On the following page you will find a preliminary overview of funding opportunities and contact data of information and counselling centers on research funding activities in the field of life sciences at a national and international level.

Ci3 Partners

• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Office of Research and Technology Transfer
  Among other things, the service includes information and consulting on national and international research funding programs and support for the application process.

• Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Office of Research and Young Researchers
  Among other things, Goethe-University’s research support program offers consulting on national EU funding programs (i.e. program objectives, eligibility for funding and cross-cutting issues relevant to the application process).

State institutions

• Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Innovation
  The Foundation supports scientific-technical research projects across the entire innovation chain, thereby promoting scientific and technological development in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
• LOEWE - Research Funding Program of the State of Hesse
  The ‘State Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence’ - in short: LOEWE - is the title of a research funding program that has been in place since 2008 and with which the German state of Hesse wants to bring new ideas to science policy, thus strengthening the Hessian research landscape over the long term.

Federal institutions

• BMBF project funding in the field of ​​life sciences
  This is where you will find information on BMBF funding opportunities in the fields of life sciences and health care research.
• Innovative SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises)
  A BMBF initiative for SMEs that are active in the field of biotechnology.
• Current funding announcements by the German federal government
  This is where you will find information on funding programs and announcements, as well as on the application deadlines in the field of ​​research and innovation funding backed by the German federal government.
• Funding Database
  Current overview of the funding and financial assistance programs of the German federal government, the German states and the European Union.

EU Research Funding

• KoWi - European Liaison Office of the German Research Organizations
  Among other things, KoWi provides information, consulting and training on European research funding for researchers and administrators at universities and research institutions in Germany.
• EU office of the BMBF
  Among other things, the EU office is the contact point for cross-cutting information and questions pertaining to the EU’s Research Framework Program.
• National Contact Point Life Sciences (national contact point for European research funding in the life sciences)
  The National Contact Point Life Sciences is the contact point for all research institutions and companies that wish to participate in European research programs in the field of life sciences.    

• EU portal for SMEs
  The EU portal for SMEs collates the EU’s information about and for SMEs.