Application for BNF Funding

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Personal Data

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Formularsprache

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Funding Programme

BNF Application*

Aktueller Monat

Aktuelles Jahr

Planned start of funding: Month*

Planned start of funding: Year

Planned start of funding

Planned start of funding: Month*

Planned start of funding: Year

Planned start of funding

Logik hinter dem Förderbeginn:

Bei Anträgen von November bis April eines Jahres: Auswahl Juli bis Dezember deselben Jahres
Für Anträge zwischen Mai und Oktober: Auswahl Januar und Juni des folgenden Jahres.

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Career and personal qualification

Professional background to date

Bachelor’s degree

If you did not complete your Bachelor’s degree in Germany, please explain the grading scale used at your university.

Number of semesters*

Final Bachelor’s degree mark*

Master’s degree

I have already completed my Master’s degree.

Month and year of Master’s graduation

If you did not complete your Master’s degree in Germany, please explain the grading scale used at your university.

Number of semesters*

Final Master’s mark*

Expected date of Master’s graduation

PhD

I completed my PhD at Bielefeld University

Supervisor & Faculty during the PhD

Supervisor

Faculty during the PhD

Start date of the PhD project:*

(Expected) submission date of the (doctoral) thesis:*

Submission date of the (doctoral) thesis:*

If you did not complete your PhD in Germany, please explain the grading scale used at your university.

Final PhD mark

If you changed faculties within Bielefeld University: Which faculties were you previously affiliated with?

Further qualifications

Information given in this section can further strengthen your application. It is not required to fulfil any of these criteria in order to be eligible for funding.

Study visits, collaborations & relevant professional qualifications Please list semesters spent abroad and periods spent in other research groups, collaborations/publications with researchers from other research groups (please specify the location of the research group), as well as further training, professional experience, voluntary roles, language courses and similar activities that are relevant to your studies, your PhD or your future career.

Study visits, collaborations & relevant professional qualifications Please list semesters spent abroad and periods spent in other research groups, collaborations/publications with researchers from other research groups (please specify the location of the research group), as well as further training, professional experience, voluntary roles, language courses and similar activities that are relevant to your current project or your future career.

Participation in academic exchanges A brief, bullet-pointed summary of your participation in conferences and symposia, including the following details: type of contribution (participation/poster/presentation/invited talk/session chair/organisation), organising body, country. Please also list: presentations of your own project results in other research groups, project experience in consortia, collaborations/networks, etc.

Stays in other research groups and abroad since the start of your PhD

Teaching experience Please provide brief bullet points: type of the course (e.g. seminar vs lecture), frequency (e.g. one-off vs. weekly) and your role (e.g. teaching assistant vs. independent organisation of the course)

Awards, prizes and external funding secured Please state the source of any prizes/awards as well as the nature of the work recognised (e.g. ‘best poster’, unless this is apparent from the name). Scholarships and involvement in securing external funding may also be listed here.

University involvement, additional qualifications Details of specific roles within the academic community and academic self-governance (e.g. lab management, organisation of conferences, journal editorship, committee work, representing your status group, mentoring, support for young researchers) and on courses developing transferable qualifications on the path to tenure (e.g. leadership, research management, teaching, publishing).

Involvement in science communication/engagement with the public, e.g. newspaper articles/reports on your research, your own research-related contributions in the media, involvement in public relations work or communicating scientific content to the public.

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Additional information

All information on this page is strictly confidential and is therefore not available to you here.

Here you can voluntarily provide information on circumstances that have influenced your academic career to date, so that we can take these into account when assessing your performance. Examples of special circumstances or delays include long-term or chronic illnesses, disability, childcare and/or being a single parent, parental leave, caring for relatives, military or alternative service or voluntary service, honorary positions, restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, funding your studies through your own work, being the first in your family to study, international migration or integration phases, language acquisition and asylum applications. Please state for how long you carried out voluntary work or similar, or to what extent you were affected by illness, care responsibilities, etc. All information will be treated confidentially. This information cannot be viewed by your faculty, research group or supervisor. Like all other details, it will be forwarded to the Commission for Research and Young Researchers, which will assess your application.

