Applications open for Short Term Grants Programme (Germany)

They invite the Short Term Grantees to carry out their own research projects in cooperation with a local host at UBT. Prior to submission of the application, applicants are required to identify a host in Bayreuth with whom they aim to carry out their research project. The local hosts provide their grantees with appropriate office and lab space and an up-to-date infrastructure. Applications are welcome from all disciplines, although exceptions apply.

Goal

• The BHC supports academic exchange across existing boundaries: between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers.

Funding Information

• Short Term Grants (intended for stays of about 1-3 weeks duration) include the reimbursement of travel expenses between the home institution and Bayreuth as well as accommodation costs in Bayreuth. The costs will be refunded up to a maximum of €3,500. Short Term Grants are available to researchers regardless of their field of research.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants for Short Term Grants must have completed their PhD. The Centre offers Short Term Grants to applicants in all disciplines that can be supported at the University of Bayreuth.
• Applicants for Short Term Grants must have lived outside Germany for a minimum of 12 months in total in the 18-month period prior to submission of the application. Researchers of German nationality are eligible to apply if their regular residency is abroad with the prospect of at least five years. Potential applicants who have completed their school education and one university degree or one university degree and their doctorate in Germany are subject to the regulations applying to German citizens. Researchers currently based at German research institutions are not eligible for this programme.
• They view the diversity of their awardees as an asset and are expressly committed to the goal of gender equality. Female scholars and anyone who can help make the research profile of the university more diverse are strongly encouraged to apply.
• In case of doubts about the eligibility of the researcher, submission of documentary evidence may be requested after the call deadline.

Evaluation Criteria

• The Executive Board of the University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt” will evaluate the applications according to the following criteria:
  • Academic record and academic performance of the applicant to date,
  • Future potential of the applicant,
  • Quality of key publications specified in the application,
  • Originality and innovation potential of the suggested research outline, and
  • Feasibility of the research project in cooperation with the local host and interconnectivity with the University of Bayreuth beyond the local host.

For more information, visit University of Bayreuth.