External-funding applications
External-funding applications for a collaborative project
For funding of a collaborative project (research training groups, research groups, collaborative research centers, or similar research units), please contact the vice dean and Dept. 4 as early as possible, since those applications are submitted by the University in consultation with the Faculty. Dept. 4 can provide financial support for the application in agreement with the Faculty.
External-funding applications for an individual project
Individual project proposals must be approved by the Faculty if
- the grant is to finance your own position or
- you plan to use Faculty resources.
In all other cases, directly report your project to the vice dean using the external-funding notification form (Drittmittelanzeige). After signature by the departmental spokesperson, please send to Zsuzsa Becker for signature on behalf of the faculty manager. From there, the notification of third-party funds is usually forwarded directly to Ref. 45 or Ref. 43. Further information on the notification of externally funded projects can be found here.
Financial support from the Faculty
Within the limits of available resources and after quality assessment, the Faculty can allocate a maximum of € 5,000 for:
- preparing an externally funded project (individual projects);
- setting up a major international conference; or
- projects not otherwise eligible for funding.
In these cases, co-financing is generally expected, e.g., performance-based funding (LOMI), departmental resources. The funds can be used for: student assistants, independent contractor agreements, or in special cases for temporary positions. If there are more applications than funds available, projects are selected based first on quality, then on the possibility of other funding (e.g., W1 above W3 professorships). Proposals in the key research areas have priority.
Consultation and contact
The vice dean provides thorough advising as time allows:
Prof. Dr. Johann Anselm Steiger
Vice Dean for Research
Email: anselm.steiger"AT"uni-hamburg.de
External-funding Portal of Dept. 4
The External-funding Portal of Dept. 4: Research Management and Funding offers you comprehensive information on the following topics:
- Differences in third-party funding sources (DFG, BMBF, EU, DAAD)
- Information for the path from the idea to the application
- Contact persons for the different phases of your project from the beginning to the end of the project
Link to the External-funding Portal
Please note:
This information focuses on applications to traditional funders of humanities research: the German Research Foundation (DFG) and other institutions applying similar criteria, such as the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), etc.
EU institutions and programs such as the European Science Foundation (ESF) and Horizon 2020 (formerly FP7) work differently, and applicants need to contact the Department of Research Management and Funding (Dept. 4 of the University Administration) in the early planning phase. This also applies to project proposals to the European Research Council (ERC).