Modern research is international! This requires good networking.

With its initiative Networking for Research at Universities of Applied Sciences (UDIF-HAW), the DFG is explicitly addressing UAS interested in international research collaborations or are already involved in collaborative research with partners abroad and would like to expand these.

Researchers form German UAS engage in a scientific exchange with international researchers at theme based virtual matchmaking events. The next stage then involves follow-up activities in order to intensify established contacts and get to know research conditions on site. Prior to the virtual matchmaking event, advise on DFG funding is provided in form of a virtual information event (potentially also involving the international partner funding organisation). Individual consultation is offered throughout the entire process.

To carry out projects, various DFG funding programmes are available, i.e. the Initiation of International Cooperation(interner Link) programme or the Individual Research Grants(interner Link) programme.

Universities of Applied Sciences (UDIF-HAW) and Researchers from Central Asia

Invitation to the Online Information Session "From Poster to Funding"

The DFG UDIF team is pleased to invite you to the online information session "From Poster to Funding" on Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 10:00-11:30 (CEST) / 14:00-15:30 (UTC+5). 

This information session is designed for researchers at German Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) and universities in Central Asia, in particular Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, who are interested in networking and establishing contacts within the research community.

After giving an overview of the background and objectives of the initiative "Networking for Research - German UAS and Researchers from Central Asia", the UDIF team will answer questions regarding the ongoing call for posters(interner Link), and demonstrate how posters can be effectively used for scientific networking and the initiation of international collaboration. 

• Date: 25 March 2025 (Tuesday), 10:00-11:30 (Germany) / 14:00-15:30 (Astana/Taschkent)
• Location: Webex(externer Link) I  Language: English

 

Open Consultation Hours – Your Questions in Focus

Additionally, we offer open consultation hours on the following Fridays: 28 March, 4 April and 11 April, 10:00-11:00 (CEST). Here, you can ask individual questions about the initiative and your poster, and engage in direct conversation with us.

Join the consultation hours here(externer Link).

We are looking forward to your participation and the opportunity for exchange!

 

Call for posters 

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) invites researchers from Germany and Central Asia, in particular from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, to engage in the UDIF-HAW initiative. The initiative aims to foster international cooperation in knowledge-driven research. 

With this call for posters, the DFG offers researchers from universities of applied sciences (UAS) the opportunity to network with international researchers, present their research profiles and explore potential research cooperation. Researchers from German UAS and researchers in Central Asia are invited to submit posters within the following areas:
 

• Digitisation and Smart Technologies
• Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities
• Renewable Energy and Resource Management

The focus of the call is on research in natural and engineering sciences. We particularly welcome posters on basic research that go beyond application-oriented single solutions.

Please submit your poster with research ideas as a PDF document via the registration platform by 15 April 2025, 11.59 p.m. (UTC+2). Please use the linked template when designing the poster.

• Platform for the poster(externer Link)
• Poster template(Download) 

If you have any queries, please contact: udif@dfg.de(externer Link)

Further Information 

• Information for Researchers(interner Link)
• DFG funding for universities of applied sciences(interner Link)

Contact Persons for Procedural Matters at the DFG Head Office

• International Affairs, UDIF-HAW: Julia Ilina-Kakueva(externer Link)
• International Affairs, Central Asia: Dr. Elisa Braeckevelt(externer Link) 

Further Information

We regularly send emails informing about upcoming events in the context of the initiative as well as about topics within the DFG that are relevant for UAS. If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please send us an e-mail to udif-haw@dfg.de(externer Link).

All important information on the DFG initiative UDIF-HAW can also be found in our flyer(Download).

On the following page you will find an overview of all DFG funding for universities of applied sciences(interner Link).