Funding Programme "Student Research Projects"

Upcoming dates and deadlines

Please find our FAQ here.

In principle, you can submit your application to the Office of Student Research Projects (Ms Dieks) at any time for review and consultation.

A funding decision of the final applications will be made at the following RKF meetings:

The brochure Förderung von Forschungsprojekten Studierender (pdf) [de] presenting funded projects of the past can be downloaded here.

Visit the Online Exhibition on "Julius Otto Grimm" [de]. Developed from the projects of PD Dr. Peter Schmitz and Anna Maria Plischka (Student Research Projects). Supported by the Fundraising Department.

All reports of completed Student Research Projects can be found here.

General Information

The Rectorate of the University of Münster allocates 50,000 euros a year to support student research projects. Individual projects can receive up to 5,000 euros in funding for a maximum of 12 months. Funding is awarded on the basis of an evaluation conducted by the Rectorate Committee for Research Affairs (RKF).

More important than enhancing one's personal academic qualifications, the projects should be innovative and academically informed, and thus be clearly distinguishable from one's doctoral, professional or academic pursuits. Such projects could include:

► Research projects which are initiated and carried out by students

► Student projects which encourage academic collaborations in Germany and abroad

► Seminars or conferences which students organise and carry out on their own

Application procedure

Students may apply for funding if they are enrolled at the University of Münster at the time of application and are under the age of 28. The prerequisite for consideration is that the applicant is officially enrolled as a student of the University of Münster and has not yet completed his/her doctoral programme.

As a rule, the RKF will only review applications which are submitted two months prior to an upcoming meeting. Experience shows that the first drafts of most applications require some revision. Therefore, we urge you to contact us for consultation before submitting your application.

Please read the Funding Guidelines (pdf) for more details on Student Research Project financing and

• How to Structure your Funding Application (pdf)
• Instructions for Assessors (pdf)

• Application Form  (docx)
• Declarations (pdf) /Declarations for Groups (pdf)
• endorsement of the planned project by a professor or senior lecturer of the University of
  Münster
• current semester certificate
• curriculum vitae in tabular form
• one quote for each position listed in the financing plan (for trips, e.g. a screenshot from
  the Deutsche Bahn website will suffice). For expenses over € 500, at least two offers
  should be obtained.