Open Up – New Research Spaces for the Humanities and Cultural Studies
- area of research: humanities and cultural studies, theoretical social sciences
- type of funding: research projects; funding of a teaching substitute
- up to 250,000 or 350,000 Euro
- up to 1.5 years
- post-doctoral researchers/project teams in Germany; possible to include international cooperation partners
- short application; anonymized selection procedure
- additional benefits: funding for communication of science and research
Objectives
The funding initiative “Open Up – New Research Spaces for the Humanities and Cultural Studies” aims at exploring so far untapped research spaces by funding projects which are primarily concerned with reflecting and exploring new and original research approaches.This can be done, for example, by bringing together different perspectives in a novel way or by exploring new methodological approaches. In any case, it is about the process of exploring that creates space for the new and unpredictable – not about the final answer to a question or justification of a hypothesis. Explicitly sought are projects with a high degree of originality which can also be accompanied by a corresponding high-risk character of the project – the possibility of not achieving the envisaged project goals therefore does not provide an argument against the approval of the project.
The initiative follows the assumption that new ideas and research spaces open up more easily where different perspectives come together in new constellations. By funding research collaborations of two or three researchers, the Foundation intends to facilitate the full creative potential of such an interaction of different expertise and perspectives.
Scope of Funding
The funding initiative addresses teams of two or three researchers who aim to explore new and original research spaces. During a funding period of up to 1.5 years, projects with two project partners can be funded with up to 250.000 euros. Projects with three project partners can be funded with up to 350.000 euros.