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Workshop: Strategic Third-Party Funding & Career Goals - Module 4: From Proposal to Sustainability: Long-Term Funding Strategies for Scientific Independence

Start: End: Location: online via Zoom
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

 

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