Every year, the DPG organises its DPG Spring Meetings (DPG-Frühjahrstagungen) at different locations and universities in Germany. With around 10,000 physicists from Germany and abroad attending every year, the DPG Spring Meetings (DPG-Frühjahrstagungen) regularly rank among the largest physics congresses in Europe.
Thanks to the support of the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation DPG offers up to 25 fellowships for early career physicists who live or work in one of the Members of SESAME to participate in these conferences.
Fellowship
The fellowships covers:
- the conference fee;
- the costs for travel and accommodation - upon presentation of appropriate receipts and up to a maximum of 1400 €;
- a daily lump sum of 30 € for up to 6 days.
The applications will be processed via SESAME.
We ask for personal data and an abstract of the work you intend to present at the spring meeting. Please add a letter of recommendation from your supervisor, your home institute or the leader of your working group.
Deadline: The deadline for the grant application is 1 November 2026.
Criteria for applicants
The call for the Grants is open to 25 early-career scientists (up to 8 years after obtaining their PhD), affiliated with institutions in one of the Members of SESAME, who are ready to contribute to the DPG spring-meeting (typically by presenting a poster or a talk of their work) To participate, you are invited to submit an abstract of work your intend to present at the spring meeting.
Application
If you meet this criteria, you can apply online for a fellowship by taking three steps:
Submit the abstract of your talk/poster
Register as a participant of a DPG-Spring-Meeting
Fill in the fellowship online application form at the latest until 1 November 2026
- Once you have submitted your abstract, you will receive a proof copy of your contribution by email. Please attach this to your application.
- Applications after 1 November 2026 will not be considered!
All required online forms can be found on the respective conference web pages at: www.dpg-tagungen.de. The online form for application is also available at the end of this page.
Selection process:
The fellowships are granted in the order in which applications are received..
You will receive an automatically generated e-mail immediately after submitting your application. Please check the data you have submitted. If corrections are necessary, please send them immediately to fellowship@dpg-physik.de
After the application deadline (1 November 2026) all applications will be checked. By 18 November 2026 you will be notified if you will be granted a fellowship.
(Please note: The number of fellowships available is limited. Consequently, it may not be possible to approve all applications. The main criterion for awarding the fellowships is the order in which applications are received. However, the DPG reserves the right to possibly apply additional formal criteria e.g. geographical balance.)
Conference participation (Please note the opening times of the conference office!)
Check-in: At the conference office, you will be receiving your "Conference ID Card" – which has your arrival date printed on it – along with your name badge. Please keep this safe!
Check-out: At the last day of your stay you need to let DPG confirm your departure date on the "Conference ID Card" with a DPG stamp in the conference office. It is the departure date that is important, not the time. You may still give and attend presentations even after receiving the stamp. Please keep the stamped section for your accounts.
Contact
Beatrice Hensel
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
Head Office
Hauptstr. 5
53604 Bad Honnef
GERMANY
Tel.: +49 (2224) 9232-10
E-Mail: to fellowship@dpg-physik.de
Application for funding is possible from 1 October 2026.