This grant is intended to provide seed funding for the establishment of a bilateral collaboration with the purpose of writing a collaborative research grant (EU programs, DFG, VolkswagenStiftung, etc.) The funding should be divided in a balanced manner between the Lower Saxony and Israeli partners, and can be used for mutual visits, as well as for performing preliminary studies/experiments. Four kick-off grants are available per year.

Award: 5,000 €, 4,000 € awarded immediately, 1,000 € after submission of the joint proposal

Requirements

• Project description including work plan and financial plan (max. 4-5 pages)
• CVs and publication lists from both partners, up to 10 selected publications
• Copy of the submitted joint project proposal one year after grant award