Herausforderungen und Potenziale für Europa: Intergenerationelle Zukünfte
Termin:
01.01.2023
Fördergeber:
Volkswagen Stiftung
The focus of this call is on the broad field of challenges and potentials of intergenerational relationships in Europe, especially its transformative power for societies. While the main applicant has to come from the humanities, social or cultural sciences as lead disciplines, interdisciplinary projects with e.g. data or life sciences are also possible.
The call encourages projects that develop new research perspectives on intergenerational co-existence, focusing either on Europe as a geographical region or on the European Union as a transnational entity. The theoretical and methodological analysis of best practice examples as well as the development for future-oriented, utopian scenarios are possible. The originality and innovativeness of both the research question(s) and the methodology of the project have to be highlighted in the proposal. It is crucial that the projects go beyond an analysis of current challenges of intergenerational relationships and also consider its transformative potential and importance for the future of European societies. Both a micro-level and a macro-level research as well as mixed-methods approaches are possible. Innovative co-operation on the European level is encouraged in this call. The consortia should consider new and creative ways to communicate the results in exchange with relevant stakeholders and/or the general public. A participation of non-academic actors in the projects is welcomed where appropriate.
Project Design:
- Scholars at all career levels post-Ph.D. in the humanities, cultural and social sciences working at European universities
and research institutes are eligible to apply.
- Funding can be provided for closely interacting research consortia of up to 5 PIs/Partners coming from universities of at
least 3 different countries in Europe (no more than 2 from the same country). It is essential that the leading PI comes from a German institution.
- The inclusion of research institutions from Southern and Eastern Europe is particularly desirable.
- The further qualification of young scholars has to be a central element of each research project. The main share of the funds
provided for staff must therefore be allocated to junior scholars (Ph.D. students and young postdocs, i.e. max. five years after
obtaining the degree).
- Please note: only for junior scholars can regular positions be included in the budget. A teaching buy-out (up to 20% FTE) or
short-time sabbatical (up to 6 months) can be considered for senior researchers (a top-up of up to 20% for senior researchers from European countries with significant lower wages can be considered and is up to approval). A position for
an academic project coordinator (50% of a TV-L E13 position) can be included in the budget and is up to approval.
Budget and Duration:
- The project duration should be up to four years with a maximum gross budget of 1 million EUR for consortia of three PIs, 1.2
million EUR for four PIs and up to 1.5 million Euro for consortia of five PIs per project.
- Funds can be made available for personnel (according to local standards and the regulations of the home institution; top-ups
for senior researcher may be included and depend on approval, as well as non-personnel expenses, such as travel costs, workshops, consumables, acquisition and storage/management of data, open access, science communication measures, and equipment.
- Overhead costs will not be covered. However, funds to finance part time administrative support at the main-applicant's
institution may be included in the budget to a reasonable extent as well as a lump sum for administrative costs of 10.000 EUR
for the European partners.
- With respect to the funds granted for non-personnel costs, the Foundation expects a relatively even distribution amongst the
different partners.
- Scholars at all career levels post-Ph.D. working at European universities and research institutes are eligible to apply.
- Non-academic actors/institutions can participate in a project but cannot act as PI. Travel costs or contracts for work can be
included in the budget.
Further Information:
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/unsere-foerderung/unser-foerderangebot-im-ueberblick/herausforderungen-f%C3%BCr-europa
The call encourages projects that develop new research perspectives on intergenerational co-existence, focusing either on Europe as a geographical region or on the European Union as a transnational entity. The theoretical and methodological analysis of best practice examples as well as the development for future-oriented, utopian scenarios are possible. The originality and innovativeness of both the research question(s) and the methodology of the project have to be highlighted in the proposal. It is crucial that the projects go beyond an analysis of current challenges of intergenerational relationships and also consider its transformative potential and importance for the future of European societies. Both a micro-level and a macro-level research as well as mixed-methods approaches are possible. Innovative co-operation on the European level is encouraged in this call. The consortia should consider new and creative ways to communicate the results in exchange with relevant stakeholders and/or the general public. A participation of non-academic actors in the projects is welcomed where appropriate.
Project Design:
- Scholars at all career levels post-Ph.D. in the humanities, cultural and social sciences working at European universities
and research institutes are eligible to apply.
- Funding can be provided for closely interacting research consortia of up to 5 PIs/Partners coming from universities of at
least 3 different countries in Europe (no more than 2 from the same country). It is essential that the leading PI comes from a German institution.
- The inclusion of research institutions from Southern and Eastern Europe is particularly desirable.
- The further qualification of young scholars has to be a central element of each research project. The main share of the funds
provided for staff must therefore be allocated to junior scholars (Ph.D. students and young postdocs, i.e. max. five years after
obtaining the degree).
- Please note: only for junior scholars can regular positions be included in the budget. A teaching buy-out (up to 20% FTE) or
short-time sabbatical (up to 6 months) can be considered for senior researchers (a top-up of up to 20% for senior researchers from European countries with significant lower wages can be considered and is up to approval). A position for
an academic project coordinator (50% of a TV-L E13 position) can be included in the budget and is up to approval.
Budget and Duration:
- The project duration should be up to four years with a maximum gross budget of 1 million EUR for consortia of three PIs, 1.2
million EUR for four PIs and up to 1.5 million Euro for consortia of five PIs per project.
- Funds can be made available for personnel (according to local standards and the regulations of the home institution; top-ups
for senior researcher may be included and depend on approval, as well as non-personnel expenses, such as travel costs, workshops, consumables, acquisition and storage/management of data, open access, science communication measures, and equipment.
- Overhead costs will not be covered. However, funds to finance part time administrative support at the main-applicant's
institution may be included in the budget to a reasonable extent as well as a lump sum for administrative costs of 10.000 EUR
for the European partners.
- With respect to the funds granted for non-personnel costs, the Foundation expects a relatively even distribution amongst the
different partners.
- Scholars at all career levels post-Ph.D. working at European universities and research institutes are eligible to apply.
- Non-academic actors/institutions can participate in a project but cannot act as PI. Travel costs or contracts for work can be
included in the budget.
Further Information:
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/unsere-foerderung/unser-foerderangebot-im-ueberblick/herausforderungen-f%C3%BCr-europa