For German students is a quite good article about funding opportunities at academics available.

Funding Databases

• Association of German Foundations
• Stifterverband
• Förderdatenbank

FU/Berlin Funding

• Center for International Cooperation FU Berlin
• Dahlem Research School FU Berlin
• Einstein Foundation Berlin
• Sandmann Stiftung (for longterm Berlin citizens only)

Public Funding

• DAAD
• Humboldt Foundation
• DFG 1 2
• BMBF
• Marie Curie
• European Research Council
• CORDIS
• ELFI database

Foundations

• Elsa-Neumann Scholarships
• Robert Bosch Stiftung
• Volkswagen Stiftung
• Schimper-Stiftung (for Germans and Austrians only)