Volkswagen Foundation is offering fellowship for international young researchers in all disciplines. Ten to fifteen fellowships for researchers will be awarded per year. The offer is aimed at excellent junior scientists who want to pursue exceptional, risky science between established research fields and pursue risky science. The aim of the program is to encourage exceptional research personalities to embark on visionary, risk-taking research projects at the intersections between established fields of research. The Volkswagen Foundation is the largest private research funder and one of the major foundations in Germany. It funds research projects in path-breaking areas and provides assistance to academic institutions for the improvement of the structural conditions for their work.