The Helmholtz Association provides funding for research and graduate schools at its Research Centres, in order to provide young scientists with a well-structured programme that will enable them to earn their doctoral degree within three years and gain additional key qualifications.

The options for doctoral students at the Helmholtz Research Centres are an excellent qualitative and quantitative addition to the existing range of choices available in Germany. However, these programmes should be regarded as complementary to university-based training rather than as competition, not least simply because their capacities are much smaller. Further Helmholtz Research and Graduate Schools are:

Research Schools: 

Helmholtz International Research School for Infection Biology

International Helmholtz Research School on 'Biophysics and Soft Matter'

Helmholtz Research School for Quark Matter Studies in Heavy Ion Collisions

Helmholtz International Research School in Molecular Neurobiology

Graduate Schools:

Helmholtz Graduate School Molecular Cell Biology

Helmholtz International Graduate School of Cancer Research

Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental Research

Helmholtz Programmes:

Helmholtz Doctoral Training

Helmholtz Young Researchers