Basics of submitting an application –

from project idea to submitted research proposal

Target group: Scientific staff (doctoral candidates and post-docs),
                         who are involved in preparing applications, as well as professors

Date: 28.04.2026, 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Location: Online (BBB), will be announced after registration
Coach: Dr. Heike Schröder and Marc Muster

Course language: German
Work units: 3
Frequency: regular/annual

Registration: by 17.04.2026 via registration form

This online seminar teaches you the general basics and structures of submitting an application, as well as the application-related services offered by the relevant TUC service facilities. 

Primary target group: Research assistants (doctoral candidates and postdocs) who are involved in submitting applications, as well as newly appointed professors who are familiarising themselves with the processes at Clausthal University of Technology. 

This online seminar teaches you the general basics and structures of submitting an application. In addition to the requirements of some funding agencies, it also covers the services offered by the relevant TUC service facilities to support the application process. The seminar will focus on national funding programmes. Requirements for European collaborative projects will be addressed in detail in a later workshop.

  • Idea/ project outline
  • Funding research (internal and external offers)
  • Application advice (internal offers)
  • Application text and necessary content (e.g. work plan, budgeting)
  • Pre-application review (as a service offer)
  • Internal application/third-party funding notification (also: approval of submission)
  • Application submission (e.g. required signatures)
  • Excursus: necessary steps after project approval