Minerva Stiftung focuses on building long-term German–Israeli scientific collaboration through fellowships, research centers, symposia, schools, and short-term exchange grants. It tends to support outstanding researchers and institutions working across basic science, with especially visible activity in biomedicine, biology, humanities, and social science topics when they fit a bilateral research partnership. A distinctive feature is that much of its funding is structured around sustained institutional cooperation between German and Israeli partners rather than one-off project support.
Competitive, program-specific grants with a mix of annual and periodic calls; supports multi-year centers, fellowships, short-term research visits, and convenings. Grant sizes vary by program, from individual mobility support to larger center-level commitments, and many opportunities are limited to German-Israeli institutional collaborations.
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Monitor the program pages closely for recurring call dates: fellowships run on an annual January/June cycle, short-term research grants have two deadlines per year (2 May and 2 November), and other programs are announced periodically. Applications generally require a clearly defined German–Israeli partnership and fit to an established Minerva program, so applicants should align proposals tightly to the specific call and partner institution requirements.
Current and upcoming funding from Minerva Stiftung – Gesellschaft für die Forschung mbH that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Scientists from all German universities and non-university research institutions and from the six Israeli universities plus the Weizmann Institute may apply together with colleagues from the respective other country.
Deadline: Next application deadline for Minerva-Gentner Symposia in 2028: tba.
Who can apply: Applicants must be scientists from German universities/non-university research institutions and from Israeli universities or the Weizmann Institute, together with colleagues from the respective other country.
Deadline: Next application deadline for Minerva Schools: tba in 2027.
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