structural measures for sustainable internationalization, which could be embedded in the development of a study program. The teaching commitment should approach but is not required to be the equivalent of a standard lecturer position at a German university. A financial contribution by the higher education institution to the salary of the guest lecturer is preconditioned. Additional financial support will be considered positively during the selection process. The remaining will be funded by DAAD. In addition, mobility support and funding towards conference participation is available. The salary for professors in Bavaria can be found in category W of the standardized tables for the public service. Find further information or apply here. |
São Paulo Researchers in International Cooperation (SPRINT) | FAPESP
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São Paulo Researchers in International Cooperation (SPRINT) | São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Deadline: 23 February, 2026 Value: dependent on proposal, please see below The objective of the SPRINT programme is to promote the engagement of researchers affiliated to institutions of higher education and research in the State of São Paulo in partnership with researchers abroad in order to: 1) further develop qualitatively the ongoing research projects; and 2) work cooperatively aiming at the elaboration of joint research projects of medium and long term, for submission to FAPESP, by researchers from the State of São Paulo, and to the research funding agencies in the countries of corresponding partners, by their colleagues. SPRINT provides funding for the initial phase of international research collaborations with clear expectations that the next phase will be a presentation, by the researchers from the State of São Paulo, of research proposals in the regular funding lines of FAPESP aiming to continue the research started under SPRINT and the consequently consolidation of the partnership. Foreign partners must provide their own funding through the appropriate partner agencies. Selected projects must last between 12 and 24 months. Joint petitioners should submit their proposals in both countries, using the appropriate forms supplied by the respective agencies. Each proposal will initially be analyzed by the agency in the country of its origin. Under SPRINT, projects are initially funded for 12 months, with a possible extension of up to an additional 24 months depending on the results obtained and the evolution of the collaboration. The proposals should provide for the mobility of the São Paulo research team to the institution abroad in the first year, but they can already foresee the subsequent stages, which are the arrival of the foreign partners to the institution in the state of São Paulo in the second year and the implementation of joint research in the third year, based on seed funding. Researchers partners of any foreign institution can prove the financing of the missions by their own institution or of the development agency for which they have contemplated project. Therefore, it is not necessary that groups and institutions have agreements with FAPESP to participate. Nevertheless, interested foreign research institutions can create conditions for receiving proposals in collaboration and funding of their teams in scientific missions in research institutions in the state of São Paulo. Review the SPRINT program webpage here. |
Visiting Researcher Program | FAPESP
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Visiting Researcher Program | São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Ongoing Call Value: for visits less than 30 days, please see this table; for visits longer than 30 days, please see this table The Visiting Researcher Program offers full or partial support for the hosting of experienced investigators, associated with foreign research institutions, who will work in a research institution in the State of São Paulo for a period from 2 weeks to a maximum (non-extendable) period of 12 months. The visiting researcher must hold PhD degree and have an outstanding record of scientific accomplishments. This program aims to promote collaboration between investigators in the State of São Paulo and their colleagues abroad for the development of ongoing research projects or for assisting the launching of new collaborations. Funds cannot be used for the development of a research project, but joint research efforts conducted by the Visiting Researcher and their host may enhance a proposal. When the duration of the visit is less than 1 month, the maintenance will be supported in the form of per diem payments for the visitor to the threshold value of the monthly maintenance defined by FAPESP based on the visitor's curriculum. The aid does not include the payment of management fees. When the duration of the visit is more than 30 days, the monthly maintenance for the visitor will be supported in the form of aid Visiting Researcher with value defined by FAPESP based on the visitor's curriculum and other characteristics of the submitted proposal. Visit the webpage here. (Português) |
ERA Fellowships Green Hydrogen │ DAAD (closed)
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ERA Fellowships Green Hydrogen │ DAAD
Deadline: open Value: dependent per country - please see programme website for further details The ERA Fellowships on “Green Hydrogen” is a mobility funding programme for PhD students and PostDocs with a funding line for international incoming fellows to Germany and a funding line for outgoing fellows from Germany. The call for applications is launched by DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst and addresses all research fields in Green Hydrogen including production, transport, infrastructure, market simulation and cross-cutting issues. For international incoming fellows to Germany, the programme provides PhD students and PostDocs with funding for a research project or continuing academic training at an institution in Germany for 1-18 months. PhD students may use the grant for a self-organised internship at a company or non-university institution in Germany (shorter duration). Funding is provided in the form of a monthly fellowship instalment with additional financial support depending on the type of project, continuing academic training or internship. The host institution has to be located in Germany. Fellows may come from the RLS-Sciences regions of Georgia, Québec, São Paulo, Upper Austria or Western Cape. Programme website |
Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program | Government of Canada Tri-Agency Program (closed)
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Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program | Government of Canada Tri-Agency Program
Deadline: SSHRC September 11, CIHR September 17, NSERC October 17, 2025 Value: $70,000 per year The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program provides funding to early-career postdoctoral national and international applicants who will positively contribute to Canada’s research ecosystem, economy and prosperity either at a Canadian institution or abroad. Eligible for application are both Canadian and foreign citizens in three areas of research (Health research, Natural sciences and/or engineering, Social sciences and/or humanities). The program is focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and has a duration of 24 months.
