Excellence Strategy

Exchange of Cooperation Partners

(professorial level)

As part of its excellence strategy, the University of Tübingen is specifically strengthening international cooperation with strategically important partner institutions. The aim is to further expand and consolidate existing networks with these partners. In particular, the university promotes mutual exchanges between scientists, who initiate joint (international) third-party funded projects through reciprocal visits, thereby deepening sustainable cooperation between the institutions.

List of eligible partnerships

> Strategic partnerships
> Institutional partnerships

Target Group

Professors of the University of Tübingen who already cooperate with strategically important partners of the University of Tübingen, or would like to initiate new cooperation.

Requirements

  • Cooperation with academics of strategically important partners exist or concrete plans for cooperation are demonstrated

  • An application for a joint third-party funding project must be prepared during the exchange work.

Scope of Funding

Funds up to €10.000 are available for the visits of cooperation partners to Tübingen as well as visits of Tübingen academics to the cooperation partners.

  • Invitations/deployments of up to 5 academics
  • Travel costs (2nd/economy class)
  • Accomodation
  • Catering during the event
  • Student and academic assistants

Funding for up to 14 days.

Tender Cycle

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Deadlines

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Application

Please include the following information and documents in your application.

  • Description of the existing or planned coopertion
  • Short draft of the planned joint project with information on the pursued third-party funding format (max. 2 pages)
  • Timeline
  • Financial plan
  • CVs and publication lists of the participating academics

Please use the application form to apply and send it by email to international.researchspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Since this is start-up funding that can be awarded once, please describe possible third-party funding formats that can be used for follow-up activities.