Structural Funding

The "Research Group" funding format aims at professors. Research groups serve to connect several scientists within the University of Erfurt and their thematic research interests and links them structurally in a common research programme. A research group jointly pursues long-term projects (joint projects), the development and acquisition of research projects and the establishment of collaborations. They contribute to the strategic research orientation of the university.

Research groups can be established for up to three years. Once established, they can receive an annual budget of up to 10,000 EUR. Under special conditions, research groups can also apply for the funding of their own coordination staff.

APPLICATION AND INSTITUTION

Applications may only be submitted during an open call. New deadlines will be published here as soon as they are available. Please contact the relevant department prior to submitting an application. Establishment of the group takes place following a review of the application by the Department Research and Graduate Services, based on a recommendation from the Committee for Research and Graduate Service and a decision by the Executive Board.

Further information can be found in the information sheet on establishing a research group.
The application form for establishing a research group is available here.

The "Research Units" funding format aims at professors and postdocs. Research units serve to establish individual projects of one or two researcher at the University of Erfurt and to develop and raise smaller research projects. The research unit bundles medium up to long-term projects. In addition, cooperations can be established or expanded and other researchers can become associated members.

Research units are established on a non-expiring basis. They do not receive a basic financial funding, but may apply for other forms of in-house fundings.

APPLICATION AND INSTITUTION

A research unit is established by the University Executive Board upon formal notification submitted via the Department Research and Graduate Services.

Please contact the Department Research and Graduate Services at forschungsfoerderung@uni-erfurt.de to submit such a notification.

Further information can be found in the information sheet on establishing a research unit.
The application form for establishing a research unit is available here.

The "Research Networks" funding format aims professors and the research staff of the university. Research networks serve to bundle different research topics or rather the long-term, joint processing of a spectrum of different questions from a common topic area by different researcher at the University of Erfurt cooperating. Strengthening cooperation(s) and (further) developing joint research projects is the main goal of this format.

Scientists who would like to establish themselves as a group but do not have yet defined a common framework programme can apply for this format and maintain the official status of a "(research) network". However, research networks can also already have a framework programme and have been transferred from previous research groups funded by the university or by third-party funds.

APPLICATION AND INSTITUTION

Applications to establish a research network at the University of Erfurt must be submitted to the University Executive Board via the Department Research and Graduate Services. The Executive Board then decides on the formal establishment of the new research network.

Research networks may be established at any time.

Further information can be found in the information sheet on establishing a research network.
The application form for establishing a research group can be found here.