Workshop: Strategic Third-Party Funding & Career Goals - Module 4: From Proposal to Sustainability: Long-Term Funding Strategies for Scientific Independence

Details

Date:  Wed, 25 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: 11 February 2026
Contact for organizational questions: event@rs.ruhr-uni.bochum.de

Description

This workshop invites participants to reflect on comprehensive and long-term funding strategies for achieving scientific independence and strengthening institutional positioning. They will discuss general aspects and practical tools for proposal writing, and align their third-party funding proposals with individual scientific independence and career plans:

• Budgets, compliance, timelines, and evaluation criteria
• Common pitfalls and evaluator perspectives
• Long-term strategy: combining individual and collaborative funding
• Digital tools and platform resources
• Wrap-up: individual action plans and next steps

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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