Current Calls for Proposals

The KoUP cooperation funding program was established by the Executive Board at the University of Potsdam as a seed money concept to promote international partnerships. The aim of the funding is to initiate international cooperation and to work with partner institutions to develop third-party funding applications for research projects. Current calls for proposals are published on this page at the beginning of December each year, with a deadline in mid-January of the following year.

If you have any questions, please contact Marita Böhning, Senior Advisor for International Affairs / YERUN Coordinator, marita.boehning@uni-potsdam.de, (-4190).

The cooperation with Tel Aviv University includes the exchange of students, researchers, science managers, and technology transfer. For the tenth time, the university is now offering a joint postdoctoral and PhD exchange fellowship in collaboration with Tel Aviv University. The funding will enable a postdoctoral researcher from UP and a postdoctoral researcher from Tel Aviv University to spend time at the partner institution. In addition, the same opportunity is available to doctoral students from both universities. Applicants may come from different disciplines. They will receive a monthly stipend of EUR 2,200 (postdocs) or EUR 1,650 (PhDs) at UP and 7,500 shekels (postdocs) and 5,439 shekels (PhDs) at TAU. The funding will be paid by the host institution. The application deadline is May 1, 2026. Travel warnings issued by the "Auswärtiges Amt" must be observed, as a business trip can only be approved if there are no warnings in place.

If you have any questions, please contact Marita Böhning, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, at marita.boehning@uni-potsdam.de (-4190).

+++ no deadline, applications possible as long as funds are available ++++ The new internal funding program UP Reconnect enables Potsdam scientists and institutes to invite their international research alumni back to the University of Potsdam for a short stay and thus strengthen their cooperation network. The funding includes a travel allowance, the amount is calculated depending on the country of departure.

If you have any questions, please contact Juliane Seip, Advisor for Alumni and Relationship Management, alumni@uni-potsdam.de, (-1431)

The University of Potsdam funds teaching assignments at European partner institutions that have an inter-institutional agreement with the University of Potsdam.

The University of Potsdam supports and funds mobilities of non-academic employees within the Erasmus+ porgram.

Teachers can apply for centrally administrated Erasmus+ funds for Blended Intensive Programs (BIP) to implement cooperative teaching formats with European partner universities.