Proposals can be submitted at any time. Applications should be submitted within three months of rejection by the DFG.

Applicants:

Researchers who are employed at the University Hospital Essen, the LVR-Klinikum Essen or the Ruhrlandklinik. W2 and W3 professors are not eligible to apply.

What is funded:

Rejected proposals for DFG individual funding (“Sachbeihilfe”), the submission of which should be notified to the Research Unit in advance in a timely manner (forschungsreferat@uk-essen.de).

Scope of funding:

Up to €50,000 (max. 1/3 of the amount requested from the DFG) over a period of 12 months for personnel and consumables. Investment funds are only approved in justified exceptional cases; as a rule, these should be financed from the basic equipment.

The application must include:

• Informal application with a brief description of the work plan for the IFORES application (max. 1 page, font size Arial 11). If there is more than one applicant, a description of who will take on which tasks.

• Rebuttal letter: Here the reviewer's criticism should be addressed point by point. How will the criticism be resolved with the help of the funding requested here? How does the funding help to refute the criticism and ideally turn it into added value?

• Cost plan: which costs (personnel or material resources) are incurred for which activities?

Attachments to the proposal:

• Rejected DFG proposal (copy)
• DFG rejection notice + review (copies)
• CV
• List of publications
• Commitment by the applicant to resubmit the proposal to the DFG within 15 months of the start of funding *).
• Binding commitment (short form) from the institute or clinic head regarding the resources available for the proposed project from the basic budget (available personnel and consumables, as well as equipment)

*) The resubmission of the application must be communicated to the Research Unit in writing. Delayed submission or non-submission must be justified in writing.

Application form download:

Antrag DFG Wiedereinreichung

Review + funding recommendation:

Based on the DFG reviews, an internal review is carried out by the Commission for Research and Early Career Researchers. The funding recommendation is decided on a case-by-case basis.

Bettina Szabo
Officer for research
Tel.: +49 (0) 201-723-4553
bettina.szabo@uk-essen.de
Dean's Office,
1. Floor, Room 4

Dr. rer. nat. Nora Mitdank
Officer for research funding
Tel: +49 (0) 201/723-4692
nora.mitdank@uk-essen.de
Dean's Office,
1. Floor, Room 6

Dr. Munisch Wadwa
Officer for research funding
Tel: +49 (0) 201/723-83379
munisch.wadwa@uk-essen.de
Dean's Office,
1. Floor, Room 6

Anna Königshaus
Administration
Tel.: +49 (0) 201-723-4512
anna.koenigshaus@uk-essen.de
Dean's Office,
1. Floor, Room 20

Nathalie Bauer
Administration
Tel.: +49 (0) 201-723-4540
nathalie.bauer@uk-essen.de
Dean's Office,
1. Floor, Room 20

Kirsten Zupanc
Administration
Tel.: +49 (0) 201-723-83371
kirsten.zupanc@uk-essen.de
Dean's Office,
1. Floor, Room 20