Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsstipendium)
Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw)
Who can apply: Open to German and non-German early-career researchers who hold a completed university degree and have been admitted to a doctorate at a state or state-recognised university in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or an EU country. A doctorate carried out entirely abroad is only funded if the applicant takes… What is funded: Funded from German federal research-ministry money. The maximum monthly doctoral stipend is EUR 1,650 and the amount actually paid depends on the applicant’s income situation. On top of that, and independent of income, the foundation pays a flat research-cost allowance of EUR 100 per month. A child allowance of EUR… Deadline: 13 January 2027 (12:00), for funding starting 1 April 2027. A later round for funding starting 1 October 2027 runs 8 June to 7 July 2027.. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: Two rounds a year, tied to the funding start date. This record carries the earlier of the two, the round for a funding start of 1 April 2027: applications open 9 December 2026 and close 13 January 2027 at 12:00. The foundation prints that cut-off time as “MESZ” (Central European Summer Time), which Germany is not on in January, so the clock time is not asserted here and only the date is..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw), official page.
Who can apply
- Open to German and non-German early-career researchers who hold a completed university degree and have been admitted to a doctorate at a state or state-recognised university in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or an EU country. A doctorate carried out entirely abroad is only funded if the applicant takes active, regular part in one of the foundation's German or overseas regional groups. Selection weighs academic strength together with social engagement and a willingness to take part in the foundation's events and regional-group life, which is an explicit expectation of scholarship holders, not an optional extra. Applicants send documents through the foundation's own portal; certified copies are not required, and once submitted an application cannot be changed or added to.
Stage dates
Close of applications in the sdw portal for a funding start of 1 April 2027. Opens 9 December 2026. This is the earliest binding date and the one this record surfaces.13 January 2027
Online selection interviews for that round are held 4 to 7 March 2027. Invitations go out about four weeks after the application deadline.See the official page
Second round of the year, for a funding start of 1 October 2027: applications open 8 June 2027 and close 7 July 2027 at 12:00. Its interviews run 2 to 5 September 2027.7 July 2027
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.