Niedersachsen: Boost Research! Seed Grants for Lower Saxony

Niedersachsen: Boost Research! Seed Grants for Lower Saxony is sponsored by Volkswagen Stiftung. This funding program offers researchers the opportunity to receive seed funding for novel collaborative projects.

The aim is to enable the acquisition of additional third-party funding.

Our Funding Portfolio | VolkswagenStiftung The Volkswagen Foundation is dedicated to the support of the humanities and social sciences as well as science and technology in higher education and research. It funds research projects in path-breaking areas and provides assistance to academic institutions for the improvement of the structural conditions for their work.

We provide support in four profile areas Expanding knowledge about processes of transformation and developing possible courses of action together with stakeholders in civil society. Breaking into previously unexplored research territory with unconventional ideas and experimental approaches.

Critically exploring and reflecting on the research system with a view to initiating positive change on areas such as career paths, governance, research and teaching. Funding programme for top-level research in Lower Saxony. We support future-oriented topics with our funding offers.

- Any - Agronomy and Forestry Classical and Ancient Studies Architecture, Regional and Urban Planning Non-European Languages and Cultures, Social Anthropology Business Studies Demography Biochemistry / Biophysics Biology Biomedicine Chemistry Educational Studies Humanities / Social Sciences Geography Earth Sciences History Health Sciences Computer Sciences Engineering Sciences Communication and Media Sciences Cultural Studies Art History Life Sciences Literature Mathematics Medicine Musicology Natural Sciences / Engineering Neuroscience Pharmacy Philosophy Physics, Astronomy Political Science Psychology Law Area Studies Religious Studies Sociology Sports Science Languages Calls Open to All Disciplines Theology Environmental Sciences Administrative Science Veterinary Medicine Economic Science Research on Research, Higher Education Studies - Any - Own position (i.e. postdoc, prof.) Funding of a teaching substitute Research project International cooperation with partner in Germany Organizing an event (research/science) Science communication Seed funding, teaching, graduate education, infrastructure, institutional funding Deadline: 28 January 2027 AI Research Groups Lower Saxony 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. Website zukunft.

niedersachsen area of research: computer science, artificial intelligence, application disciplines type of funding: ​research groups​ Next deadline in 2027, the call will be published in autumn 2026 Collaborative projects: currently no further calls Transformational Knowledge on Democracies under Change – Transdisciplinary Perspectives The programme addresses persons from science together with actors outside of academia who are interested in transdisciplinary research and aim at jointly developing new perspectives on democratic forms of government under change.

areas of research: humanities, cultural and social sciences (lead); cooperation with natural, life, data and technical sciences possible type of funding: task forces Momentum – Funding for Recently Tenured Professors The funding offer is aimed at professors three to five years after taking up their first tenured professorship at a university in Germany.

area of research: all disciplines type of funding: concepts for the broadening of perspectives next deadline for Fellowships in 2027 Research Groups: No further calls Our target group: Personalities from science who are researching transformation processes jointly with non-academic partners.

area of research: all disciplines funding for: own position The next deadline is expected for mid-2027 Researching Research: Strengthening University Centres The funding offer is aimed at established centres, institutes or research priority areas for Science Studies at universities in Germany that have been institutionalised in recent years and are striving for further structural development.

area of research: science studies type of funding: funds for structural measures Deadline: expected in early summer 2027 zukunft. niedersachsen: Research Cooperation Lower Saxony – Israel Funding is provided for scientifically outstanding projects conducted jointly by researchers from Israel and Lower Saxony. Website zukunft.

niedersachsen. de area of research: Humanities and Social Sciences (call 2027) type of funding: research projects Deadline scheduled for summer 2027 zukunft. niedersachsen: Boost Research!

Seed Grants for 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. Website zukunft.

niedersachsen. de Data Reuse – Additional Funding for the Preparation and Storage of Research Data (Open Science) The funding offer aims at grantees of the Volkswagen Foundation, eligible are current projects and projects that have been funded approximately in the last 6 months. funding for: preparation and storing of research data for its reuse Here you can find our previous funding offers.

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