Grants Opportunity for Support of Research Projects from Fritz Thyssen Foundation in Germany

The Fritz Thyssen Foundation invites applicants from all over the world to grant opportunities to support projects that are related to the promotion areas of the Foundation and have a clear connection to the German research system. The planned project should be limited in terms of the subject and time.

An application can be filed in the following areas of support:

• History, Language & Culture.
• The interdisciplinary field “Image–Sound–Language”.
• Economy, and Society.
• Medicine and the Natural Sciences.
• Interdisciplinary projects. 

If you get this grant, you will have:

Personnel COSTS:

• Complete personnel costs can be applied for in the case of research staff with doctoral degrees under TVL-E13. 
• In the case of research staff who do not have doctoral degrees, their pay is generally based on 65% of a TVL-E13-position.
• Non-academic personnel is paid at the appropriate TVL level.
• Junior scholars with doctoral degrees can apply for their own post (generally based on TVL-E13) within the framework of a project. 

Travel COSTS:

• Funds to defray travel costs that are directly connected with the project can be applied for. 
• Reasonable travel and overnight accommodation costs, 
• up to € 24 a day can be granted to defray the costs of meals when traveling within Germany (rail travel 2nd class or air travel economy class).
• In the case of travel abroad, the daily or monthly rates for the respective country of travel can be applied as an allowance to defray overnight accommodation and meal costs.

Please note: TV-L E13 is a paygrade for personnel employed in Public Service.

You must follow the following criteria:

For applicants for projects in the humanities and social sciences:

1. Applications can generally only be accepted if they come from universities or non-profit research institutions.
2. Applications may be filed by one or more applicants with a doctoral/post-doctoral degree.
3. Planned project staff cannot file applications as applicants.
4. Junior scholars can apply for their own post within the framework of a Project and thus act as sole applicants. 
5. The planned project can generally stretch over a working period of up to three years. If approved, financial resources are usually provided initially for two years; an application for an extension might need to be filed for the final third project year.
6.  Projects which are solely aimed at completing doctoral dissertations are not supported by the foundation.
7. The foundation does not accept any applications for projects if applications are being filed with other institutions at the same time to ease the burden on its experts assessing applications.
8. An application that is refused by another institution can be filed with the foundation along with a note explaining why it was refused (s. application form).

For applicants for projects in medicine, besides the above terms:

• Project proposals are only accepted from researchers that have a Ph.D. and relevant experience in the priority field of research.
•  They should generally have two to four years of experience in post-doctoral research and want to set up or expand a small working group of their own with the support of the Foundation. 
• The position of the applicant must be funded by the host research Institute.
• Firmly established researchers and scientists (holders of chairs, directors of clinics) are not eligible for support of projects.

Please note:

• The funds are to be administered by the relevant university or institute, and are disbursed upon the written request – signed in the original – of the grant holder or the office administrating third-party funds; if possible in quarterly to half-year installments. 
• At the end of the period of support, the grant holder must submit to the foundation accounts showing how the funds have been used as well as a final report on the project (at least 7 to 10 pages).
• The account statement along with the accounts showing how the funds have been used must be backed up with verifiable receipts and documents. 

About the Fritz Thyssen Foundation:

The Fritz Thyssen Foundation, headquartered in Cologne, was established on 7th July 1959 by Amélie Thyssen and her daughter, Anita Countess Zichy-Thyssen, in memory of August and Fritz Thyssen for the purpose of promoting science and research. It was the first large private individual foundation promoting science and research to be founded in the Federal Republic of Germany after the Second World War. Under its Statutes, the sole aim of the Foundation is to provide direct support for science and research at universities and research institutes primarily in Germany, with a special emphasis on junior researchers.

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