There's an Emmy Noether Programme from the German Research Foundation [0] promoting young researchers: The Emmy Noether Programme supports young researchers in

There's an Emmy Noether Programme from the German Research Foundation [0] promoting young researchers: The Emmy Noether Programme supports young researchers in achieving independence at an early stage of their scientific careers. Young postdocs gain the qualifications required for a university teaching career during a DFG-funded period, usually lasting five years, in which they lead their own independent junior research group. [0] http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/emmy_noether/index.html http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/...