Funding schemes
The Graduate School advises doctoral candidates and their supervisors on funding opportunities.
You can find funding schemes for supervisors here.
Please address funding applications for conference travel directly to your department. Depending on their respective budgetary situation, departments make funds available for conference attendance. Funding is awarded on a case-by-case basis. Funding via the Graduate School is no longer available, but we would be happy to advise you on external funding opportunities. Contact: Cordula Burtscher
Note:
Time and again, invitations to bogus conferences are issued. To check whether an invitation is genuine, you can use the following guidelines:
TUM guidance on dubious journals and bogus conferences
Checklist for assessing the credibility of a conference
By train rather than by plane
Travelling as part of international collaborations and research activities is sometimes essential. However, business travel should be organised in a way as climate-friendly as possible. We therefore call on everyone to avoid short-haul flights for journeys of up to 1,000 km and with a journey time of up to 12 hours.
Funding for human resources development. Funding is provided for courses aimed at methodological development (e.g. as part of Summer Schools).
Publishing is an essential part of academic research. All doctoral candidates are therefore expected to present their research project to the international academic community during the course of their doctorate. This is usually done through publications in academic journals or conference papers that have undergone a peer-review process. The dissertation is also published at the end of the doctorate. The library is responsible for the organisational arrangements.
Further information can be found in the publications database for research staff members .
Please note: We regularly receive enquiries from dubious journals (‘predatory journals’). To check whether a journal is reputable, you can use the following guidelines:
Standard or specialist software is essential for many research projects. As this forms part of the standard equipment provided at workstations, the Graduate School does not cover the costs of purchasing or licensing such software. Please use the usual ordering procedures and budgets to procure this software.
From 2026, the Sonja Carter Foundation will be providing HM with a funding programme to support ongoing doctoral projects. Applications can be submitted several times a year by the announced deadlines.
Further information on the Sonja Carter Foundation
The Graduate School can fund a Student Assistant for several months if you are facing additional challenges in your personal life - whether due to caring for a relative, a chronic illness, or as young parents or single parents. This Student Assistant will carry out lighter suppor tasks to help compensate for the limitations faced for those affected.
Doctoral candidates: Please feel free to conctact Susanne Gerleigner with a description of your personal situation and an outline of how the Student Assistant should be deployed. Doctoral candidates with children are explicitly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity.
Postdocs: Funding may be available; please contact Andre Lindörfer .