Knowledge Exchange Fund

Call for Applications 2024: "Knowledge Exchange in Teaching and Learning"

Universität Hamburg is not only a university of excellence with outstanding research and teaching in innovation-relevant subject areas; it also sees itself as an engaged university that is concerned with solving regional problems    ̶ together with non-university stakeholders. The motto: Science for and with society.

"Transfer is more"    ̶ also in studies and teaching: after the previous calls for proposals of the Knowledge Exchange Fund focused primarily on research projects, this year's call is aimed at funding projects that (teaching) staff and students of Universität Hamburg would like to realize with external partners. Whether together with municipalities, companies, associations, foundations, groups or individuals, whether as a real-world laboratory, service learning, community research or social entrepreneurship education    ̶ project ideas that focus on learning and teaching formats in which non-academic stakeholders play an active role are in demand.

The local focus can be set in a broad spectrum ranging from the city to the Hamburg metropolitan region to international contexts.

• Call closes: June 30, 2024
• Funding amount for projects: up to 30,000 euros each
• Funding period: from July 31, 2024 to November 01, 2024

 Submit your application here.

Funding, review procedure and application

Since 2021, Universität Hamburg's Knowledge Exchange Fund has been supporting around 12 projects per year with (start-up) funding of up to EUR 30,000 each.

During the funding period, the Knowledge Exchange Agency invites those responsible for the projects to three workshops (kick-off, mountain festival, retrospective) in order to facilitate possible synergies between the projects and to reflect on the progress of the projects. In addition to active participation in these events, a short report on the use of the funds and knowledge exchange relevant results are expected at the end of the project, which must also be presented publicly.

Applicants must have an employment contract with Universität Hamburg that runs at least until the end of the funding period. Additional project members can be funded by the Knowledge Exchange Fund, e.g. via top-ups, independent contractor agreements, student/research assistant positions. New hires are not possible due to the short funding period. In addition to personnel costs, material resources can also be applied for.

After a formal review, the submitted applications are first comparatively assessed by external colleagues with knowledge exchange expertise and then evaluated by members of the university’s Knowledge Exchange Advisory Board.