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The program supports the preparation of EU applications, the establishment of consortia for joint applications in EU funding programs, etc.

Funding offer for universities in Lower Saxony that were successful in the federal and state government's Female Professors Program 2030.

The Lower Saxony Professorship addresses exceptional academics who are professionally excellent and have several years of (management) experience in the science system.

Universities in Lower Saxony can apply for support in appointment and retention negotiations with outstanding personalities capable of further developing and sharpening the profile and reputation of a university.

Applications can be submitted by PhDs at universities in Lower Saxony and non-university research institutions funded by the state.

Entitled are researchers who have been assessed as excellent by the European Research Council (ERC), but do not receive an ERC grant due to the limited budget.

​​The Lower Saxony ERC Impulse Professorship is designed to support universities in Lower Saxony in making attractive tenure offers to the exceptionally qualified researchers who have received grants from the ERC Starting Grant programme.

We support academic events in the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences with the aim of promoting networking amongst academics, the exchange of research findings and the development of new research perspectives.

This call for proposals supports the establishment and implementation of a consortium on the theme of "Climate Change, Justice, Society: Just Transition" as part of the Climate Future Labs run by the Lower Saxony Centre for Climate Research.

The program addresses academics approaching the end of the early career phase up to a maximum of ten years after completing their doctorate.

We support research into Lower Saxony’s cultural heritage, whether it be collections, archival material or architectural, horticultural, archaeological and palaeontological monuments. Our aim is to document, research and make Lower Saxony’s cultural heritage accessible to the public.

As a key technology, artificial intelligence is of central importance to Lower Saxony's research system. This call for proposals combines the objectives of promoting individual scientists with the further development of AI methods and their application to existing data sets.

Funding is provided for scientifically outstanding projects conducted jointly by researchers from Israel and Lower Saxony.

The Hannah Arendt Fellowships enable outstanding international academics from the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences to spend six months conducting research in Lower Saxony.

This funding programme offers researchers the opportunity to receive seed funding for novel collaborative projects. The aim is to use the funding to enable the acquisition of additional third-party funding. This includes the strategic preparation of applications for large funding formats as well as significantly smaller projects.

​The programme provides Lower Saxonian and Scottish researchers with a unique opportunity to conduct joint research to lay the foundation for successful third-party funding bids, in particular Horizon Europe.