What will the ideal research culture of the future look like? The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) has a clear vision: integrity, openness, and diversity should shape researchers’ everyday work. With the new funding programme “Shaping Research Culture,” we are putting this vision into practice – and are looking for your innovative projects to help bring these values to life!

The first of three calls for applications is now open. We are looking for practice-oriented, forward-looking projects that make a tangible contribution to improving research culture at our universities. Funding is available for projects addressing one or more of the following priorities:

Priority A: Responsible Research Assessment
Developing fair, transparent, and diversity-sensitive assessment processes and tools.

Priority B: Promoting and Implementing Open Science
Measures to firmly establish and embed open science practices.

Priority C: Research Culture as a Foundation
Exploring the interplay between institutional frameworks, career paths, and research practices.

At a Glance

• Application deadline: 15 January 2027
• Funding: Up to 30 months of funding for your project
• What we are looking for: Applicable, tested, and transferable solutions that can be scaled across the BUA.
• Who Can Apply?

The call is open to:

• Professors
• Researchers with a doctoral degree
• Experts from research support and other academic support areas at BUA partner institutions

We particularly welcome:

• Interdisciplinary teams
• Collaborations with central services and facilities, libraries, computing centres, research services, administration, research management, and, where appropriate, non-university research institutions

Join us and play an active role in shaping the research culture of the BUA! 

Contact:

Nele Hofmann

Scientific Coordinator Research Quality

Objective 3 – Advancing Research Quality and Value

nele.hofmann@berlin-university-alliance.de