Further funding opportunities

In order to strengthen excellent research at the University of Wuppertal and provide targeted support for research activities, Section 1.1 Research Funding and External Funding Administration offers you numerous services:

• Funding research
• Advice and administrative support for applications, budget calculation and realisation of research projects
• Review of applications, background information, interface to key players at the BUW, project management organisations and the EU
• Information events
• Administrative and legal processing
• Advice on the interpretation of the respective funding regulations in German and English
• Fundamental questions of management

Please also contact Department 1.1 for information on possible projects/programmes for research funding abroad.

Further useful information can also be found here.

Here you will find further content, including information on how to apply for funding independently at the ELFI - Service Centre for Electronic Research Funding Information .

• The BUW has a licence that allows all members of the university to search the ELFI database. You must register personally once for the full use of ELFI on your first visit. To do this, you must access the site from a computer within the university network or dial into the university network from home via a secure access (VPN) (all information on VPN external access can be found on the pages of the University Computer Centre ZIM). As soon as you have a registered account, the use of ELFI is no longer dependent on the university network.

The DAAD is the world's largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and academics. In addition to awarding scholarships, the DAAD promotes the internationalisation of universities, strengthens German studies and the German language abroad, supports developing countries in establishing efficient universities and advises decision-makers in education, foreign science and development policy. The DAAD supports a wide range of projects, including semesters abroad, doctoral programmes, internships and guest lectureships.

The DAAD offers the following programmes and funding for academics, among others:

Research abroad

• Short scholarships for research stays during studies and after the doctorate
• Congress and lecture trips
• Project-related exchange programme (PPP)
• Bilateral academic exchange programme

Teaching abroad

• Short and long-term lectureships
• Johann Gottfried Herder Programme (teaching stays for emeritus university lecturers)
• Lecturer programmes
• Teaching assistant scholarships

Please consult the DAAD website and the DAAD scholarship database, where you can filter by target group, target country and programme.

The International Center of the University of Wuppertal offers you information and advice on funding opportunities for internationalisation measures in research, studies and teaching and supports university members in the preparation of DAAD funding applications.