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SUMMARY:[ Volkswagen Stiftung – Original – isn’t it? | Research Fund
 ing ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200317
DTSTAMP:20260501T205833Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The Volkswagen Stiftung funding initiative Original – isn't 
 it? New Options for the Humanities and Cultural Studies aims at the scient
 ific exploration of original ideas in the humanities and cultural studies.
  It supports project teams who wish to work together on a new research ide
 a and test its feasibility in an initial exploratory phase\, and subsequen
 tly co-author a publication on the results.\n \nThe PI must come from the
  humanities and cultural studies. Co-applicants can be issued from the soc
 ial sciences as well as from the life\, natural and engineering sciences.\
 n \nProjects involving empirical studies\, data analysis\, or interviews 
 cannot be funded.\n \nA total of approximately 20 projects will be funded
  per call.\n \nWho can apply:\n\n	Max. 4 partners with a PhD.\n	The PI mu
 st be employed (or have an offer of employment) by a university or researc
 h institution in Germany.\n	Co-applicants can be based at a university or 
 research institution in Switzerland. \n\n \nFunding & Duration for fundin
 g line “Constellations”:\n\n\n	max. EUR 200'000 for up to 18 months fo
 r projects with 4 partners.\n	max. EUR 150’000 for up to 18 months for p
 rojects with up to 3 partners.\n	Eligible costs: personnel and project-rel
 ated costs (incl. funding for international partners).\n	Does NOT cover ov
 erheads\, doctoral studies\, childcare.\n\n \nDeadline: 17 March 2020\n 
 \nApplications (a short 3-page sketch template 1 and a 1-page self-assessm
 ent template 2) will be reviewed by the Foundation and\, in anonymised for
 m\, by a jury of international researchers.\nDecision: within 5-6 months.\
 nSuccess rate: until now 52 projects have been funded → 17 out of 387 (4
 %) in 2015\, 18 out of 213 (8%) in 2016\, and 17 out of 174 (10%) applicat
 ions in 2017.\nStart of the project: within 6 months from the decision.\n
  \nFor more information and application\, please have a look at the call 
 webpage\, guidelines\, FAQs and past selected projects.\n 
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