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Internal Research Funding at Paderborn University

Welcome to the website of the Committee for Research and Junior Academics! The committee is a standing committee, elected by the Senate pursuant to § 17, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution and § 22 of the Rules of Procedure of the Senate, to advice the Senate and the Executive Board on issues in research and regarding junior scientists and academics at Paderborn University. It supports the research activities of our academics with internal funding programmes.

On these pages you will find information about the Committee in general (members, tasks, objectives, dates, etc.) and the various internal research funding programmes supported by the Committee.

All faculties and status groups are represented in the Committee. Together with the Executive Board and the Senate, the committee pursues the expansion and strategic direction of research as well as the targeted funding of junior scientists and academics. The committee is chaired by the Vice President for Research and Junior Academics.

Responsibilities

The Committee for Research and Junior Academics drafts recommendations for the Executive Board:

on participation in coordinated programmes, especially those of the German Research Foundation (DFG),
on start-up funding for new, usually interdisciplinary research projects,
on awarding the research prize,
on supporting research projects at Paderborner Wissenschaftskolleg
on reporting in the context of leave of absence and medical leave pursuant to § 40 (1) Higher Education Act,
to establish Central Scientific Institutions

The Committee for Research and Junior Academics provides financial resources for the internal research funding of:

doctoral grants
gender research doctoral grants
postdoc grants for women junior scientists and academics
awards for excellent dissertations
new research projects and junior scientists and academics in the faculties
scientific conferences and PhD workshops with respect to organisation and realisation

Funding guidelines

The specific regulations for the individual funding programmes are available in the respective funding award guidelines (see funding programmes above).

Members

6 professorial representatives:
Prof. Dr. Eva B?hm, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Eckel, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Prof. Dr. Elke Grimminger-Seidensticker, Faculty of Science
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Heisler, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Prof. Dr. Werner Homberg, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (vice-chair)
Prof. Dr. Balázs Kovács, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics

3 academic staff representatives:
Dr. Alexandra Hartmann, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
Dr. Oliver Seewald, Faculty of Sciences

1 non-academic staff representative:
Markus Kloidt, Faculty of Science

1 student representative:
Tim Storm, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics

Regular guest:
Dr. Annika Hegemann, Central Equal Opportunities Officer

The members are elected for a period of office of two years (the student representative for one year).

Further information: Rules of procedure of the Senate

Dates of meetings

(on Tuesdays, start of session: 09:00 a.m.)

08 October 2024	12 November 2024	10 December 2024
04 February 2025	11 March 2025	08 April 2025
13 May 2025	10 June 2025	08 July 2025
28 October 2025	18 November 2025	09 December 2025
03 February 2026	03 March 2026	14 April 2026