International Calls for Proposals

University od Potsdam - KoUP

• KoUP Cooperation Funding

  Includes the development and execution of summer schools in Potsdam or abroad that include University of Potsdam students

• Application Deadline: Mid-January of each year
• Advising: Marita Böhning, Advisor to the Vice President for International Affairs, Alumni und Fundraising

DAAD Alumni Program

• DAAD Alumni Program

  Funding is provided for subject-related alumni training events (duration 3-10 days) in Germany or abroad (mobility and residence funds for foreign alumni, material resources, pro-rata personnel expenses) as well as other measures taken by universities to improve contact with foreign alumni.

  Funding is provided for foreign students who have completed their studies as students, graduates, scientists or lecturers at a German university or who have studied, researched or worked at a German university for at least three months and who are now generally working abroad again.

• Alumni Program AA
• Alumni Program BMZ
• Application deadline: End of June each year
• Advising: Dr. Regina Neum-Flux, International Office

DAAD - Summer Schools

• Summer Schools in Germany

  The program is aimed at German universities planning high-quality summer schools in Germany for international students and doctoral candidates.

  The aims of the program are: attracting qualified international students and doctoral candidates; further professional training in current research areas as well as professional and cultural exchange between international and German participants; insight into German teaching and research institutions and at colleges of art and music, into new artistic developments for international participants; positioning of German universities on the international education market.

• Summer Schools Abroad

  This program is directed at German institutions of higher education that plan and implement high-quality summer schools abroad for international students and doctoral candidates.

  Objectives are: attracting qualified international students and doctoral candidates; further professional training in current research areas as well as professional and cultural exchange between international and German participants; insight into German teaching and research practices, and at colleges of art and music, into new artistic developments for international participants; positioning of German universities on the international education market

• Application deadline: End of September each year

Franco-German University (Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (DFH))

• Support for scholarly events for junior reseachers, research studios, summer schools

  The Franco-German University (DFH) promotes Franco-German events for young scientists (doctoral and postdoctoral students) within the framework of networking scientists and intensifying the Franco-German scientific dialogue. In justified cases, master’s students or students of comparable levels may also participate in the sponsored events.

  The call is directed at German and French universities as well as non-university research institutions. The inclusion of a third country is welcomed.

  The call for proposals is open to all disciplines. The event must last at least two days up to a maximum of four weeks.  The projects can be carried out either as individual events or in the form of a structured series of events. If the latter is the case, the individual events are to be held at regular intervals over a period of a maximum of 24 months as a rule.

• Applications: Three times per year
• Advising: Dr. Regina Neum-Flux, International Office

Volkswagen Foundation

• Symposia and Summer Schools

  The foundation supports events in all specialist areas aimed at dealing with new scientific ideas and research approaches.  The Foundation would also like to encourage the testing of innovative event formats and new instruments to support interaction and networking among participants.

  Support on offer

  Support is available for symposia, workshops and conferences (usually up to 50 people) and summer schools (maximum 60 participants).  Funding is open to all topics and is not limited to specific specialist areas. Basic requirements are

  - an interdisciplinary and international context,

  - active participation of young academics (doctoral and post-doctoral students), and

   - a significant involvement of women scientists both among the lecturers and the participants.

  Summer schools will continue to be funded throughout Germany.

• Interaction between qualitative-hermeneutic approaches and the Digital Humanities: 'Mixed Methods' in the Humanities

  Applications can be submitted to this funding program for workshops and small summer schools. The program is directed at scholars of all historical-hermeneutical disciplines (e.g. philology, history, philosophy, history and comparison of law, art history, musicology) in cooperation with their partners in the digital humanities and computer science.

• Application: any time

• International Funding

  The University of Potsdam funds and supports cooperation with international partners.

• DAAD Prize

  for outstanding achievements of international students at German universities.

Mobilities with Erasmus+

• Erasmus+ Teaching Stays

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

• Erasmus+ for Training

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

Philipp Schwartz-Initiative

• Philipp Schwartz - Initiative

  With the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables the accommodation of endangered researchers at universities and research institutions by providing two-year scholarships, as well as a lump sum to the institution taking in the scholar.

  The University of Potsdam has already successfully participated in the program and can nominate additional endangered researchers for the now starting fifth call by the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative.

  Internal Deadline: 20 August 2019

• Contact for information and nomination

  For any questions related to the program and the nomination procedure the Head of the Welcome Center Potsdam, Mrs. Claudia Roessling, will be at your service: +49 331 977 1382.

• DAAD-Database

  Current calls for DAAD programs and running DAAD programs of funding.

• Calls for international cooperations of the BMBF

  overview of the national research and innovation systems and the variety of international cooperations in research, knowledge and innovation.

• German-French-University - Calls

  The German-French-University supports careers, courses of lectures, PhD programs between Germany and France.