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Are you a scientist at a university of applied sciences? Then you can apply for funding through the "FH Europa" measure, which you can use to finance the preparation of EU funding.
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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports projects of universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen/Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften) with the measure "FH-Europa" in order to enable them to expand and strengthen their networks on a European level as well as to establish themselves sustainably and in the longer term with their research foci in the scientific community.
As a researcher at a university of applied sciences, you can receive funding for eligible project-related costs, either alone or jointly with another university of applied sciences. Funding is provided for the expenses you incur in the course of preparing your application for a call in one of the European research funding programs.
Prospects for funding exist for your project
Furthermore, there is a prospect of funding for your project
Type and scope, amount of grant:
The BMBF will recognize as eligible for funding such activities of yours
Eligible activities within the scope of direct application support are
In addition to pure application support, the following activities are eligible for funding:
You cannot receive funding for
There is no entitlement to the grant. Rather, the granting authority decides on the basis of its dutiful discretion within the framework of the available budget funds.
Eligible to apply are:
all state-recognized universities of applied sciences and universities of applied sciences, as well as
Funding requirements in detail:
Furthermore, for the purposes of this guideline, only those activities for the preparation of applications will be funded for which it has already been determined
Special funding requirements:
Für das 1-stufige Verfahren; Projektantrag mit folgenden Angaben:
Ihr Förderantrag darf nicht mehr als 10 Seiten, zuzüglich Titelblatt und Anlagen, umfassen (Schriftart Arial, Schriftgröße mindestens 11, Zeilenabstand mindestens einfach, Seitenränder mindestens 2 Zentimeter). Dabei ist die auf der Internetseite des Projektträgers hinterlegte Formatvorlage zwingend zu verwenden.
Ihr Förderantrag muss neben einem aussagekräftigen Projekttitel und einem einprägsamen Kurztitel folgende Punkte enthalten:
Ihr Förderantrag muss neben einem aussagekräftigen Projekttitel und einem einprägsamen Kurztitel folgende Punkte enthalten:
Ihrer Vorhabenbeschreibung dürfen als Anlage folgende Unterlagen beigefügt werden:
The application procedure for funding to support higher education institutions in cross-border networking and application to strengthen innovation capacity in the European Research Area (UAS-Europe), has one stage.
Application and evaluation
Your application for funding to support higher education institutions in cross-border networking and application for the strengthening of innovative capacity in the European Research Area (FH-Europa), you submit as follows:
There are no costs involved.
There is no fixed deadline for submitting your applications.
In this procedure, you can submit your applications continuously from the publication of this guideline until June 30, 2027 in electronic form via the "easy-Online" Internet portal in accordance with the instructions stored there.
There are no clues or specifics.
If you have an idea for the (further) development of innovative technologies in information and communication technologies (ICT), you can be funded under certain conditions. The aim is to transfer knowledge from research to industry.
The funding measure "Validation of the technological and societal innovation potential of scientific research - VIP+" supports researchers in systematically validating their research results.