Internal Research Funding at Paderborn University

Welcome to the website of the Committee for Research and Academic Careers! The committee is a standing committee, elected by the Senate pursuant to § 17, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution and § 22 of the Rules of Procedure of the Senate, to advice the Senate and the Executive Board on issues in research and regarding junior scientists and academics at Paderborn University. It supports the research activities of our academics with internal funding programmes.

On these pages you will find information about the Committee in general (members, tasks, objectives, dates, etc.) and the various internal research funding programmes supported by the Committee.

All faculties and status groups are represented in the Committee. Together with the Executive Board and the Senate, the committee pursues the expansion and strategic direction of research as well as the targeted funding of junior scientists and academics. The committee is chaired by the Vice President for Research and Junior Academics.

The Committee for Research and Academic Careers provides financial resources for the internal research funding of:

• doctoral grants
• gender research doctoral grants
• postdoc grants for women junior scientists and academics
• awards for excellent dissertations
• new research projects and junior scientists and academics in the faculties
• scientific conferences and PhD workshops with respect to organisation and realisation

Funding guidelines

The specific regulations for the individual funding programmes are available in the respective funding award guidelines (see funding programmes above).