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Current research

Current research/dissertation project

Master’s thesis

Title of Master’s thesis

Description of Master’s thesis

PhD

Title of doctoral thesis*

Faculty

Other

Supervisor(s)

Description of the doctoral thesis Max. 3,000 characters: a brief and generally comprehensible description of your doctoral thesis or your current research project and the associated research objectives. Please note: The quality of your project will be taken into account in the assessment of your application. Therefore, it must be comprehensible to university staff from other disciplines than your own. Explain your research questions/hypotheses and how they fit into the current state of research; outline your methodological approach and explain your role/contribution to the project. References within your text (author, year) are permitted, but a reference list is not required.

Current research

Title of your current research project*

Description of your current research project Max. 3,000 characters: a brief and generally understandable description of your PhD or your current research project and the associated research objectives. Please note: The quality of your project will be taken into account in the assessment of your application. Therefore, it must be comprehensible to university staff from other disciplines than your own. Explain your research questions/hypotheses and how they fit into the current state of research; outline your methodological approach; and explain your role and contribution to the project. References within your text (author, year) are permitted, but a reference list is not required. If you completed your PhD in the last year and are still in the process of developing a new project, please feel free to include your research from your PhD period here.

Faculty

Faculty for the proposed PhD

Planned project during the funding period

Description of the planned bridge project Max. 2,500 characters: A description of the planned project written in comprehensible language, including an explanation of how it relates to your previous research. Explain your research questions/hypotheses, how the project fits into the current state of research, and outline your methodological approach as well as your role in the project. A list of references is not required. Explain the significance of this project for your future academic career. If you are applying for funding in addition to the living allowance (see cost section), explain why this is necessary here or in the cost section, unless it is already clear from the description above. Lay out your timetable. It is essential that you ensure this is comprehensible to reviewers who are not from your field of expertise.

Faculty

Planned project during the funding period

Description of the proposed activity Max. 2,500 characters: Description of the project, equipment, etc., for which you are applying, and how it fits into your project. Explain the significance of the project or equipment, etc., for your project and your future academic career. State why the project/equipment, etc., is not covered by your existing funding or basic facilities. Here too, it is essential that your plan is clear and comprehensible to reviewers who are not from your field. Please note: If the project you are applying for is not part of your current research but rather aimed at developing an additional project for which you are going to apply for third-party funding (i.e. you need the BNF scholarship to prepare a larger grant propsal), you may be eligible for our ‘Entry into Third-Party Funded Research’ funding scheme. If you wish to change to that scheme, save your texts in a document before re-starting the application, as you need to re-load the application form.

Faculty

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Planned research

Planned project during the funding period

Description of the proposed activity Max. 2,000 characters: Description of the project, equipment, etc., for which you are applying, and how it fits into your project. If your project is not part of your current project but is instead in preparation for your own application for third-party funding, you may be eligible for the ‘Entry into Third-Party Funded Research’ funding scheme. Explain the significance of the project or equipment, etc., for your project and your future academic career. State why the project/equipment, etc., is not covered by your existing funding or basic facilities. Here too, it is essential that your plan is clear and comprehensible to reviewers who are not from your field.*

Faculty

Next career step

Description of the third-party funded application you wish to prepare with the help of BNF funding. Max. 3,000 characters: Your text should include the following aspects: 1. A brief, comprehensible description of the planned project, including an explanation of how it relates to your previous research. Please also explain the project’s place and significance within the current state of research, as well as your research questions/hypotheses, and outline your methodological approach. References within your text (in the format ‘Author, Year’) are permitted, but a reference list is not required. 2. How the external funding application fits into your career plans. 3. The external funding body or funding programme(s), etc., to which you intend to submit your application. 4. Applicant for the planned external funding application 5. Submission deadline for the external funding application

