With its guideline on funding for projects devoted to the theme “Society of Innovation – Impact Challenge at Universities – Application-oriented Research into University-based Further and Continuing Education on Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship”, the BMBF aims to ensure that decision-makers at universities of applied sciences become aware of issues related to social innovation and social entrepreneurship. For example, funding is available for projects that focus on interdisciplinary cooperation and answer the question of how social challenges can be addressed in a solution- and practice-oriented way through university-based further education and training. Up to €60,000 can be granted per project over a period of up to ten months.
For information on the announcement, see the Federal Gazette website under the identification number BAnz AT 02.02.2023 B4 (Soziale Innovationen).
The DFG is the self-governing research funding organization in Germany. It serves science in all its branches. The DFG is organized as an association under private law. Its membership includes research-intensive universities, non-university research institutions, scientific associations and the Academies of Science and Humanities.
With the funding programme “Research Impulses”, the DFG offers an instrument to fund research consortia at research-oriented universities of applied sciences (UAS). As part of a comprehensive package of measures, the funding instrument supports UAS in further developing their research profile, increasing their competitiveness by concentrating and advancing existing research approaches, and enhancing the conditions for knowledge-driven research at the UAS long-term.
The “Project Academies” funding instrument is aimed specifically at early career researchers at universities of applied sciences. It is designed to enable professors at universities of applied sciences to engage in research projects based on DFG third-party funding at an early stage in their careers.
The funding database of the federal government offers quick help with finding suitable federal, state and European Union funding programmes. The database includes a search function that allows for combining various funding criteria and search terms.