Open Science Grants
Call for Applications: Open Science Grants 2025
The University of Mannheim emphasises transparent and reproducible research and supports these goals through Open Science practices (such as pre-registration, Open Data, Open Materials and Open Source). As part of this, the Open Science Office invites applications for Open Science Grants for research projects, infrastructure projects and events related to Open Science. The Open Science aspects can be realised in the thematic focus of the project, the methods used or the objective.
The Open Science Grants are aimed at researchers from all faculties, departments and scientific institutions at the University of Mannheim. The following are eligible to apply: officially accepted doctoral candidates, postdocs and (junior) professors who are predominantly employed at the University of Mannheim. Applications can be submitted for up to 6,500 euros for a project duration of up to one year.
Applicants who are new to Open Science are also strongly encouraged to apply. The Open Science Office provides information and regular support in the implementation of Open Science practices and will meet with applicants during the project.
An optional information event on the Open Science Grants for interested applicants will take place online on 24 June 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 (register here). In addition to details on the call for proposals, you will receive tips for writing research funding applications and can ask further questions.
To apply, please submit the following documents for the university's internal selection procedure:
- Completed application form (docx, 61 KB)
- Short project description (1–2 pages)
- For research projects include e.g., background, hypotheses, research design, references.
- For infrastructure projects include e.g., background, motivation, infrastructure architecture, references
- For events include e.g., motivation, plan of the event, potential speakers/
participants, references.
- For research projects, a data management plan must be submitted on MADataPlan and attached with the other documents (see guidance here, PDF, 1,5 MB)
The application deadline is 14 July 2025, 23:59 (CEST).
Please submit your application by e-mail to david.morganuni-mannheim.de with the subject ‘Open Science Grant Application 2025’.
Evaluation Criteria for Open Science Grants
Applications are evaluated on the following criteria:
- Research Quality (40%)
- Content Quality (background, motivation, etc.)
- Implications for theory, practice and society
- Quality of writing and presentation
- Open Science Implementation (40%)
- Open Science Methods/
Reflection on the use of Open Science in your project - Contribution to the University of Mannheim as an Open Science stakeholder (where relevant)
- Open Science Methods/
- Use of funds (20%)
A total of 51 applications were submitted for the calls for proposals for the previous Open Science Grants. Of these, 17 projects were funded with an Open Science Grant and funds totalling EUR 73,048 were approved.
| Application Round | Number of Applications | Number of Awarded Applicants | Overall Funding |
| 2021 | 20 | 8 | 28.737 € |
| 2022 | 16 | 4 | 18.440 € |
| 2024 | 15 | 5 | 25.871 € |