UK-German Collaborative Research Projects in the Humanities
Deadline: 26. Februar 2020
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) together with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) are launching a bilateral call for collaborative research proposals bringing together arts and humanities researchers in the UK with humanities (including law and linguistics) researchers in Germany to conduct outstanding joint UK-German research projects. This is the second in a series of annual bilateral DFG/AHRC calls, following a successful first call launched in 2018.
Both funding agencies are aware that some of the best research can only be achieved by working with the best researchers internationally. Accordingly, the aims of the call are:
• to support academic research of the highest quality in the humanities undertaken by UK-German teams, whose primary aim is to make fundamental advances in human knowledge
• to deepen and strengthen cooperation between UK and German researchers in the humanities, and to foster the growth of a transnational UK-German research culture
The call is open to applications addressing any research topic where there is significant potential to advance knowledge through collaborative research bringing together arts and humanities researchers in the UK whose research falls within the remit of the AHRC and humanities (including law and linguistics) researchers in Germany.
Applicants in the UK must meet AHRC eligibility requirements and applicants in Germany must meet the DFG’s eligibility requirements for the funding scheme Sachbeihilfe/Research Grants, including the duty to cooperate (Kooperationspflicht). Funding will be distributed among the research partners according to the researchers’ place of work and, in general, according to the funding rules of each individual agency.
The immediate resubmission of unsuccessful proposals from the first call under the AHRC-DFG memorandum of understanding to the second call is not permitted but may be acceptable for future calls. Applicants unsuccessful under the first call may submit different proposals for this call.
The duration of the projects will normally be and must not exceed three years. Successful projects will be expected to start in early 2021. The closing date for this call is Wednesday 26 February 2020. Applications for this call will need to be submitted through the UKRI Je-S System (by 4 pm UK time) with parallel submission to the DFG’s elan portal (with a deadline of midnight German time). German applicants should note, that if they are using the elan system for the first time, they need to set up an elan-account by 19 February 2020 at the latest.