Description of the next career step Max. 3,000 characters: How do you expect to fund your PhD? (For example, do you have a position at a department in prospect? If so: is this already confirmed, or is it currently still being secured? If not: What alternatives (e.g. funding bodies) are you considering, or have you already applied?) What/how much communication and what support has there been/is there currently with a potential supervisor for your PhD? Have you already been able to discuss the project with other experts (e.g. potential collaboration partners, co-supervisors, other members of the research group)? If so, what impact did this have? Do you already have links to the research group in which you will be undertaking your PhD (e.g. seminar attendance, being a participant in the following projects)? Please also explain how these plans came about: with whom have you discussed this?*

Description of the next career step Max. 3,000 characters: Please briefly explain your career plans for the period immediately following the BNF grant, as well as your long-term plans (e.g. an application for third-party funding or a position) and what significance the Career Bridge holds for these plans. Describe briefly and in general terms the project you are planning after your Career Bridge, including an explanation of how this relates to your previous research and your currently planned project. Please name the external funding bodies or funding programmes, etc., to which you intend to submit your application, and the research group in which you expect to be employed. Please note that we currently only fund projects that aim to retain you at Bielefeld University. Please also state the deadline for the external funding application or the expected start date of the post and, where applicable, the status of funding (already secured/applied for).*

Timetable

Please outline the steps you plan to take for each month, from the date of your application until the end of the scholarship. Please note that you may apply for scholarships lasting between 1 and 6 months. It is not possible to extend the period for which you have applied. Please describe here both the work on your project and any preparations for its funding, e.g. drafting project proposals/applications, as well as other career development steps such as further training, networking, etc. The timetable forms part of the assessment. Therefore, please ensure that the reviewers can follow it and assess its feasibility.

Month*

Work steps*

Planned PhD project

Subject area

Potential supervisor

Title of the planned PhD project

Description of the planned PhD project Max. 3,000 characters: A brief and accessible description of the idea for a PhD project. Outline the idea for your PhD project: research question/hypotheses and how they fit into the current state of research, the academic relevance of the topic, planned methods, connection to your Master’s thesis, innovative aspects, specify how much of the project has been or will be predefined and how much has been or will be developed by you, and explain why the work should be based with your proposed supervisor. Please also outline the current stage of development of the project (e.g. preliminary discussions with potential supervisors, initial research or outlines, preparatory courses) and your own contribution to the planning. Please note that this section must be comprehensible to those outside the subject area.

Timetable

Please outline the steps you plan to take for each month, from the date of your application until the end of the scholarship. Please note that you may apply for scholarships lasting between 1 and 6 months. It is not possible to extend the period for which you have applied. Please describe here both the work on your project and any preparations for its funding, e.g. drafting project proposals/applications, as well as other career development steps such as further training, networking, etc. The timetable forms part of the assessment. Therefore, please ensure that the reviewers can follow it and assess its feasibility.

Month*

Work steps*

Completion of your PhD

Timetable

Please outline the steps you plan to take for each month, from the date of your application until the end of the scholarship. Please note that you may apply for scholarships lasting between 1 and 6 months. It is not possible to extend the period for which you have applied. Please describe here both the work on your project and any preparations for its funding, e.g. drafting project proposals/applications, as well as other career development steps such as further training, networking, etc. The timetable forms part of the assessment. Therefore, please ensure that the reviewers can follow it and assess its feasibility.

Month*

Work steps*

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Budget plan

Please take into account the maximum total grant amount for the funding line, as well as the details regarding eligible funding in the information sheet on our website: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/uni/einrichtungen-organisation/grace/bnf/_docs/Informationsheet_BNF_Postdocs.pdf

Duration of scholarship

Please choose the number of months for which you are applying for the scholarship. If applicable, please also state the number of children in your care in order to receive a child allowance.

Material costs and research subsidies

Travel

Description

Total costsEuro

Student assistants

Description

Total costsEuro

Childcare or care for dependants

Description

Total costsEuro

Further training

Description

Total costsEuro

Other

Description

Total costsEuro

Total material resources (no cap)Euro

Maximalsachmittel MOBEuro

Maximalsachmittel DMEuro

Maximalsachmittel PKBEuro

### Tatsächliche Sachmittel MOB (Prüfung ob Sachmittel-Maximalwert überschritten wird)Euro

### Berechnungsfeld für farbliche Hinweisausgabe! ### Berechnung: MOB-Deckel - eingegebene MOB-Sachmittelsumme

The material resources you have specified exceed the maximum amount of 5,000 euros. Please correct the material resources so that they do not exceed the maximum amount.

