Funding for Professors and Senior Researchers
Here you can find an overview of funding options for professors and senior researchers. The research support team will be happy to provide you with advice and practical assistance on the various funding options. You can find useful texts and materials for your proposal in Materials and documents. Please contact us well in advance for proposals which have to be submitted via the university's head office.
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Funding for "new" professors
- Volkswagen-Stiftung Momentum: www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/momentum-funding-for-recently-tenured-professors
- Alfried-Krupp Förderpreis für junge Hochschullehrer in den Naturwissenschaften: www.krupp-stiftung.de/alfried-krupp-foerderpreis-fuer-junge-hochschullehrer/ (in German only)
Funding for research projects
- DFG – Individual Research Grants
- Reinhart Koselleck Projects
- Volkswagen Foundation: Opus Magnum, Change, thematic calls: www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/our-funding-portfolio
- Thyssen Foundation: Project Funding, www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/funding/types-of-support/support-of-projects/
- Gerda Henkel Foundation: Project Funding, www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/grants
- The Academies Program for Humanities
- Consolidator Grants of the European Research Council
- Advanced Grants of the European Research Council
Publications
Conferences, Workshops und Summer Schools
- Volkswagen Foundation: Thematic calls, www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/our-funding-portfolio
- Thyssen Foundation: Conferences, www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/funding/types-of-support/conferences/
- International Joint Summer Schools/Workshops with strategic partners
- DFG: International scientific conferences
Collaborative Research
Research Infrastructure
International Cooperation
- Tübingen Reloaded
- Research Collaboration with Dōshisha University Kyoto
- International Joint Summer Schools/Workshops with strategic partners
- International Exchange with strategic partners of the University of Tübingen
- Funding for Kooperation with francophone countries
- DFG: International Cooperation
- Bilateral calls of the DFG (for current calls see Research Funding News)
- DAAD (for current calls see Research Funding News)
- BW Foundation: Internationale Spitzenforschung, www.bwstiftung.de/forschung/programme/themenoffene-programmlinien/internationale-spitzenforschung/ (in German only)
Funding for Research stays abroad
- Feodor Lynen-Research Fellowships for senior Researchers, www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/feodor-lynen-research-fellowship
- DAAD: Guest professorships
- DAAD: Johann-Gottfried-Herder Program
Funding for Researchers who want to come to the University of Tübingen
- Humboldt Foundation:
Humboldt-Research Fellowship, www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/humboldt-research-fellowship;
Georg Forster-Research Fellowship for senior researchers from developing countries, www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/georg-forster-research-fellowship
Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programm: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/henriette-herz-scouting-programme - Funding for threatened researchers:
Scholars at Risk;
Philipp Schwartz-Initiative der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, humboldt-foundation.de/web/philipp-schwartz-initiative.html
DFG: Funding for Refugee Researchers - DAAD
For current calls see our Research Funding News