€1,600 Senckenberg Global Fellowships

The fellowship supports early‑career scientists from the Global South (doctoral candidates and postdocs) to conduct research at Senckenberg institutes. Fellows gain access to Senckenberg’s 41 million natural history collections, laboratories, libraries, and expert staff in biodiversity, anthropology, geology, genomics, and conservation ecology.

Benefits include:

• Monthly stipend: €1,600 (PhD students) or €2,700 (postdocs)
• One‑time travel allowance up to €1,200
• Access to Senckenberg’s collections and infrastructure
• Collaboration with a scientific host at Senckenberg
• Networking with international researchers

• Citizenship/residency in a Global South country
• Master’s or PhD degree in relevant fields (biodiversity, geology, anthropology, genomics, conservation ecology)
• Must not hold parallel project funding during fellowship period
• Motivation letter (max. 1 page)
• Project description (max. 1 page, co‑developed with Senckenberg host)
• Letter of support from Senckenberg host
• CV + publication list
• Certificates (Master’s and/or PhD)
• Optional recommendation letters
• Graduate student
• In a postgraduate program