Dear researchers,

As usual, we would like to provide you with news about research support at the start of the winter semester 2021/22.

This fall, we will celebrate the 5^th anniversary of the Research Support Services after its reorganization in 2016. We are pleased that so many of you are already using our service. We would like to take this anniversary as an opportunity to collect your wishes and ideas around our services. Therefore, we hereby cordially invite you to participate in our anniversary survey up to and including October 29, 2021.
We look forward to your suggestions!

We would also like to draw your attention to the FIT Newsletter. The newsletter bundles current calls for proposals from different funding agencies and can be tailored to your individual needs. Another advantage is that you receive the calls for proposals directly. More information about FIT can be found below under “In Focus”.

We wish you a good start into the new semester and look forward to supporting you with your research ideas and plans!

Your
Team of the Research Support Services

You can already find a first preview of the program for the summer semester on our website under Program.

For more events related to the support of early career researchers, please visit the Graduate Center’s website.

Non-scientific review criteria

In addition to subject-specific criteria, various cross-cutting issues play a not inconsiderable role in the review of your externally funded projects. These include, for example, the areas of equal opportunities, support of early career researchers, and research data management. The Research Support Services will be happy to advise you on how to take these aspects into account in your application and will provide text modules and explanations on the service portal.

Sample applications for selected funding formats

We would be happy to help you make your funding applications even better. In addition to exchanging ideas with the peer group, it can be helpful when writing an application to take a look at other successful applications in advance. Would you like to take a look at a best-practice application? Then feel free to contact us. For selected funding formats – such as the ERC – we already have applications that we can make available to you. However, in order for us to be able to pass on applications or establish contact with successful applicants, we depend on the willingness of researchers to make their applications available to us for this purpose. If you can imagine sharing your successful proposal with other researchers at TU Dortmund University, please feel free to get in touch with us.

Welcome to the team

At the beginning of August, we welcomed a new colleague to the team: Dr. Stefanie Gottuck joins the Grants Services. We warmly welcome her!

The team is complete again

Since September 1, Dr. Verena Peters coordinates the offers for postdocs and junior faculty. She designs the range of events for the target group and offers individual consulting.

Research data management has changed location

In order to further advance the TU Dortmund University’s research data management strategy, Dr. Olaf Kletke took over the management of the new department “Research Data Management” in the Department of University Development and Organization at the beginning of August. The team, which is currently being established, has set itself the goal of providing individual support to all professorships, working groups, institutes, and collaborative projects in implementing the principles of research data management at TU Dortmund University and expanding the central RDM infrastructure portfolio. As Research Data Service, the department will continue to offer researchers the best possible, needs-based support in all disciplines and subject cultures, together with the University Library and the ITMC, and in close exchange with the Research Support Services. For all questions regarding research data, you can reach the contact persons as usual via e-mail.

FIT for Science: Information Service for Researchers

There are newsletters galore, but the FIT newsletter stands out positively because of its usefulness and customizability: The information service Research, International Affairs, Transfer – FIT for Science bundles current calls for proposals from a wide variety of funding agencies. You can filter these announcements according to your personal preferences, for example by subject area, career level, or funding agency. You can also freely decide how often and on which days of the week you would like to receive the FIT newsletter. This customizable newsletter is free of charge for members of TU Dortmund University. Therefore our tip: Subscribe to it today and never miss an announcement again!
Via our mailing list, we will continue to inform you as usual about the events of Research Support Services and the Graduate Center as well as university-wide calls for proposals.

... the German Research Foundation (DFG) has revised its pages on individual grants programmes? Here, the options for funding individuals or projects by the DFG are presented in a clear manner. In particular, it facilitates the comparison of programs and the selection of the appropriate format according to the applicant’s career phase.