Tϋbingen - Durham Seedcorn Fund - Second Round (2018-19)

Building on their collaborations through the Matariki Network of Universities, Durham and Tϋbingen Universities have strengthened their bilateral ties by developing a joint seedcorn fund to source and support joint research. Through a competitive process, Durham and Tϋbingen Universities jointly advertised, selected and funded research projects to the value of €10,000- €25,000. Successful research projects are expected to result in third-party funding applications.

The first round of the competition took place in 2018 and a total of c.€100,000 was awarded to five, joint Tϋbingen-Durham research projects across the 3 faculties.

The second round of the competition took place in 2019 and awards totalling €100,000 were made in 2019 to the following projects:

• “Illuminating the Arabian Stone-Age to Bronze-Age transition in northern Oman”

• “The effects of mood on effort allocation during uncertainty”

• "Without Order or Narrative? Reading Latin Text Collections from Late Roman Republic to the Early Middle Ages (‘LTC Project’)"

• "Manipulating plants to increase production of biomaterials"

• “Goo, glue, and grain binding: Importance of biofilms for diagenesis in sandstones and carbon storage”

Resources

• Tϋbingen-Durham Seedcorn - Application Form (last modified: 23 January 2019)
• Tϋbingen-Durham Seedcorn - Future Funding Opportunities (last modified: 27 February 2019)
• Tϋbingen-Durham Seedcorn - Guidance (last modified: 23 January 2019)