Center for Research Strategy and Support

Start-Up Funding Programme of the Medical Faculty (Bausteinprogramm)

Call for proposals - Funding period 2025/27
  • Baustein 3.2 – Start-up funding
  • Baustein 3.2V – Extension of the Start-up funding
  • Baustein 3.2CS - Module Clinician Scientist

Application deadline: December 03, 2024

Start of funding (planned): May 01, 2025

With immediate effect applications for individual funding of projects („Bausteinprogramm“) can be submitted.

The goal of this program for young scientists (called Bausteinprogramm in German) is to help them start their own research projects that enable them to achieve the previous work and publications that are usually required to successfully attract third-party funding.

The program is designed for 2 + 1 year/s (2 years initial application + 1 year extension).
NEW: A funding period of less than two years is excluded for an initial application.

The max. funding amount is € 50,000 per project and year.

Also successful Clinician Scientists of the Clinician Scientist Program (CSP) have the opportunity to acquire material and/or personnel funds within the Bausteinprogramm (Module 3.2CS). For detailed information, please refer to the general conditions.

Documents required can be downloaded below.
Please note that the following documents are available in German only. But applications can also be submitted in English.

Contact Person
Dr. Lysann Palkowitsch
Center for Research Strategy and Support (Res.UL)
Ulm University
Helmholtzstraße 22
89081 Ulm 

Download documents

Grant holders are required to submit a final report within six months after the end of the funding. Please use the form provided and send the document per e-mail to: lysann.palkowitsch(at)uni-ulm.de.

Call for proposals, funding period 2025/27

General conditions, funding period 2025/27

For an initial application (3.2), please submit the following documents:

For an application for renewal (3.2V), please submit the following documents:

  • Application form - Baustein 3.2V
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • List of publications (max. 10)
  • List of third-party funds
  • Project outline for an application for external third-party funding as follow-up financing (the applicant has to submit the confirmation of the external third-party funding provider that the external third-party funding application has been submitted, no later than the official start of the Baustein funding period). If your application for third-party funding has already been approved, please enclose both the application and the letter of approval.
  • if applicable: ethics vote or proof of submission of the ethics application
  • if applicable: approval of the animal experiment application or proof of submission of the animal experiment application

For an application in the Clinician Scientist Module (3.2CS), please submit the following documents:

Submission of the application documents:

Contact

Dr. Lysann Palkowitsch

Ulm University
Center for Research Strategy and Support
Helmholtzstr. 22 / room 1.49
89081 Ulm, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)731/50-33634