30 January 2026

In 2026, the office of the dean will once again provide funding for doctoral students at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.

Due to the faculty's precarious financial situation, only doctoral students employed at the University of Hamburg (§ 28 (1) positions) can apply for funding of €750 this year for conference travel, experiments, etc. Doctoral students funded by external grants will only receive funding in exceptional cases, and external doctoral students will unfortunately not receive any funding given the limited budget.

Applications for funding can be submitted to the Graduate School Office no later than 30 November 2026.

To apply

Doctoral students employed at the University of Hamburg (§ 28 (1) positions) must fill out the funding application form for

• presentation in scientific conferences;
• active participation in summer school programs and workshops;
• fieldwork and research stays;
• acquisition of data sets;
• conduction a scientific experiment;
• transcriptions; or
• proofreading of English-language scientific texts

The doctoral student then submits this, along with supporting documents (lecture invitation, workshop program, cost estimate, etc.), to the Graduate School.

The form must be signed by the doctoral student and by their supervising professor. The maximum funding amount of €750 per doctoral student can be distributed across several projects, but only one application can be submitted per doctoral student (therefore, several boxes may need to be checked and costs documented).

See https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/einrichtungen-service/einrichtungen/graduate-school/downloads.html  (doctoral support) for more information and application forms.