Fraunhofer is member at ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics), a pooling of European, national research facilities in the fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Applied Mathematics. ERCIM offers fellowships for PhD holders from all over the world. Topics cover most disciplines in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Applied Mathematics. Fellows are hosted in leading European Research Institutes.

Application deadline twice per year: 30 April and 30 September

"The ERCIM Alain Bensoussan Fellowship Programme is supported by the Marie Curie Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND) of the European Commission"