Workshop: Strategic Third-Party Funding & Career Goals - Module 3: Collaborative Research Funding

Details

Date:  Wed, 11 February 2026, 09:00–13:00 h
Location: online via Zoom
Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)
Trainer:  Dr. ès sc. habil. Alexander Schiller
Registration deadline: 18 January 2026
Contact for organizational questions: event@rs.ruhr-uni.bochum.de

Description

This workshop centers on collaborative research funding programs, with a particular emphasis on DFG funding schemes. Participants will explore how to establish effective collaborations and consortia for their research, including interdisciplinary and cross-institutional partnerships, and leverage collaborative research funding to advance their research. The workshop will address both initiating collaborative research funding programs and being a project leader:

• DFG Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs), Research Units (Forschungsgruppen), and Priority Programs (Schwerpunktprogramme)
• Building consortia and interdisciplinary collaborations
• Advancing own research through collaborative research funding programs
• Interactive session: group work on a mock CRC concept

The workshop is supported by an asynchronous digital learning platform, accessible to all participants for at least six months. The platform provides:

• Resources: proposal templates, checklists, funding overviews, video inputs, and peer forums
• Micro-learning modules: “How to write a strong abstract,” “DFG evaluation criteria,” “ERC panel expectations,” etc.
• Self-reflection exercises: “My scientific independence plan (SIP),” “My strategic funding map”

Trainer

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