Research Funding

The department of research funding consults and supports you - whether you are a student, junior researcher, or professor - in all phases of applying for third-party funds - from finding a suitable sponsoring organization for your project idea to the budget calculation. Additionally, you will find information on sponsoring programs internally in SystemOne, as well as in the database ELFI which systematically evaluates more than 8,000 programs by more than 3,700 national and international sponsors. This database is available free of charge for you in the ZU network.

The Research Support System FUSY

The academic research support system | FUSY supports promising research initiatives financially. Two focus areas have to be especially mentioned.

• The sponsoring of research activities by young academics in all of their forms: publications, attending of conferences, research study trips, carrying out of research projects.
• The sponsoring of research associations and clusters where scholars of the university work on interdisciplinary research questions together with external partners

Proposals are processed by the department of research funding which is also happy to answer your questions on FUSY. The decision of granting funds is made according to the respective guidelines either by the Research Council, or the department of research funding.