National funding

Who offers funding?

German Research Foundation (DFG)

The DFG funds basic research on all topics and for all disciplines. In most funding lines, a proposal can be submitted by the applicant at any time. Researchers with a doctorate are eligible to apply.

Please note: When submitting a grant proposal to the DFG, the rules set by the DFG oblige you to notify the local DFG liaison person of your submission by sending the PDF of your Elan portal receipt to dfg-meldung@uni-kassel.de.

Federal ministries

Alongside the DFG, the federal ministries are among the most important funding bodies. The themed calls for proposals address funding policy topics with benefits for society. Most of them are application-oriented collaborative projects.

Federal funding database [external website, German] (opens in a new window)

Hessian state funding

The Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture offers various options for research funding:

State offensive for the development of scientific and economic excellence - LOEWE

The state program LOEWE (Landesoffensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz) provides targeted science policy impulses to strengthen the Hessian research landscape in a positive and sustainable way. The calls for proposals are open to all topics; in addition to collaborative projects, explorative individual projects can also be submitted.

Please note that for the funding lines "Centers" and "Priorities" there is an internal university pre-selection. Information on this can be found here.

Further information on LOEWE [external website] (opens in a new window)

Strengthening democracy research

The Strengthening Democracy Research Hesse programme aims to make our democracy more resilient against extremism and polarization. The program offers a total of seven funding lines in various formats, from knowledge networks to alliances to funding awards.

You can find documents on the application procedure and a template for the cooperation agreement on the "Strengthening democracy research" website linked below. For the financial plans, please go directly to the funding lines presented there.

Women's and gender studies

Hessen funds projects that anchor women's and gender studies at Hessian universities, further develop them in all scientific disciplines and support the development of a profile for women's studies in Hessen.

Promotion of women's and gender studies [external website] (opens in a new window)

Foundations

Foundations as funding providers differ from one another in terms of their size, their profile, but also their range of funding, which is why only a few examples can be given here. Some funding formats of certain foundations are very prestigious, e.g. those of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation or the Volkswagen Foundation.

Foundations with a special focus on sustainability

Contact us

Individual projects:
Proposal submission fully or partly by the individual researcher, sometimes requiring sign-off by the provost or similar: DFG Individual Research Grant, DFG Research Group, ministry funding, foundation funding, etc.

Dr. Anna Bauer
Dr. Nina Felgen

Cooperative projects:
Proposal submission only institutionally via the university presidential board:
SFB/TRRs, RTGs etc.

Dr. Katrin Steinack

**Head of department**
Name, Forename	Contact
Dr. Steinack, Katrin National and international funding - cooperative projects, export control	Telephone +49 561 804-2232 Email katrin.steinack[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

**Adviser**
Name, Forename	Contact
Dr. Bauer, Anna National and international funding - Internal funding, DFG, FMER, foundations , EU consortia	Telephone +49 561 804-7052 Email anna.bauer[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Dr. Felgen, Nina National funding - LOEWE, DFG, FMER, foundations, awards	Telephone +49 561 804-7330 Email nina.felgen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

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