Research and Transfer Pool – funding programme for initial, own-contribution and project funding

Our internal funding program “Research and Transfer Pool” (FTP) for start-up, own contribution and project funding consists of three funding lines.

The information letter and the guidelines are available on the intranet for further information.
We ask for your understanding that we are temporarily using an application procedure by e-mail. The online application procedure will be successively activated by the end of the year.

The three FTP funding lines are:
-- in the first two, applications are possible at any time, in “project funding” only in the context of calls for proposals! --

1. For the “Proposal Funding”  (start-up funding for the development of third-party funding applications), you will find all details and documents on the subpage on the intranet.
Applications are possible at any time.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Theis and the staff of the Research Services Division.

2. For the funding line “own contribution” (financing of university own contributions in externally funded projects) you will find all information on the subpage on the intranet:
Applications are possible at any time.
Please contact Dr. Theis in the Research Services Divison to obtain the application forms, as the documents are currently being revised and will be made available on request.

3. The second call for proposals in the project funding line ran at the end of October. First contact is Jan Bachor in the Research Services Division.

1. As a first step, please notify the relevant section of Research Services (Division III) about your planned research proposal and the underlying project. We will be happy to review a draft of your Research and Transfer Pool application and, where necessary, pre-register it for a University Executive meeting. If you are submitting an application for funding of the University's own contribution to the project costs, please submit it in good time to ensure that a decision is made before you submit your external funding proposal.
   
2. Applications under the “Proposal Funding" and "Own Contribution" funding lines can be submitted at any time.
   For applications under the "Project Funding" funding line (Section 7 of the RTP policy document), deadlines are set by the Vice President for Research for each semester. There is a separate application and selection process for this funding line, which is described in the call for proposals.
   
3. Applications under the funding lines “Proposal Funding" and "Own Contribution" should be made online using a web form that will soon become available on this web page. After you submit the web form, you will have to confirm using the automatically generated confirmation link generated by the system. We will not receive your application until you confirm it using this link. Once you have confirmed, the application process is officially initiated and you will receive an individual confirmation of receipt from the Research Services Division, which may contain further questions and information on the next steps.
   
4. Research Services (Division III) then initiates the further procedural steps:
   Human Resources (Division VIII) determines the personnel resources.
   Finance (Division VII) checks for available funds and draws up a funding allocation proposal.
   Research Services (Division III) will liaise with you to prepare the decision document for the University Executive meeting (if required) and submit it to the Governing Bodies Section.
   A copy of your application will be forwarded to the Head of Administration for his information.
   The review period after receipt of your full funding application (including supporting documents) is, at minimum, fifteen working days.
   
5. The Vice President for Research decides directly on funding of up to EUR 25,000; for funding exceeding EUR 25,000 or if the application is made under the “Project Funding” funding line, the University Executive decides.
   For funding applications where the decision rests with the University Executive, the reviewed Research and Transfer Pool application must be submitted to the University Executive no less than eight working days before the meeting at which it is to decide on the application. Please be aware that, as a rule, the University Executive does not hold meetings during the semester breaks. The scheduling of the various steps of the selection process is determined in consultations between the Research Services Division, the Governing Bodies Section and the University Executive.
   
6. Research Services (Division III) will provide advance information on the decision to you by e-mail.
   If your application is approved, the Finance Division will send you an official letter of approval, which includes details on the cost centre and proof of use of funds.
   Please note that the approval letter for the "Own Contribution" funding line will only be drawn up after we are in receipt of the funding approval from the external funding body.