Call for Applications – Seed funding for junior post-doctoral scholars (2024/2025)
The seed funding is designed for early-career postdoctoral scholars and aims to provide financial support to kick-start new, innovative research projects. The funds can be used locally, there is no need to come to Regensburg to be eligible for this grant. The deadline for application is 19 July 2024.
We are pleased to announce the call for applications for our 2024/2025 seed funding programme to commence in January 2025 the earliest. This programme targets junior post-doctoral researchers, particularly (but not exclusively) from Southeastern Europe, who are historians, anthropologists, linguists, and/or scholars of cognate disciplines. It aims to provide financial support to kick-start new, innovative research projects, of up to 4,000 € per application. The funds will be awarded on the condition of a new and viable research or research project idea that follows the intellectual agenda and profile of seeFField. Openness to cross-disciplinary approaches and forms of exchange is a key precondition. The funds must be used in a project-related manner and in accordance with the principles and guidelines of the Volkswagen Foundation to cover for example, research costs, travel, research assistance, preparation workshops. We will award a total of two seed funding scholarships in the academic 2024/2025 year. The funds can be used locally, there is no need to come to Regensburg to be eligible for the seed funding programme.
You can download the CfA here.