Initiative Funding for Teaching

With the Teaching Initiative Funding, RMU supports cooperations for the development of new, attractive study programmes, for the cooperative further development of existing curricular offerings and for the joint testing of innovative teaching/learning formats within the RMU. Against the background of the excellence strategy, the current call for proposals focuses on research-oriented teaching/learning settings. In particular, project-based or problem-based teaching/learning formats are to be used. 

Applications can be made for funding of up to 45,000 euros for a maximum of one year. Applications can be submitted by 31 March 2025 to koordination@rhein-main-unis.de.

Initiative Funding for Research

With the Initiative Funding for Research, the RMU promotes joint research projects. The RMU Initiative Funding for Research consists of three funding lines:

The funding line "Start-up funding for joint RMU projects" supports already advanced proposal proposals for large, strategically relevant collaborative research projects that will be ready for proposal submission within one year. A funding of to 50,000 euros can be received.

The funding line "Promoting RMU networking in innovative projects" offers start-up financing of innovative, also risky research-driven collaborations within the framework of the RMU. Funding ranges between 20,000 and 40,000 euros per year for a maximum of two years. Applications can be submitted by 31 March 2025 to koordination@rhein-main-unis.de.

The funding line "Early Career Researchers (ECRs)" supports networking between academics from the Rhine-Main Universities in the early career phase (post-doctorate, from phase R2 to R3) with up to a maximum of 30,000 euros per project over a maximum project duration of two years. Applications can be submitted on two deadlines per year, 15.03. and 15.09., to koordination@rhein-main-unis.de.

The calls for proposals for the initiative fundings can be downloaded below.