The Durham-Tübingen Seedcorn Fund is part of our renewed strategic partnership, which was signed in January 2024. The Fund is open for joint research collaborations in the following five priority themes:

• Climate Change and Clean Energy
• Health and Life Sciences
• Heritage and Culture
• Biosciences and the Environment
• Emerging Technologies (Quantum Sciences and Technologies, Digital, Data Sciences and AI) 

Summary of features:

• Applications will be invited for a maximum of €20,000 per research project.
• The funding will be available for joint research projects between 6 months to 24 months.
• Projects will run anytime from August 2024 to July 2026.
• Applicants/PIs must be members of academic staff who are currently employed at either Durham or Tübingen Universities. They can be at any stage of their careers.
• It is expected that the Seedcorn funding for research will lead to the submission of an external grant application and/or significant research output.

Application timeline:

• Call launched: 22 January 2024
• Deadline for submissions: 17th May 2024, 12.00 CET
• Proposals are to be prepared jointly and submitted by the Lead Applicant. 
• Applications must be submitted through the online Application Form
• Guidelines on the application can be found here
• The application questions can be accessed here

For further information about the call, links to counterparts in the two institutions and how you can benefit from the fund, please contact:

Durham - Peter Bainbridge, international.partnershipsspam prevention@durham.ac.uk

Tübingen - Dr. Cornelia Köhler, cornelia-maria.koehlerspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de