Research Academy is awarding Mobility Grants to postdocs from the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr). The grants provide funding of up to €6,000 per person for four to twelve-week stays abroad.
Grantees are presented with the opportunity to acquire international experience, establish and expand international research networks, and initiate or advance independent research projects in collaboration with international partners. The applicant is responsible for organizing these visits, which must take place in 2026.
The funding covers travel and accommodation costs in accordance with the State Travel Expenses Act of North Rhine-Westphalia. Further costs will not be covered. The prospect of co-financing by university chairs or similar entities is technically possible.
Postdoctoral researchers from all academic disciplines who have an employment contract with one of the UA Ruhr universities or are affiliated with one of these through a scholarship program are eligible to apply for funding.
Evaluation criteria are the general comprehensibility of the application, plausibility of the planning, icluding the work and financial plan, as well as the relevance and added value of the stay abroad for the academic career and research. The assessment will be carried out by the ECR Board of the UA Ruhr. Funding decisions are expected to be made at the end of April.
The next deadline for submitting applications is 20 March 2026.
You can find the application form here: https://eveeno.com/175401472.
In addition, the following documents must be submitted combined in one PDF with a maximum of 8 pages:
All documents must be uploaded in one file via the following Sciebo link: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/Dn2SkK9A3sDkKza
It is imperative to adhere to the following designation scheme: Lastname_Firstname
Sciebo is a German non-commercial cloud storage service from universities for universities and works in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO).
Please note that your application is incomplete until you upload all necessary documents.
Dr Marcel Sebastian, Social Sciences, TU Dortmund University, went to Edge Hill University Ormskirk, United Kingdom.
Dr Sophie Aerdker, Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum, went to Université Paris Cité, France.
Dr Anna Bertelli, History, Ruhr University Bochum, went to University of Patras, Greece.
Dr Elodie Donval, Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, went to University of Bergen, Norway.
Dr Anike Krämer, Social Sciences, TU Dortmund University, went to Stockholm University, Sweden.
Dr Ina Dormuth, Statistics, TU Dortmund University, went to Brunel University of London, United Kingdom.
Dr Jessica Szczuka, Social Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, went to Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Dr Zeynep Tüfekçioğlu, Cultural Studies, TU Dortmund University, went to University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Dr Lukas Merten, Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum, went to Columbia University, USA.
Dr Lara Altenstädter, Social Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, went to Hasselt University, Belgium.
Dr Isabelle Noll, Mechanical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, went to Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands.
Dr Anika Meißner, Philology, Ruhr University Bochum, went to Université de Fribourg, Switzerland.
If you have any questions about the Mobility Grants, please contact:
Dr. Kirstin Schreiber
Mail: research-academy@uaruhr.de
Tel.: +49(0)234 32 29239
Research Academy is the cross-university platform of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen for promoting early career researchers in the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr).
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