23.05.2025 Funding Opportunities of the EU and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for Postdocs – Online informational event

In this online informational event, you will have the opportunity to obtain in-depth information on the topic of acquiring third-party funding. Representatives of both the European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will present comprehensive overviews of their funding programmes. Afterwards, we continue with a panel discussion on the topic of "Best Practices in Grant Writing: Inclusion, Sustainability & Diversity".

Successful careers in academia are almost inseparably linked to the successful acquisition of third-party funding. Finding, applying for, and being given the "right" type of grant can be a tremendous boon to any researcher's career. But how does one navigate the sprawling landscape of academic funding? How does one determine which programme is suitable for the current or next step in their career?

To answer these questions — and related ones — we are hosting a digital informational event on June 25, 2025 from 1.00 pm to 3.45 pm.

In the first part of the event, representatives of the European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will present their institutions and research funding offers for postdocs, providing insights into how you can identify the right offer for your career station and successfully acquire funding for your own postdoc research project.

In the second part of the event, we host a panel discussion on best practices in grant writing, with a particular focus on aspects of inclusion, sustainability, and diversity. Our panellists offer their varied perspectives as representatives of foundations, grantees, researchers, and university administrators to create a fruitful discussion about do's and don'ts of succesful grant writing. With a focus on inclusion, diversity, and sustainability, we seek to address aspects that are becoming ever more important to consider in successful grant applications — across all scientific disciplines.

Event website

www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/zentren/ggs/veranstaltungen/programme/postdoc/kfpinfoevent2025

Date

June 25, 2025, 1.00 pm–3.45 pm

Target group

Doctoral candidates, postdocs, junior research group leaders, junior professors, tenure-track professors from all disciplines (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Justus Liebig Universität Giessen, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen — University of Applied Sciences, Research Campus of Central Hesse (FCMH), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Universität Kassel).

Registration

If you wish to participate in our informational event, please register online via this application form: Click here.

Organizers

This event is part of the program "Career Development for Postdocs", which is jointly organized by the three graduate institutions Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (GGS), International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL) and MArburg University Research Academy (MARA) under the umbrella of the Research Campus Central Hessen.

The chief organizers of the event are Dr Christine Berger (MARA), Dr Michael Streuber (GGL), Dr Sina Weidenweber (THM), Felix Wagner (GGS), and Verena Graulich (Stabsabteilung Forschung).

If you have any questions or remarks about the event and programme, contact us via email to mara.postdoc@uni-marburg.de, postdocs@ggl.uni-giessen.de, or postdocs@ggs.uni-giessen.de.