The research scholarship programme “Biodiversity and Health” aims to strengthen the partnership between German and Indonesian research initiatives, focusing on the innovative discovery and conservation of biodiversity, with the intent of supporting the sustainable development of new medical products.

The programme shall enable young scientists from Indonesia, who will be offered scholarships funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany (BMBF), to conduct their PhD studies and research in Germany, within the framework of eight German-Indonesian collaborative research projects agreed between BMBF, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia (KEMENRISTEKDIKTI), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), and the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT).

The cooperation projects:

• Accessing Novel Bacterial Producers from Biodiversity-rich Habitats in Indonesia (ANoBIn)
• Bio-Inspired Anti-Infective Leads from Indonesian Plants and Endophytes (BALIPEND)
• German-Indonesian Antiinfective Cooperation (GINAICO)
• Indonesian Biodiversity Discovery and Information System (INDOBIOSYS)
• Indonesian Opisthobranchs and Associated Microorganisms-from Biodiversity to Drug Lead Discovery (INDOBIO)
• Indonesian Plant Biodiversity and Human Health (BIOHEALTH)
• Insect-derived anti-infectives from Indonesia (Triple-In)
• Isolation of new unique natural compounds from unknown antinomycetes (NAbaUnAkt)

Project-relevant subject areas:

• Chemistry (e.g. Natural Product Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
• Biology (e.g. Microbiology, Biotechnology, Taxonomy (Botanist & Zoologist), Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry/Metabolomics, Ecologist)
• Bioinformatics / Systems Biology
• Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Medical Sciences (e.g. Immunology, Infection Biology)

Contributing German and Indonesian universities and institutions: 

• Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich
• Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, ICBM-Terramare, Wilhelmshaven
• Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research (TWINCORE), Hannover
• Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen
• Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
• Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig
• Justus Liebig Universität Gießen
• Leibniz-Institut – DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig
• Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle
• Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Technische Universität Braunschweig
• Universität Leipzig
• WG Ecophysiology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen
• Zoological Research Museum Alexander König, Bonn
• Bandung Institute of Technolgy (ITB)
• Biotech Center, Balai Pengkajian Bioteknologi (BPPT)
• Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)
• Center for Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology, Agency for the Assessment and Application Technology, Jakarta
• Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta
• Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center, Bali
• Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia), (LIPI)
• Sam Ratulangi University, Manado
• Udayana University, Bali
• University of Indonesia, Jakarta

You can find further information on the respective scholarships here:

Type A: Doctorate in Germany

Type B: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Germany (short-term)

Type C: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Germany (long-term)

Type D: Feldforschung deutscher Doktoranden in Indonesien

Type E: Senior Experts in Germany (short-term)