Faculty

Funding for international collaboration and research

The German Research Foundation (DFG) offers funding opportunities to collaborate with German faculty and research scientists.

• Initiation and Intensification of Bilateral Cooperation
  (rolling deadline)

MISTI Global Seed Funds provide funding for MIT faculty and research scientists to encourage international collaboration and research anywhere in the world. Find out more about eligibility.

BMBF Funding for Faculty Collaboration with German Excellence Universities

The Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF; a federal ministry for research, technology and education) provides travel funds for a group of MIT faculty to meet with colleagues at research centers or graduate schools in one of the federally funded excellence universities, excellence charters, or graduate schools. For a list of those universities, centers, and schools that were ranked top in excellence, please see the Initiative for Excellence. The visits are organized and initiated by the MIT-Germany Program in cooperation with our German partners. Please contact us with any questions.

Professor Hubert Schorle at Bonn Medical School (University of Bonn), where he leads the Department of Developmental Pathology.