Call for Proposals: Start-Up Funding to Support Excellent Researchers

The objective of the start-up funding is to provide financial support to particularly high-performing researchers at any stage of their academic careers, who are making efforts to acquire high-ranking funding for individuals in the form of e.g. ERC grants (starting, consolidator, advanced, synergy), the DFG’s Heisenberg professorships, or Opus Magnum provided by the Volkswagen Foundation. The start-up funding is provided for preparing grant applications.

Eligible: all of the University of Greifswald’s members of academic staff, excluding those from University Medicine, who are employed at the university on the date of submission of the application and for the full period of time for which the start-up funding is being granted.

Funding: Staff and material resources from € 10,000 up to a total of max. € 50,000.

Deadline for proposals: Applications can be submitted at any time.

Application: The following information must be submitted

• Financial backer and the grant programme that is being applied to, including the expected grant amount
• Description of the planned project
• Status of preparations
• Partners involved (if application is being made for a collaborative project)
• Description of the financial resources required from the start-up funding programme (staff and travel costs for each calendar year)
• Time frame for the project
• Description of the required infrastructure for the realisation of the project
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Publications
• Maximum of 10 pages

Planned Budget: The proposed costs should be listed in a planned budget, according to the following scheme:

The granting of funds is subject to the allocation of funds.

A report must be written about how the funds were used. Funds that can no longer be used in accordance with the application and grant are lapsed. Persons who have received start-up funding, but fail to submit a grant application will be exempt from obtaining any further funding from this programme.

The proposals must be addressed to the Rectorate and are to be sent only in digital form, via email, to the Human Resources and Finance Division:

Dr. Juliane Huwe
juliane.huweuni-greifswaldde

Procedure: After the documents have been submitted to the Human Resources and Finances Division, the proposals are examined by the Research and Structural Committee. The committee convenes once a month. The conclusive decision is made by the Rectorate. Please consider this when planning the time frame. If start-up funding is granted, the application process must be accompanied by the Research Support Centre (ZFF).