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Outgoing Mobility: Students
Support for Georgia students to go abroad
RISE Professional: Research Internships in Science and Engineering | DAAD (Closed)
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RISE Professional: Research Internships in Science and Engineering | German Federal Foreign Office and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Deadline: Please note this call is currently closed, but reopens annually with an autumn deadline Value: dependent on education level (bachelor, master, PhD and whether you are enrolled as a student during the internship or not- please see program page for specific details) RISE Professional offers summer research internships in Germany to Master’s and Ph.D. students from North America at companies and non-university research institutions with strong relations to industry. The program is open for students in the field of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering or a closely related field. Participants receive a scholarship from DAAD and an additional stipend from their host company/institution to help cover living expenses if they are enrolled in a post-secondary institution. Recent graduates will receive minimum wage from their host company/institution. Funding is possible for a period of six months in summer and/or fall (May-December). German language requirements vary according to the internship placement. Recent graduates are eligible to apply in certain cases. Undergraduate Students can apply for a summer research internship at a German university or research institution through the RISE Germany program. More information can be found here. Programme Website. |
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral program | Government of Canada Tri-Agency Program (closed)
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Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral program | Government of Canada Tri-Agency Program
Deadline: October 17, 2025 for applications directly to CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC; earlier deadlines when applying through a Canadian institution Value: $40,000 per year The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral program provides funding to national and international doctoral students who will positively contribute to Canada’s research ecosystem, economy and prosperity either at a Canadian institution or abroad. Eligible for application are both Canadian and foreign citizens in three areas of research (Health research, Natural sciences and/or engineering, Social sciences and/or humanities). The program is focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and has a duration of 36 months.
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Merit scholarship program for foreign students (PBEEE) | FRQ-NT (Closed)
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Merit scholarship program for foreign students (PBEEE) | Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT)
(Please note this call is now closed) Value: dependent on program stream- please see below. The objective of the Merit Scholarship Programs for Foreign Students (PBEEE) is to support the internationalization of research activities in Québec's institutions of higher education, to attract the best foreign researchers and students, and to promote Québec universities and College Centers for the Transfer of Technologies (CCTT), abroad. Candidates must be preselected by a university, the Réseau Trans-Tech (a CCTT), TERI University, the SRE or CONACYT. There are three streams within the program: Doctoral research, post-doctoral research, or Short-term research or professional development. Universities can recommend four candidates per year for each of these three components. There are no quotas per country. The Réseau Trans-tech can recommend four candidates for Postdoctoral scholarships and Short-term research or professional development scholarships. Doctoral research component Candidates are eligible for doctoral merit program scholarships from MEESR in the first nine sessions of their doctoral studies. All doctoral sessions, funded or unfunded, completed before the scholarship takes effect, are used in calculating the eligibility period. The maximum duration of the scholarship is three years (nine sessions), with a possible extension of up to 12 months, for up to $25,000 (Canadian) per year Postdoctoral component Postdoctoral scholarships are intended for researchers who have obtained their degree no more than two years before the deadline of the competition or who submitted their dissertation by the deadline for the beginning of scholarship use. Postdoctoral research must be conducted in an institution other than the one that granted the Doctorate. The applicant's doctoral supervisors and co-supervisors may not act as his/her postdoctoral supervisor, even if they have changed institutions. The duration of this scholarship is for up to one year, for $35,000 (Canadian). This scholarship is not renewable. Short-term research or professional development component Short-term research or professional development scholarships are intended for technical and university students (option A) or researchers who have completed a doctorate no more than five years before the deadline for the competition (option B). The research or professional development must be conducted in an institution other than the one at which the student was enrolled when he or she applied. The duration of this scholarship is for up to four months, for $3,000 (Canadian) per month. The scholarship is not renewable. Visit the programme website here. |
