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    Scoping Workshops

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    Scoping Workshops support researchers across disciplines through expert working meetings that assess research fields and develop shared perspectives and recommendations for their future.

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    You may now qualify with a German institution’s commitment to employ you and administer the funding, even if you are not yet employed there. Choose your two preferred workshop dates from the offered schedule, and avoid assuming the Foundation will cover commitments made before approval. The anticipated March 2027 deadline and funding amounts are unchanged.

    Researching Research: Strengthening University Centres

    Researching Research: Strengthening University Centres supports German university Science Studies centres with structural development to strengthen interdisciplinary work and international visibility.

    VolkswagenStiftungForecasted Jun 15, 2027$1,000,000Forecasted

    Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown

    Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown supports researchers across disciplines pursuing high-risk basic research into uncharted scientific territory to enable breakthroughs or paradigm shifts.

    VolkswagenStiftungForecasted Aug 27, 2027$1,300,000Forecasted

    Night Science – Space for the Creative Mind

    Night Science – Space for the Creative Mind from the Volkswagen Foundation supports interdisciplinary researcher tandems to explore creative, unconventional ideas in the natural, life, and engineering sciences.

    VolkswagenStiftungForecasted Jun 5, 2027$200,000Forecasted

    Navigating a Transforming World Order: Fellowships on Security and Technology

    Navigating a Transforming World Order: Fellowships on Security and Technology supports postdoctoral researchers studying security and technology from a European perspective to inform policy and practice.

    VolkswagenStiftungForecasted May 5, 2027$450,000Forecasted

    Impetus for the German Science System: Strategic Experimental Spaces – University Development Requires Flexibility

    Impetus for the German Science System: Strategic Experimental Spaces – University Development Requires Flexibility supports German universities and ministries in testing regulatory changes for transferable university development.

    VolkswagenStiftungForecasted Sep 10, 2027$500,000Limited submissionForecasted