Find below the most important funding opportunities for researchers and lecturers.

Name of the programme	targets	Benefits	Duration	Call for applications
Research stays for university academics and scientists	university lecturers / scientists at universities / research institutes	Transport (optional) upkeep monthly stipend health insurance	1-3 months	Official announcement
Funding for foreign visiting lecturers at German universities	Lecturers at foreign universities (no Germans)	Transport upkeep health insurance	3-24 months with the possibility for extension	To the programme at daad.de (only in German)
Short-term lecturership	academics at German universities	Transport daily allowance health insurance	4 weeks to 6 months	To the programme at daad.de (only in German)
Long-term lecturership	academics at German universities	Transport daily allowance health insurance	3-5 years	To the programme at daad.de (only in German)
Re-invitation programme	DAAD-Alumni, Germany Alumni (with a stay in Germany of at least 10 months)	Transport upkeep health insurance	1-3 months	Official announcement
Herder Programme (Emeriti)	retired German professors, in exceptional cases managers of the business community	Transport daily allowance health insurance fixed lump sum	6 months or 1 year	To the programme at daad.de (only in German)
Bilateral Exchange of Academics	German and foreign academics and scientists	stipend	14 days to 3 months	Official announcement