Transfer of knowledge Funding

The VW Foundation supports research that expands and critically reflects on the body of knowledge on transformation processes with different focal points. In doing so, they encourage researchers to involve stakeholders outside the scientific community in their projects, for example through participatory research or joint scientific communication.

• Target groups: Researchers from universities and actors outside academia
• Funding: Research that expands and critically reflects knowledge on transformation processes with different focal points
• Amount: €50,000 - €1.8 million (depending on sub-category)
• Period: Max. 6 years (depending on sub-category)

As part of the knowledge transfer funding options, scientific issues are worked on together with an application partner (commercial company or a non-commercial, non-profit organisation) in the pre-competitive area. The aim is to transfer scientific findings and the results of basic research into applications. 

• Target groups: Researchers from universities with previous DFG funding
• Funding: To put scientific findings and results of basic research into practice
• Ammount: Not clear
• Period: Not clear

Transfer projects in Collaborative Research Centres serve to test the findings of basic research under practical conditions or to further develop them into a prototype or an exemplary application together with an application partner. Fields of application range from industrial production and process development to the translation of life science or medical findings into practice and the service and education sectors.

• Target groups: Scientists from all areas of the Collaborative Research Centre
• Funding: To test basic research findings under practical conditions or to further develop them into a prototype or an exemplary application together with an application partner
• Amount: not specified
• Period: up to 48 months

With the "KulturLabHD" cultural fund, the city of Heidelberg supports innovative cultural projects in Heidelberg. The "KulturLabHD" cultural fund is aimed at all creative Heidelberg residents who are realising new and innovative projects in the city.  The aim of the fund is to provide additional support for Heidelberg's cultural scene in addition to the other funding structures that have been in place for some time.

• Target groups: Individuals and groups from Heidelberg who organise projects or events in Heidelberg
• Funding: Additional support for Heidelberg's cultural scene
• Ammount: €20,000 per project (€120,000 in total)
• Period: max. 3 years

The Stadt Heidelberg Foundation is particularly interested in funding projects that deal with issues from a scientific perspective that are related to the concerns of the city of Heidelberg or contribute to informing a broad public about the activities of Heidelberg University. Grants are awarded, for example, for public lectures, exhibitions, special events, printing costs, travel expenses, personnel funds for scientific projects as well as advertising campaigns, room hire and fees for public events.

• Target groups: Scientists
• Funding: Projects that deal with issues related to the concerns of the city of Heidelberg from a scientific perspective
• Ammount: Not specified
• Period: Not specified

The Stifterverband and the German Research Foundation (DFG) are once again organising the "Communicator Prize - Science Prize of the Stifterverband". This prize is awarded to scientists or a research team for outstanding achievements in science communication.

• Target groups: Scientists, teams in science communication
• Funding: To further develop activities in science communication.
• Ammount: 50,000 €
• Period: not specified

Every year, the Klaus Tschira Foundation awards the KlarText Prize for Science Communication to young researchers who have written a very good doctoral thesis and are keen to explain to a non-scientific audience what they have actually done in their research. And they do so in the form of a generally understandable article or a clear infographic.

• Target groups: Scientists who have completed their doctorate in the previous two years in the fields of biology, chemistry, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience or physics
• Funding: To further develop activities in science communication.
• Ammount: € 7,500
• Period: not specified