Planning a third-party funded project? The faculty supports you!
Preparing and submitting larger research proposals (e.g., to FWF, FWF Joint Projects, EU, Thyssen) is time-consuming. Use the possibility of financial support to apply for your externally funded project (research projects with a funding volume of EUR 200,000 up to approx. EUR 500,000 as the share of the University of Graz, no educational programmes) at the faculty.
The Faculty of Humanities will contribute substantially to the costs if the following criteria are met:
- The project proposal is being submitted for the first time.
- The project is intended to fund several research positions.
- The project proposal is to be ready for submission in 2026.
- The planned application and implementation of the project is supported by the respective department/centre (via informal email from the department/centre management).
To be submitted (in German or English; max. 10 A4 pages in total):
(A) Project description (max. 2,000 words):
- State of the art of relevant international research (including own preliminary work, if applicable) and relation of the project to this context
- Clearly defined aims and hypothesis/hypotheses or research question(s) of the project
- Description of the project’s anticipated level of originality or scientific/scholarly innovation
- Methods
- Rough time and budget plan for the planned project (please already consider §109 UG when planning the involved researchers!!)
- (planned) cooperation partners and associated research partners (if applicable; national and/or international, subject of the intended cooperation(s) or the planned contribution)
(B) Data of the funding call (funding organisation, program track, deadlines, ....)
(C) Name of the core topic of the Faculty of Humanities and/or the research network, and the field of excellence of the University of Graz to which the project is assigned.
(D) Research achievements of the principal investigator (list of no more than ten of the most important published or accepted scientific publications and list of up to ten of the most important research achievements apart from scientific publications (e.g. freely accessible research data including software and codes, awards, conference contributions, keynote speeches, significant research projects, etc.). The applicant's publications from the last five years must be internationally visible and correspond to the career path expected in the relevant field. For assessment criteria, see the FWF's application guidelines for individual projects 1.4.1, valid from 1 July 2023, version 5).
The desired funding must be submitted in a separate document or via email at the time of submission.
In particular, applications may be submitted for personnel costs (temporary increases in part-time employment for a maximum of 6 months, work contracts), material resources (temporary licence costs, costs for test subjects, etc.) and/or a reduction in teaching hours for the 2026 summer semester (max. 4 SWS), but not travel expenses or expenses for guests, publications, websites, etc. The maximum possible funding amount is 6,000 euros.
If a reduction in teaching is desired (up to a maximum of 4 semester hours is possible), the chairperson of the responsible Curricular Committee must be consulted before the application is submitted. The submission of the necessary teaching change by the Curricular Committee and the decision on approval/rejection by the Dean of Studies takes place after any approval of the funding.
Applications can be submitted by email (gewi.dekan(at)uni-graz.at) until September 26, 2025.
Applications are reviewed by members of the Faculty of Humanities according to a standardized procedure. The final decision regarding the awards of funding lies with the Deans of the Faculty and will be communicated by January 1, 2026 at the latest.
A prerequisite of reviewing of the application is that the applicant or the researcher designated to lead the project has filled in his/her profile in the research portal of the University of Graz and that the research data are up-to-date.