WE Heraeus Communication Programme for participation in conferences (Communication Programme)
Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Communication Programme of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e. V. for scientific communication between young generation scientists
Young scientists are one of the most important target groups for the activities of the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation. In 1989, the Foundation and the DPG jointly established a programme that gives young physicists at an early period of their scientific career (master's, diploma or doctoral thesis) the opportunity to present their own research results to a critical audience of scientific experts.
Funding opportunities for DPG members who live or work in Germany
The communication programme 2025/2026 provides financial support for active participation in following conferences:
- DPG-Frühjahrstagungen (DPG Spring Meetings)
► detailed funding criteria and information for applying the funding for DPG Spring Meetings 2026
- DPG-Herbsttagung (DPG Fall Meeting)
► detailed funding criteria and information for applying the funding for DPG Fall Meeting 2025
- DPG Workshops
► detailed funding criteria and information for applying the funding for DPG Workshops 2025
- EPS and IUPAP conferences
► detailed funding criteria and information for applying the funding for EPS and IUPAP conferences 2025
- "Large International Conferences"
► detailed funding criteria and information for applying the funding for "Large International Conferences" 2025
Please refer to the following overview for the respective funding criteria in abbreviated form:

Funding opportunities for conference participants who live or work in Middle and Eastern European and SESAME countries
The communication programme 2026 provides financial support for active participation in following conferences:
- DPG-Frühjahrstagungen (DPG Spring Meetings)
► detailed funding criteria and online application form for funding for conference participants who live or work in Middle and Eastern Europe
► detailed funding criteria and online application form for funding for conference participants who live or work in SESAME countries
Thanks
The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft wants to express its thanks and gratitude for the generous support and assistance of young scientists by the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung. We hope that young physicists will continue to take the chance to communicate with scientists at the conferences – as already 44,800 young scientists have done before.