Workshop: Strategic Third-Party Funding & Career Goals - Module 4: From Proposal to Sustainability: Long-Term Funding Strategies for Scientific Independence
Event type:
- Research Academy Ruhr
- CoachingPLUS
- For Junior Faculty
- Für Junior Faculty
- Workshop
This workshop invites participants to reflect on comprehensive and long-term funding strategies for achieving scientific independence and strengthening institutional positioning.
This workshop invites participants to reflect on comprehensive and long-term funding strategies for achieving scientific independence and strengthening institutional positioning. They will discuss general aspects and practical tools for proposal writing, and align their third-party funding proposals with individual scientific independence and career plans:
- Budgets, compliance, timelines, and evaluation criteria
- Common pitfalls and evaluator perspectives
- Long-term strategy: combining individual and collaborative funding
- Digital tools and platform resources
- Wrap-up: individual action plans and next steps
The workshop is supported by an asynchronous digital learning platform, accessible to all participants for at least six months. The platform provides:
- Resources: proposal templates, checklists, funding overviews, video inputs, and peer forums
- Micro-learning modules: “How to write a strong abstract,” “DFG evaluation criteria,” “ERC panel expectations,” etc.
- Self-reflection exercises: “My scientific independence plan (SIP),” “My strategic funding map”
- Date: Wed, 25 February 2026, 09:00–13:00 h
- Location: online via Zoom
- Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors)
- Trainer: Dr. ès sc. habil. Alexander Schiller
- Registration deadline: 11 February 2026
- Contact for organizational questions: eventrs.ruhr-uni.bochumde