Supporting New Ideas
Support for New Ideas (M4 – M6)
Measures M4 – M6 ensure our capacity for innovation and thematic regeneration throughout the whole University. The measures encompass funding formats for individual researchers as well as for small creative groups. Over the next five years the Development Fund will provide a substantial boost to selected subject areas.
M4 – Exploration Projects
Exploratory Projects are projects initiated by individual researchers: Innovative risk-taking projects receive generous support for the financing of resources and enjoy high levels of independence and flexible time scales. They investigate new lines of research and prepare the ground for disciplinary breakthroughs.
M5 - Creative Units
Single discipline research groups mutually develop new lines of research. Creative Units enjoy a maximum of freedom to develop their research creativity and to mutually develop and pursue new lines of research. This funding offer is open to all Faculties of the University.
All applicants need to know, requirements, scope of funding and procedure, and current calls
M6 – Development Fund
The Development Fund provides selected dynamic areas of the University with an additional development boost by funding limited-term W2 professorships. Provided they prove successful, these areas can subsequently be included in the University’s long-term development planning after 2017. The nine professorships that are foreseen will then become permanent appointments.
