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A list with funding options open to UFZ is available in the <span style="display:inline-block;" class="cms-cit-link " > <a class=" " href="https://www.intranet.ufz.de/index.php?en=45203" title="UFZ Intranet" >UFZ Intranet</a> </span>.</p><ul><li> <span style="display:inline-block;" class="cms-cit-link " > <a class=" " href="https://www.scholarshipportal.com/" title="https://www.scholarshipportal.com/" >https://www.scholarshipportal.com/</a> </span></li><li><strong> <span style="display:inline-block;" class="cms-cit-link " > <a class=" " href="https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/70-stipendien-finden-und-bewerben/?status=&target=&subjectGrps=&daad=&q=kongressreisen&page=1&detail=57369745" title="DAAD scholarships for conferences" >DAAD scholarships for conferences</a> </span></strong></li><li><strong> <span style="display:inline-block;" class="cms-cit-link " > <a class=" " href="https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/70-stipendien-finden-und-bewerben/?status=4&target=&subjectGrps=&daad=&q=&page=3&detail=50739759" title="DAAD scholarships for research stays" >DAAD scholarships for research stays</a> </span></strong></li><li> <span style="display:inline-block;" class="cms-cit-link " > <a class=" " href="https://www.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/" title="DAAD: other scholarships" >DAAD: other scholarships</a> </span></li><li><strong>Further training in Saxony, supported by S盲chsische Aufbaubank:</strong> "<a href="https://www.sab.sachsen.de/berufliche-weiterbildung-individuell-berufsbezogene-weiterbildung?p_l_back_url=%2Fsuchergebnisse%3Fq%3Dberufliche%2BWeiterbildung">F枚rderung von beruflichen Weiterbildungsma脽nahmen</a>"<br/><strong></strong></li><li><strong>Going abroad during your PhD</strong>: feel free to contact the <strong>International Office of your university</strong> for exchange programmes and funding!</li><li><strong>Funding at the</strong> <strong>end of your PhD</strong>: note that several universities offer<strong> scholarships for the final stage</strong> of your thesis.</li><li><a href="https://www.ga.uni-leipzig.de/en/support/travel-allowances">Funding for international conferences</a> for doctoral researchers at Leipzig University<br/></li><li> <span style="display:inline-block;" class="cms-cit-link " > <a class=" " href="https://www.joachim-herz-stiftung.de/" title="Joachim Herz Stiftung" >Joachim Herz Stiftung</a> </span></li><li><a href="http://www.geo.de/GEO/heftreihen/geo_magazin/forschung-das-geo-stipendium-2016-78920.html">GEO scholarship (stay abroad)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bifonds.de/fellowships-grants/travel-grants.html">Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (biomedical lab work)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fazit-stiftung.de/bewerbung.html">FAZIT Stiftung (stay abroad)</a></li><li><a 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