Call for Applications

The Application consists of 5 Parts and must be submitted in English:

1. a brief cover letter (max. 1 page)

Please address the following points:

• Specify your teaching replacement/ support type: teaching replacement (up to 9-SWS, or none for research semesters) or alternative support (e.g., assistance equivalent to up to 0.5 W3 professorship)
• Expected outputs: paper, conference presentation, funding application, etc.
• Guest researcher invitations: 1–3 researchers for workshops and/or one researcher for extended stay, including how their expertise supports your research

2. a 2–3-page outline of your planned research project at CAS

Please answer the following questions:

• What do I plan to work on?
• What are interdisciplinary aspects about my research idea?
• What existing research in my area best connects to my idea?
• What gaps could my research idea fill?
• What are my goals for the CAS semester?
• What makes my research project a strong candidate for CAS funding?

Please note that applications can also be submitted by teams of up to three researchers.

In the case of a team application:

• each member is asked to outline their individual contribution to the joint project.
• the outline should also show how the contributions of each group member combine into a unified research project.
• Finally, the outline should mention any prior joint work of the team members.

3. CV (max. 4 pages)

• Please submit your CV based on the format of the German Research Foundation (DFG) CV, you can find a template based on the DFG CV here (DOCX, 31 kB).  Your CV can be up to four pages.

4. an outline of the societal relevance of the project idea 

• Please describe the relevance in up to 300 words, with up to five references.

5. Consent to the processing of optional information in the CV and personal data pursuant to Article 9 GDPR

• Please include the linked document in the PDF you generate with all your application documents. Including this document constitutes consent to the processing of optional information contained in the CV template you may have submitted, as well as any other special categories of personal data (Art. 9 GDPR) you may have provided in other parts of your application.

Application Submission:

Please send your application documents in English in one PDF to:

info-casmail-uni-mannheim.de

We look forward to your application!