Digital question time
Do you still have questions about the application process or need some final information before submitting your application? Then join our open, virtual information sessions, which include a Q&A session. There, our DBU colleagues will personally provide you with all the answers. Simply join the session via Teams—no registration required:
Wednesday, December 16, 2026, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
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Meeting ID: 320 238 652 849 632
Passcode: 7a9bG35N
Wednesday, January 6, 2027, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
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Meeting ID: 372 144 371 048 155
Passcode: pu9Vb3uA
Applications can be submitted on January 15 and June 15 of each year.
The application platform opens around two months before the application deadline.
Tips for your application
Your CV should be complete and convey a meaningful picture of your personality in addition to your professional qualifications.
The abstract is your professional business card and describes your project concisely on one page, from the initial situation, the research idea and the planned approach to the practical significance and environmental relevance.
Please follow the steps below:
- Please read our guidelines (in German language) before you apply!
- Incomplete applications and thematically irrelevant as well as already started projects will not be funded!
- Please register via the online application process
- After successful registration you will receive access data (login/file number) from us via email.
- With your file number and password you can log in here and fill out your online application.