International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) | NSF (Closed)
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International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) | National Science Foundation
Deadline: next deadline on the fourth Monday in October 2026 Value: dependent on the proposal, please see IRES page for further specificationsThe International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program supports international research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students. The IRES program contributes to development of a diverse, globally engaged workforce with world-class skills. IRES focuses on active research participation by undergraduate and/or graduate students in high quality international research, education and professional development experiences in NSF-funded research areas. Student participants supported by IRES funds must be citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States. Students do not apply directly to NSF to participate in IRES activities. Students apply to NSF-funded investigators who receive IRES awards. To identify appropriate IRES projects, students should consult the directory of active IRES awards. All PIs, co-PIs and Senior Personnel on IRES proposals must be from U.S. based organizations. Personnel from international partners should be listed as "non-NSF funded collaborators." Guidance on information to provide for "non-NSF funded collaborators" is found in Section V.A. IRES projects engage a group of undergraduate and/or graduate students in active high-quality collaborative research, in principle at an international site with mentorship from international researchers. IRES projects must be organized around a coherent overarching intellectual theme that may involve a single discipline or multiple disciplines funded by NSF. For all IRES proposals, PIs are strongly encouraged to outline a variety of virtual, hybrid or other alternative approaches to strengthen and maintain international collaboration in addition to travel. It is expected that these approaches will extend collaboration beyond the actual international trip and strengthen IRES proposals overall. Program website. |
Mitacs Accelerate | Mitacs
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Mitacs Accelerate | Mitacs
Deadline: Applications accepted at any time, the review will take approximately six to eight weeks Value: $15,000 CAD per four- or six-month internship Mitacs Accelerate provides leveraged funding of $15,000 CAD per four- or six-month internship, where interns will work collaboratively with their academic supervisor and partner organization on a research project. An intern can be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, international student with a student visa, or international postdoctoral fellow with a valid work permit. Academic supervisors are eligible if they are faculty at a Canadian academic institution who are eligible to hold Tri-Agency funds. Partner organizations can be for-profit corporations (must receive more than 50% of their funds from non-government sources), eligible not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, or hospitals in Canada. For-profit businesses and not-for-profit corporations operating outside of Canada are eligible as additional partners on projects with a Canadian partner organization. Interns may interact remotely with an international partner organization and/or travel to interact in person. Any travel must be in accordance with their Canadian academic institution’s policies. The Mitacs standard funding model requires a partner contribution starting at $7,500 CAD per internship (4 or 6 months) which results in a $15,000 CAD research award. Of this award, the intern must receive a minimum $10,000 CAD stipend or salary. The Mitacs Postdoctoral researcher funding model requires a contribution of $10,000 CAD per internship (4 or 6 months) which results in a $20,000 CAD research award. This funding model is only available to postdoctoral interns. Visit the program website here. |
globalink research award | mitacs
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Globalink Research Award | Mitacs
Deadline: open- Applicants (student or postdoctoral fellow, home and host supervisors) submit their application to Mitacs 12-16 weeks prior to the project start date for processing. Value: $6,000 CAD for 12-24 weeks, $12,000 for 24-48-weeks The Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supports research collaborations between Canada and eligible countries and regions through intern(s) international mobility. Under the joint supervision of a home and host professor, successful senior undergraduate students, graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows will receive a $6,000 research award per internship unit (12- to 24-week research project in the other country). Applicants can do up to two internships. Awards are offered in partnership with Mitacs’s Canadian academic institution partners and are subject to available funding. Program website |