The Oxford Berlin Research Partnership aims to foster mobility and to help build stronger networks between the partner institutions. We also want to further the involvement of researchers at the beginning of their career.

To that end, funding is now available to support Early Career Researchers (postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students) from Oxford and Berlin who are planning a short-term visit at a partner institution in the other city to pursue research as part of existing or recently initiated collaborations between the partners.

The award is made following the recommendation of the Academic Directors of the partnership and the members of the Academic Liaison Committee. The funds are intended to cover costs for travel, accommodation and a daily subsistence allowance for research visits taking place between 15 April 2026 and 31 August 2026 (min. 2 weeks, max. 8 weeks in total).

 

Application:

• Please check your eligibility to apply in the Further Particulars document, which is attached to this call.
• Please fill in the application form (link below).
• For Oxford researchers going to Berlin: please supply written consent (for example, an email thread) from Faculty/Department that they are willing to administer your funding allocation, if successful.
• The application document asks you address the following areas:
  • A short description of the existing or recently initiated connection between the applying Early Career Researcher and the project that they will be visiting or working on.
  • Other concrete measures and projects in which the applicant will be involved during their time in Berlin or Oxford.
  • The main activities of focus (e.g. lab work, participation in workshops, field work).
  • Details of the duration and period of the planned stay.

The application form is available for download at the bottom of this page for informational purposes (the actual application will then be submitted online).

 

All applications must be submitted by midday on 2 March 2026.

At the same time as submitting your application, the budget administration consent from Oxford-based researchers needs to be sent to Dr Aoife Ni Chroidheain Lau: aoife.nichroidheain@dae.ox.ac.uk.

By sending in your application to consent to having your data stored and processed by the funding partners (the University of Oxford and the Berlin University Alliance) for the purposes of this funding call. We will also use your data to contact you about further activities of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership. You can withdraw your consent at any time, without giving any reasons, by contacting us via email to info@oib.ox.ac.uk and oxber@berlin-university-alliance.de.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at oxber@berlin-university-alliance.de.

A virtual information event on the call took place on February 12. The presentation from the event is available for download at the bottom of this page.

 

Funded Early Career Researchers