Funding opportunities

Funds are available for research projects carried out at the University of Tübingen as part of the Promotion of Junior Researchers Program. Start-up financing for innovative projects with good prospects of attaining external third-party funding are supported. Qualified junior researchers are thereby given the chance to start up independent research projects. This program is aimed at the development of a bigger third-party funding application.

Innovation Grants in the Sciences and Life Sciences make it possible to test the feasibility of translating research findings into applications (proof of concept). Junior researchers (postdocs, straight after completing their PhDs) are to be given the opportunity to translate the knowledge gained in their doctoral thesis into usable processes, services or products.

Innovation Grants give junior researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences the opportunity to transfer their research results to practical applications, thus suggesting alternatives to an academic career path within the University. The goal is to apply results attained from doctoral studies to the creation of innovative techniques, services and products through collaboration with extramural partners. This would enable a transfer of theoretical knowledge to the public sphere.

Tübingen Reloaded is a competitive funding program that enables Tübingen institutes and researchers to invite their international alumni back to Tübingen for a research visit.