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Funding Opportunities at the Faculty

The Commission for Research and Young Academics (FNK) is in charge of research funding at the Faculty.

If you have any questions or want to submit application, please contact the Office for Research Affairs.

Internationalization

Financial support for:

  • inviting international guests, e.g. for consultations
  • management of international conferences and workshops; coverage of material costs
  • initial fundig for establishing international/binational degree programs
  • proofreading of papers submitted to international publishers or revision of returned articels, abstracts etc.

Applicants: PhD and postdoctoral students

Application: informal to the Office for Research Affairs

Third-party funding

  • initial funding of project proposal preparation

Applicants: PhD and postdoctoral students

Application: informal application with project outline,planned expenditure details, funding organization, schedule including exact date of application to the Office for Research Affairs

Travel expenses

  • Funding of students presenting at conferences

Applicants: PhD students and postdocs at the University of Potsdam

Application: Form including confirmation of own presentation at conference and copy of prelimanary application to DAAD, PoGS, etc. to the Office for Research Affairs

Financial support for PhD students

  • Financial support for test subjects as part of the dissertation

Applicants: PhD students at the University of Potsdam

Application: informal application with short outline of research topic and explanation why test subjects are needed to the Office for Research Affairs