Funding
Funding Instruments and Selection Procedure
The Research Alliance has a budget of 900,000€ provided by MWK for the period of almost 5 years (1.7.2016 until 31.03.2021). As an incentive for research activities across the locations a variety of funding instruments are provided.
| Funding Instruments | Funding |
|---|---|
| DFG funding cross-locational projects | 10k€ for application 20k€ when granting DFG Sachbeihilfe 30k€ when granting DFG GRK / FG / SPP / SFB |
| BMBF/BMWI project proposal for cross-locational projects | 5k€ for application 10k€ when granting |
| PhD funded by industry over 3 years with cross-locational supervision | 10k€ per scholarship |
| Development of a new, strategic topic which is relevant across locations | 1/3 E13 position (20k€), remaining 2/3 are funded by supervising professors |
| Top publications across locations (in dependence of discipline-ranking) | 5k€ |
| Travel grant for high-quality conferences for cross-locational publications (in dependence of discipline-ranking) |
2k€ |
| Topic-specific workshops/colloquia | on request |
Besides the above-mentioned funding instruments, involved researchers are able to suggest indepent
new and innovative approaches and ideas additionally.
Target Group
All researchers from Karlsruher Institute for Technology (KIT), University of Mannheim and the associated research organizations (Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Fraunhofer IOSB, FZI Karlsruhe, gesis, ZEW und ZI) are cordially invited to submit cross-locational cooperation proposals.
Submission Process
Across locations, cooperation activities can be submitted every time by email to Alexander Mädche (alexander.maedche@kit.edu). Meaningful proposals for cooperation activities can be created in German or English. They should not be longer than six DIN A4 pages and have to describe the aim of the cooperation activity, the expected results, and their contribution to the research alliance and the proposed funding instrument. The proposals should be sent at 20.3., 20.6., 20.9. resp. 20.12. by email to Alexander Mädche. The deadline for final submission is 20.06.2020.
Additonally, the following application form has to be completed (scan is sufficient): application form
The selection of research cooperations for funding is done by an interdisciplinary executive committee of the research alliance in different locations. The selection criterias are the quality of the proposed research, the qualification of the applicants, and the objectives as well as the relevance of the proposed cooperation activity. The executive committee meets once per quarter. Decisions of funding will be communicated latest at the beginning of every quarter. The executive committee may ask further questions, which means that applicants should be prepared for a "re-battle" in the days after submission.
Funded Projects:
The following documents provide an overview of ongoing and funded research cooperations:
- Project Funding Q3 2016
- Project Funding Q4 2016
- Project Funding Q1 2017
- Project Funding Q2 2017
- Project Funding Q3 2017
- Project Funding Q4 2017
- Project Funding Q1 2018
- Project Funding Q2 2018
- Project Funding Q3 2018
- Project Funding Q4 2018
- Project Funding Q1 2019
- Project Funding Q2 2019
- Project Funding Q3 2019
- Project Funding Q4 2019
- Project Funding Q1 2020
- Project Funding Q2 2020