Collective projects

The grant for interdisciplinary research environments aims to give opportunities for research teams to develop interdisciplinary research and interdisciplinary research environments, where breakthroughs and ground-breaking discoveries may be expected. The call is intended to provide long-term support to research where theories, methodology, factual knowledge and/or data from differing disciplines are combined in ways that open up new research fields and research approaches.

• Duration: several visits to ZiF over a period of up to three years; these recurring visits may add up to a total of ten months.
• Funding Amount: up to 200,000 EUR to cover the costs for travel and accommodation as well as workshops and conferences; personnel expenses (buy-outs) cannot be covered.

The funding format "Research in Groups" is open to scholars from all disciplines post-PhD, based in Germany and abroad. They can propose a research project to be conducted with a curated group of (preferably) international colleagues. If their collaborative application is successful, ZiF will host the group on its campus, offering ideal working conditions. There are three different group formats with varying time span and funding options.

Expected Outcome

Projects are expected to contribute to one of the two following outcomes, exclusively:

Expected Outcome

Actions are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

Sciences Po is announcing its annual internal call for research proposals for 2026 in order to finance specific and innovative research projects presented by the tenure-track and tenured faculty of Sciences Po. These proposals may cover a period of up to three years and may not exceed a total budget of €45,000. Please note that small scale projects with less budget will be welcome too.

Global intellectual exchange is at the heart of the Katekisama Program. To stimulate these forms of academic collaboration, the Program entails two forms of fellowships: Katekisama Visiting Fellowships are announced once a year, the call for application aims to attract researchers who share the Program’s commitment to interdisciplinary thinking and intellectual curiosity and who intend to contribute to substantial new development in globality research. The changing focus of the Fellowships reflects the different annual themes of the Katekisama Program.