Scholars Without Borders Opportunities

This funding program supports postdoctoral fellowships focused on a holistic understanding of security, the transformation of the world order, and effective cross-sectoral exchange. The grant provides up to 450,000 EUR for a maximum duration of three years (24 months for research and 12 months for outreach activities). The foundation expects participation in a coordinating program with external partners to foster a European perspective on global security challenges.

The Mieroszewski Center invites applications to join an international summer school for doctoral students and young researchers. The program is aimed at supporting research projects exploring the intersections of historical memory and legal frameworks in Central and Eastern Europe. It will include intensive seminars on transitional justice, memory laws, and the legal processing of the past. Support is offered in the form of full coverage of participation costs, including travel, accommodation, and meals for the duration of the program in Warsaw.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Decembrist uprising, Kritika and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at UC Berkeley will host an interdisciplinary conference on “Demonstrations” in the medieval East Slavic states, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. The conference will be held at UC Berkeley (California, USA) from September 25-26, 2026. UC Berkeley offers a limited amount of funding to cover participants' travel and lodging. 

he Max Weber Network Eastern Europe and its individual locations reserve the right to offer travel grants for participation in conferences, workshops, and colloquia. The program is aimed at highly qualified, internationally oriented scholars in the humanities and social sciences (doctoral candidates, postdocs, and experienced researchers) working on topics that align with the research profile of the network and its locations.

Please note that travel grants are currently only awarded to researchers from post-Soviet states (exceptions: Russia and Belarus) and to researchers in exile without multi-year funding. Members of a German university or research institution should contact their respective home institution.

Fully funded 2–4 week visiting scholarships for academics and policy professionals to teach, lecture, join seminars, or support theses within the Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Public Policy at partner universities in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, or the UK, with stipends up to €1,500/week.

The Max Weber Network Eastern Europe offers mobility funding to highly qualified, internationally oriented scholars in the humanities and social sciences, including doctoral candidates, postdocs, and experienced researchers. The program supports participation in academic events that correspond to the research profile of the network and its branch offices, specifically targeting scholars from post-Soviet states (excluding Russia and Belarus) and scholars in exile. Support is offered in the form of travel allowances (up to €500) and accommodation allowances (up to €90 per night), intended for researchers who do not currently hold a position or multi-year grant at a university in Germany or internationally.

The Max Weber Network Eastern Europe awards research scholarships to postgraduate researchers (PhD candidates and PostDocs) in the humanities and social sciences affiliated with universities in Europe or the South Caucasus. The program supports qualification projects addressing the multiple dimensions of the history of the Soviet Union, its predecessor and successor states, and transregional contact zones. Support is offered in the form of one- to three-month scholarships for research on historical topics in archives and libraries across post-Soviet states (excluding Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine) and Finland.

Karlstad University offers postdoctoral appointments to support research on the democratic and political implications of AI, with a particular focus on the development of the welfare state. The research centers on vulnerabilities arising from the implementation of AI technologies—such as false information and bias in automated decision-making—and the dynamics between public and private actors in the governance of the public sector. Support is offered in the form of a two-year, full-time fixed-term employment.

The Visegrad Fund awards fellowships to scholars and researchers from the Western Balkans to support research stays at higher education institutions in the Visegrad countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). The program aims to facilitate knowledge transfer and academic collaboration on topics of mutual regional interest. Support is offered in the form of a lump-sum grant to cover travel and living costs for research periods of up to two semesters.

Online “MasterClasses” at DKFZ support postdocs in preparing competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship proposals, including PI matching, grant-writing workshops, and 1:1 feedback, for projects in cancer research. Then the idea is they help you to apply to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship program later in the year.

IPPT PAN invites postdoctoral researchers to apply for Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships hosted in its labs, offering supervisor support, proposal‑writing training, and strong research environment plus MSCA salary, mobility and research funds.

The Gerda Henkel Foundation invites applications for three types of funding (Research Scholarship, Research Project, and PhD Scholarship) for projects focusing on Historical Humanities. Scholarships up to 3,720 euros per month are available, depending on circumstances. 

The Visegrad Fellowship is a funded opportunity for doctoral students and PhD holders from Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine to carry out short research or teaching stays (2–10 weeks) at institutions in another Visegrad country. Fellows receive €500 per week to conduct a clearly defined research project, give lectures or seminars, or work with unique materials in archives or libraries, fostering regional academic cooperation and knowledge exchange. Rolling deadline between January and May.

The Max Weber Network Eastern Europe invites submissions for an international workshop to support research projects that explore the multi-layered history of human reproduction, family planning, and population policies in Eastern Europe and the (post)-Soviet space. The workshop seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on how reproductive knowledge and practices shaped, and were shaped by, socialist ideologies and state-building. Support is offered in the form of travel and accommodation funding for selected participants to present their work at the Max Weber Forum in Helsinki.

2‑year postdoc to develop generative and deep learning models to design resistance‑proof antibiotics, leading all computational work in a close collaboration with chemistry and microbiology labs at DTU and UCPH.

The Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk provides a monthly stipend of €2000 for a period of one to twelve months. Candidates must first identify an academic mentor at Universität Hamburg who will then submit an application on the candidate's behalf. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The Gerda Henkel Foundation invites applications for a new funding initiative to support research on democracy. The initiative is divided into two subsections: "Democracy as a Utopia, Experience and Threats" and "Transformations of Democracy? Or: The Contours of Future Democratic Society." Proposed projects must relate to these themes. Funding is offered for a period up to 36 months.

The Western Balkans–Visegrad Fellowship is a pilot program promoting academic exchange between V4 and WB6 countries. The fellowship funds scholars from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, or Serbia) who wish to conduct research at an institution in a V4 country (Czechia, Poland, Hungary, or Slovakia). Scholars from V4 countries can likewise apply for support to conduct research at an institution in a WB6 country.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU) offer funding to support collaboration between Dutch and Ukrainian scholars. Ukraine-based researchers can join ongoing NWO-funded projects as co-applicants for 6 to 24 months. The initiative provides grants of up to €30,000 per project, offering a maximum of €1,250 per month to cover remuneration, materials, and travel for one full-time researcher based in Ukraine. Each Ukrainian institution is limited to receiving two grants.

The University of Hamburg seeks to grant a number of Philipp Schwartz Fellowships to support scholars at risk who are unable to continue their research in their home countries. Successful candidates will receive roughly €2,780/month for a period of 24 months (with the possibility of extension up to another 12 months). The call is made biannually: in June (funding begins the following January) and in December (funding begins the following July). Interested candidates should contact the university, which will handle the application on the candidate's behalf.