National Funding

The DFG’s Liaison Officer at the University of Bayreuth is Prof. Dr. Anna Köhler.

• DFG funding programmes at a glance
• Project application Individual Research Grants: Individual Grants Programme
• Coordinated Programmes
  
• Research Infrastructure
  
• Scientific Instrumentation and Information Technology

Please get in touch if you prepare a project in one of the DFG’s Coordinated Programmes. For Scientific Instrumentation contact Dr. David Magnus. Please note our Guide to Procurement of Major Instrumentation. We also provide Guidelines on the Application Procedure DFG Heisenberg at the University of Bayreuth.

Do not hesitate to get in touch with us with questions regarding the application procedures for DFG-funded projects.

Federal funding programmes are directed at universities, enterprises, major research institutions and other research units, predominantly for joint projects.

The criteria for applications are published in the current calls for applications of funding programmes and guidelines. All applications for federal programmes are managed by the Research Support Office and are checked for budgeting and submitted by the Division II/1.1.4 at UBT’s Central Administration. Please see our guidelines for federal funding applications (in German language only).
Kindly get in touch ahead of time with Dr. David Magnus to prepare your application.

The Free State of Bavaria supports Bavarian research by way of the Bavarian State Ministries and various institutions and programmes.

Bavarian State Ministries:

• Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts (StMWK)
  
• Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV) (in German only)
• Bavarian State Ministry for the Economy, Media, Energy, and Technology (StMWi) (in German only)
• Bavarian State Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry (StMELF) (in German only)
  

Bavarian institutions and programmes

• Elite Network of Bavaria
  
• Oberfrankenstiftung (in German only)
• Rainer Markgraf Stiftung (in German only)
• Bavaria Queensland Research Alliance Grant Program
• BayIntAn – Bavarian Funding Programme for the Initiation of International Projects
• Bavarian Research Associations
• Bavarian Research Foundation (BFS)
• Bavarian University Centres (in German only)
• Bavarian-Czech University Agency
  
• Bavaria Innovative
• Project Sponsor Bavaria
  

Kindly get in touch ahead of time with Dr. David Magnus to prepare your application.

For the preparation of applications in state funding (Bavarian state ministries), there are established processes at the University of Bayreuth, which are described in a guideline:

• Antragstellung in der Landesförderung (bt-Kennung erforderlich)

• VolkswagenStiftung: Topic-related funding and funding for specific groups
  
• Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung: Scholarship programme, project and conference funding in defined funding areas
  
• Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: International exchange of scholars
  
• Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt: Research projects on issues relevant to the environment
  
• Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung: Grant programme and project funding for the historical humanities
  
• Evonik-Stiftung (frühere Degussa-Stiftung): Grants for early-career scholars in chemistry and neighbouring disciplines
• Schering-Stiftung: Grants for early-career scholars in chemistry and neighbouring disciplines
  
• Mercator-Stiftung: Funding for project relating to integration, climate change, and cultural training in the areas of science, education, and international communication
  
• Leopoldina: International grants for postdocs in medicine and the natural sciences
  
• Minerva Stiftung: Research visits to Israel
• Robert Bosch Foundation