Research Funding at EUF

To promote research, the Europa-Universität Flensburg has developed the Flensburg Program for Research Support (FPFF) for academics at all professional/career stages.

For the initiation of research-related activities, EUF Office of Research and the ZeBUSS, ICES and CREST research centers offer funding and application advice, including funding program search, preparation of calculations, research data management, administrative work for third-party funding applications and application reviews. The research centers jointly offer in-depth application workshops. 

The International Center's academic editing service supports researchers in the preparation of high-quality English-language third-party funding applications and journal articles.

Ethics votes can be requested from the EUF Ethics Committee. These may be relevant for an application for third-party funding or a planned publication and must be applied for before the start of the research process.

Ongoing research projects can receive more detailed project support upon request. Through the EUF Office for Research, the ZeBUSS, ICES and CREST research centers, researchers can get help with project modification requests or advice on issues concerning project management. Both research centers also offer help preparing academic conferences, meetings and other activities, as well as support for administration issues related to project implementation. The Office for Research advises on research data management.

The research centers provide work and meeting rooms for their members. These rooms are open to all researchers at EUF, pending availability.

The ZeBUSS, ICES and CREST research centers offer support for visiting researchers and cooperative projects. Within the framework of the ICES Open Call (co-)financing of guest stays can be applied for.

The Executive University Board grants a teaching load reduction upon request for outstanding research projects.

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The ZeBUSS and ICES research centers offer financial support for the preparation of third-party funding applications if the content is appropriate. The funding offer of the Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer is currently suspended. 

The Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer regularly offers (upon request) financial support for academic events at EUF. See the information sheet and sample application. In addition, the ZeBUSS and ICES research centers also offer funding opportunities with a corresponding focus. Conferences with a clearly European or international orientation are funded by the Committee for Europe and International Affairs.

The Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer funds transfer events in which the EUF or its organizational units act as organizers. For information on funding requirements, see the information sheet and sample application.

For Open Access publications, publication grants can be used from central funds within the framework of the DEAL contractswith Springer Nature, Wiley and Elsevier for one publication per year by EUF researchers in one of the journal publishers affiliated here. For further publications, please make sure to obtain confirmation of cost coverage from your organizational unit in advance.

The ZeBUSS and ICES research centers grant their members financial support for scientific publication projects with a corresponding thematic reference.

Suspended for the time being: The Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer awards publication grants for pure open access publications that are not eligible for funding via the State Publication Fund, such as journal articles by experienced researchers and book publications, see overview of publication grants.

Suspended for the time being: Publication grants for hybrid open access publications can be applied for from the Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer for book and journal publications, see information sheet.

Open calls are announced by ICES with specific focuses. ZeBUSS supports research activities in three different funding lines ("research", "researchers in qualification phases" and "networking"). The annual Open Call of the Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer has been suspended for the time being.

The Erasmus+ program can be used to fund stays abroad for teaching, continuing education, and training, as well as for organizing blended intensive programs at the EUF for teachers and other staff groups. Further information is available from the International Center.

Europa Universität Flensburg has implemented a modularized initiative to promote and qualify doctoral and early career researchers, the Program for the Promotion and Qualification of Researchers in Qualification Phases (FQ-WiQ). This includes the following modules:

The Graduate Center (GraZ) offers qualification courses on interdisciplinary skills for doctoral researchers, post-docs, habilitating researchers and junior professors. The main qualification areas are
(1) research, writing, publishing,
(2) applying for third-party funding and academic communication,
(3) career and profile development.

To promote qualification and networking, the profiling research centers offer a wide range of subject-specific qualification programs, particularly within the framework of the ICES Research School and ZeBUSS Research Academy Education.

Participation in external training courses and academic events: ZeBUSS promotes participation in workshops, lectures and methods training courses, among other things, as part of its open support for researchers in qualification phases. ICES promotes participation in methods training courses through regular calls for proposals. In addition, the PhD Network's annual International Research Workshop at the Sankelmark Academy (near Flensburg), in which the EUF participates, is supported by the EUF with funding for the central organization. The participation fees for the 5-day workshop are to be financed separately.

Pre- and post-docs as well as junior professors are given the opportunity to reflect on and work through particular challenges in their qualification phase in a coaching program offered by the Equal Opportunities Office. In addition, GraZ offers the opportunity for individual coaching as part of career development workshops.

The mentoring program for doctoral researchers, developed by the Graduate Center (GraZ) in cooperation with the interdisciplinary doctoral network (DokNet), is currently in the pilot phase.

The EUF Scholarship Committee supports doctoral researchers with state doctoral scholarships for a maximum period of three years.

The post-doc program offers additional qualification positions in strategically relevant units to a limited number of post-docs.

The research center ICES regularly issues calls for proposals to fund research visits for data collection or archive work.

Funding of students assistants (SHK/WHK) for qualification work of Doctoral and Early Career Researchers can be applied for at the Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer. For the funding requirements see the information sheet (suspended for the time being)

Offered by the Doctoral Committee, the hardship fund allows researchers to bridge short-term funding gaps during the final phase of their doctoral studies.

The Department of European and International Affairs provides information and advice on international visits for research and teaching fellowships (with teaching duties for one semester if possible), primarily for junior professors.

In addition to Erasmus funding for teaching and continuing education for all staff groups, international research stays can also be funded for researchers in qualification phases. For more information, please contact the International Center.

The Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer offers financial support for participation in conferences and congresses (which also supports networking).

View infosheet and sample application

Publication funding for dissertations and postdoctoral theses is provided by the Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer. See information sheet.

Publication funding for open access journal articles is provided by the Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer using funds from the State Publication Fund, see information sheet and application form.