We help you to get your research idea off the ground. Our support includes how to plan and realise your national, European or international project.
Our services are not only aimed at researchers at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. We also provide information on research funding for interested companies and institutions that want to plan and carry out research and development projects together with Fulda University of Applied Sciences.
Support for researchers at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
The team national research funding offers researchers at Fulda University of Applied Sciences a comprehensive range of services. You can contact us with a finalised proposal idea and also with first project ideas. We will then be happy to discuss with you the best ways and means of realising them.
Fulda University of Applied Sciences provides internal research funding every year. These funds serve, for example, to develop innovative research ideas, prepare for larger externally funded projects and to initiate interdisciplinary research projects. If you have any questions about whether your project idea is suitable for an internal call for proposals, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Further services for researchers at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- Selection of a suitable research programme,
- Development of your project idea and advise on the design of the project structure,
- Individual support regarding the application process, e. g. budget calculation and internal coordination of administrative issues,
- Individual support regarding the upload of the final research proposals at perspektive web portals and
- Liaising with contact persons in charge at project management agencies or ministries.

Offers for enterprises and institutions
Research and develop together
Together with researchers from Fulda University of Applied Sciences, you will conduct research on an applied topic that affects your organisation. Your project group will receive support regarding project content and organisation. Projects can be funded at regional, national and international level. If you would like to find out more, we will be happy to advise you.
Contract research projects
We also carry out contract research and provide you with competent and solution-oriented support in the concretisation and implementation of your project. Our academic networks make it possible to set up thematic research groups.
Within a collaboration project, also students and postgrads can be involved within the scope of their BSc, MSc, and PhD projects. We will gladly assist you to make contact to respective researchers in our departments.
Research funding opportunities
Various databases provide information on funding opportunities for research projects.
Funding database of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
The Federal Ministry's website provides companies and institutions with numerous funding opportunities. You can use this database to find out which funding programmes are suitable to conduct research projects together with universities.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Funding database of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Your contacts for national research funding
Please contact us via the central e-mail address: forschung(at)hs-fulda.de

Katja Mruk Research officer
National research programmes

Alfred Stein Research officer
National research programmes

Kerstin Müller Research officer
National research programmes (currently not available)
Comprehensive advice
The team for EU research funding and international research and transfer relations advices and supports university members and external partners with EU project applications, from the selection of the right program to project implementation. It offers a comprehensive advisory service in the areas of research, education, innovation and transfer. Applicants are guided through the entire process of applying for and implementing EU-funded projects.
Benefit from the experience gained in applying for and administering EU projects in the EU research funding area. Do not hesitate to contact the EU research funding team.
Our services
- Funding information and application advice on European and international research programmes, education and transfer programmes, such as Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, COSME, etc.
- Support with the management and administration of EU projects
- Representation of interests vis-à-vis EU institutions
- Establishing and maintaining international contacts
- Support in strategic research management, e.g. in the development of EU funding strategies
Your contacts for European research funding
Please contact us via the central e-mail address: eu-forschung(at)hs-fulda.de

Viktoria Beinrott EU Research officer
European and international research programmes

Thomas Berger EU Network manager
EU Projects EUROPE DIRECT and OPEN-EYE • International research and transfer

Jazmín Covelo Vázquez Project assistant
EU Project OPEN-EYE

Attila Majoros Project staff
EU Project EUROPE DIRECT
In 2016, Fulda University of Applied Sciences was the first university of applied sciences (HAW) in Germany to be granted the right to award doctorates in social sciences with a focus on globalisation, European integration and interculturality. Other disciplines have since been added with the right to award doctoral degrees.
Professors can award doctorates in their field of research to their graduates and also to graduates from other colleges and universities, supporting academic careers at universities of applied sciences.
If you would like to supervise or assess a doctorate, there are differences between doctorates with independent doctoral authorisation and cooperative doctorates that are carried out in collaboration with a university. You can find out more on the following pages:
Working Group for Academic Continuing Education (AGWW): The AGWW is an association of Hessian universities, of which Fulda University of Applied Sciences is also a member. The subject areas of the joint continuing education programme include leadership skills, university didactics, university development, methodological skills and social skills. In addition, special education programmes are also offered. The course programme is accredited by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior. More at AGWW Hessen.
Further training programmes for doctoral candidates: Special education programmes are offered for doctoral candidates, which can take place at various universities. The aim of these programmes is to support doctoral candidates and those interested in doing a doctorate in their doctoral work and along the way in order to prepare them for their professional career. More under special programmes for doctoral candidates.
The Fulda University of Applied Sciences maintains a committee for the assessment of fundamental ethical questions of research and ethical questions of academic research on humans. This includes foundational research, epidemiological research with personal data and research with therapeutic objectives.
Prof Dominik Skauradszun was appointed as the ombudsperson of Fulda University of Applied Sciences. His deputy is Prof Steven Lambeck.
Scientific integrity of the DFG
Statutes for good scientific practice
Contact details of the ombudsperson of Fulda University of Applied Sciences:
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