### Tatsächliche Sachmittel DM (Prüfung ob Sachmittel-Maximalwert überschritten wird)Euro

### Berechnungsfeld für farbliche Hinweisausgabe! ### Berechnung: DM-Deckel - eingegebene DM-Sachmittelsumme

The material resources you have specified exceed the maximum amount of 15,000 euros. Please correct the material resources so that they do not exceed the maximum amount.

### Tatsächliche Sachmittel PKB (Prüfung ob Sachmittel-Maximalwert überschritten wird)Euro

### Berechnungsfeld für farbliche Hinweisausgabe! ### Berechnung: PKB-Deckel - eingegebene PKB-Sachmittelsumme

The material resources you have specified exceed the maximum amount of 2,000 euros. Please correct the material resources so that they do not exceed the maximum amount.

### Förderbetrag pro Monat MKBEuro/Monat

### Förderbetrag pro Monat ABEuro/Monat

### Förderbetrag pro Monat PKBEuro/Monat

### Kinderzuschlag pro Monat pro KindEuro/Monat

Duration of grant in months (1 to 6)*

Duration of grant in months (1 to 12)*

Number of children you provide for (250 euros per child per month)*

Total monthly child supplementEuro

### MKB

Final grant amountEuro

### AB

Final grant amountEuro

### MOB

Final grant amountEuro

### DM

Final grant amountEuro

### PKB

Final grant amountEuro

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Statement of support

Contact details of the supervisor during the Career Bridge programme

Please enter the contact details of the person who will be supervising you during your time in the BNF funding programme. This is probably your intended supervisor for your planned PhD, but in justified individual cases it may also be another researcher at Bielefeld University with the appropriate examination authorisation. The person must be affiliated with Bielefeld University.

First name*

Surname*

Email address*

Email address (confirm)*

Contact details of the supervisor during the PhD

Please enter the contact details of your PhD-Supervisor. The person must be affiliated with Bielefeld University.

First name*

Surname*

Email address*

Email address (confirm)*

Contact details working group head

Please enter the contact details of your supervisor/head of your working group durign your BNF project. The person must be affiliated with Bielefeld University.

First name*

Surname*

Email address*

Email address (confirm)*

Contact details of the faculty representative

Select faculty*

Fakultätsname

E-Mail Dekan

Nachname Dekan

Vorname Dekan

Titel Dekan

E-Mail VWL

Nachname VWL

Vorname VWL

Titel VWL

Personal details

Career

Personal circumstances

Tabular CV*

Copy of Master's degree certificate*

Transcript of the master course*

Doctorate completed*

Ja

Nein

Confirmation from the faculty regarding the commencement of the doctoral procedure

Copy of the doctoral degree certificate

List of publications

Submit application

Attention:

Clicking the ‘Submit application’ button will lock the input fields for your application: you will then no longer be able to edit the content of your application.
Therefore, you are strongly advised to check all the information you have entered and all the documents you have uploaded carefully for accuracy and completeness before clicking the button.
Once you have clicked the button, you will no longer be able to edit your application: the application will then be submitted.
At the same time, the necessary statements of support will be requested from your supervisor or your faculty.
As soon as all references have been received, your application will be submitted automatically and you will be notified by email.

Attention:

Clicking the ‘Submit application’ button will lock the input fields for your application: you will then no longer be able to edit the content of your application.
Therefore, you are strongly advised to check all the information you have entered and all the documents you have uploaded carefully for accuracy and completeness before clicking the button.
Once you have clicked the button, you will no longer be able to edit your application: the application will then be submitted.
At the same time, the necessary statements of support will be requested from your research group leader or your faculty.
As soon as all references have been received, your application will be submitted automatically and you will be notified by email.

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