The »Fraunhofer Attract« grant is the excellence stipend programme of Fraunhofer. »Fraunhofer Attract« invites outstanding researchers to develop their ideas towards innovations at Fraunhofer.

The grant »Fraunhofer Attract« offers outstanding external scientists the opportunity to develop their ideas towards an actual application within an optimally equipped Fraunhofer institute operating close to the market. The scientist will be offered a budget of 2.5 Million Euro over 5 years to lead a group of 3-5 co-workers.

IIASA’s annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA’s ongoing research on issues of global environmental, economic and social change. From June through August accepted participants work within the Institute’s Research Programs under the guidance of IIASA scientific staff. The YSSP provides a unique opportunity for participants to advance their research under the direct supervision of an experienced IIASA scientist, and at the same time contribute to IIASA’s ongoing scientific agenda; broaden their research interests by working in IIASA’s interdisciplinary and international research environment; build contacts with IIASA’s worldwide network of collaborators and with other YSSP fellows.

A PICS is a research project involving two teams, one in a CNRS-affiliated laboratory and the other abroad. It is awarded for a 3-year non-renewable period, and aims at consolidating an ongoing collaboration that has already produced joint publications with a partner abroad. Funding received in the framework of a PICS is intended to cover research travel as well as the organization of seminars and meetings.

Under a partnership between Inserm and CNRS, a call for proposal is launched to:
- Enable young scientists to create and lead a team within an already existing structure. The ATIP - AVENIR teams will strengthen the research of the host units but will develop independently their own scientific project. Successful applicants will have to develop their projects within a structure in which they never worked before ;
- Promote mobility and attract young team leaders of high-level working abroad.

The Finnish Government offers scholarships of 3-9 months for Doctoral level studies, research and teaching at a higher education institution in Finland. The Finnish Government Scholarship Pool programme is open to young researchers from all academic fields. The scholarships can not be applied for post-Doctoral studies or research.

CIMO has a number of scholarship programmes for Doctoral level studies and research at Finnish universities. They are targeted at all academic fields, with the exception of the scholarships for advanced-level degree students of the Finnish language, which are specific to that particular field.

The Faculty of Humanities' Graduate School at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 8 PhD scholarships starting 1 September, 2011 for a period of up to three years. PhD projects may be related to one of the following subject areas: 1. Literary culture in Denmark after 1870, 2. Cognition and Communication, 3. Material culture and the materialization of culture, 4. Cultural memory and the construction of identities in the modern world, 5. Transnational and Migration Studies, 6. Globalisation in practice, 7. Primary Sources for the Study of the Scandinavian Languages, 8. Language Technology.

MARES is a three-year world-class Joint Doctoral Programme open to applicants which have a Master degree in Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Oceanography, etc.

OeAD is a service organisation providing information about studying and research in Austria. OeAD provides scholarships for studying and research in Austria for students from abroad, mostly for doctorate/PhD programmes and university exchange programmes.