To stimulate and facilitate new collaborations, the Donders Institute (DI) will provide seed funding for collaborative projects between researchers from two or more DI centres (DCC, DCCN, DCN, DCMN, MPI, CLS). The projects can focus on research, valorisation, or outreach.
Application for funding is possible via the form below until 14 January 2025. Shortly after this deadline, the Donders Executive Board, in consultation with the Research Platform, will make an initial selection based on the degree to which the proposal meets the requirements and aligns with the objectives of the call (e.g., the degree to which the proposal includes a new collaboration, the feasibility and clarity of the project, and the motivation for the budget). Subsequently, the short-listed proposals will enter a lottery where each proposal has an equal chance of winning. Proposals that are short-listed but are not selected for funding can be resubmitted in the next round.
Requirements
- The team of applicants include two or more members.
- The team includes members from multiple DI centres (DCC, DCCN, DCN, DCMN, MPI, CLS).
- The main applicant needs to be a (a)PI*; co-applicants do not, but do need to be employed by one of the centres for the duration of the project. Diversity (e.g., gender) should be considered.
- The main applicant cannot be the main applicant of two projects.
- Main applicants of the awarded collaborative projects from the previous call cannot apply for the next call.
- The budget can range from 100 to ~10.000 euro, to be spent before December 1, 2025.
- The budget can include various items, such as money for pilot testing, a student assistant, app development, small materials, etc.
- The budget cannot include salaries of applicants, conference fees or publication costs.
- Funded proposals must agree to write a short report at the end of the year and present the results of the collaboration during one of the Donders wide meetings.
- The project runs from January 2025-December 2025
Are you not sure whether you are a (a)PI, please send an email to
dondersmt [at] donders.ru.nl (dondersmt[at]donders[dot]ru[dot]nl)
Application
Application for cross centre collaboration funding are now open, follow this page or the Donders Weekly newsletter for the latest information. Please download and fill in the document below before you submit your application latest on 14 January 2025.