CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Tϋbingen - Durham Seedcorn Fund - Second Round (2018-19)

Building on their collaborations through the Matariki Network of Universities, Durham and Tϋbingen Universities wish to strengthen their bilateral ties and have developed a joint seedcorn fund to source and support joint research. Through a competitive process, Durham and Tϋbingen Universities will jointly advertise, select and fund 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.

Parameters of the scheme are outlined below:

Eligibility

• Applicants/ PIs must be academic staff at either Durham or Tϋbingen Universities at any stage of their careers, and can include faculty from cooperating institutes.
• Additional external partners can be involved, however a strong argument should be made where contribution exceeds 20%.
• Applicants must have expertise in the applied projects.
• Projects incorporating Early Career Researchers (ECRs) or postgraduate students are encouraged.

Application Timeline:

• Competition opens on Friday 1st February 2019
• Completed applications should be submitted to international.partnerships@durham.ac.uk by midday (UK time) 15th April 2019

If you have any questions please contact Emma Moore (Durham) on international.partnerships@durham.ac.uk or Elenora Haag (Tϋbingen) on international.research@uni-tuebingen.de

The application form, guidance notes as well as information about future external funding opportunities are available to download using the links below.

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)