fz npv - sustainable processes and procedures
Current 2/26
Current 2/26
// Current funding streams
// Funding programmes
- 6 June: Bioeconomy International (BMFTR)
- 8 June: PRIMARY: Local upcycling solutions for agricultural raw materials; developing region-specific business models in cooperation with SMEs and local stakeholders, e.g. for bio-based materials, bioenergy and fertilisers (€50–150t, 1–3 partners, EU)
- 30 June: HAW Project Academy: Local education policy: arenas, stakeholders and target audiences (1–2-page outline, DFG)
- 30 June: A climate-neutral, sustainable and competitive blue economy involving civil society, academia, politics and industry (MARE:N)
- 31 June: Research Spirit! Next-Generation Sequencing in Ecosystem Research ( €210t, 3 years, sfz)
- 4 July: Cell culture and precision fermentation for new foods (bmftr)
- 8 July: Preparing for Tomorrow – Societies and Strategies in Times of Transition: GW/KW/SW (letter of intent, two-stage, DFG, TAP)
- 15 July: Zia Visible Women in Science (1-year fellowship / networking, zeit)
- 15 July: Interdisciplinary fellowship, 3–10 months (topics include Earth, Energy, Society; Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg)
- 20 July: urban ignite — think tank, testing visions: fundamentally transforming urban systems – reducing emissions, conserving resources, protecting biodiversity, improving quality of life (9–12 months, €85t, new stakeholders, culture of risk-taking and learning from mistakes, where appropriate prepare R&D projects for a 2-year follow-up phase ‘impact’; bmftr)
- 31 July: Reading period: Return to research following administrative duties, 6-month sabbatical (thyssen)
- 3 August: Development of research infrastructures at universities of applied sciences (HAWs): inter-/transdisciplinary, forward-looking innovation spaces – new ways of thinking, new research approaches, socio-technological solutions -- 12 months of development, 18 months of R&D, 6 months of transfer / €2 million (including 50% investment; HAW-OpenSpace, bmftr) > only one submission per university possible; already being utilised by h-da
- 09 August:Innovative data analysis for women’s health and gender-sensitive medicine (bmftr)
- 21 August: City centres for all: use, interim use, redesign, dialogue, strategy development (cooperation with local authority required; €300t; hessen)
- 31 August: Transformations of democracy: including acceptance and tolerance of normatively set transformation goals, the role of intermediary actors (local authorities, civil society organisations, media), differences in reactions to transformation across social, cultural or economic milieus, new technologies and negotiation processes (two-stage, bmftr)
- 1 September: GW/SW/KW interdisciplinary: History / Language / Culture; State / Economy / Society or biomedicine, open-ended topic (permanent post / research assistant / student assistant / travel expenses; also: 1 February 27; Thyssen)
- 1 September: Trilateral research projects – knowledge transfer: Professors with DFG-funded background projects, Fraunhofer + application partners (3 years; two-stage, DFG)
- 1 September: Project funding, open to all topics (summer/winter/spring terms) (staff/travel expenses: Thyssen)
- 1 September: Future of Construction: Climate change, climate adaptation and resource conservation & cost implications; process-, cost- and quality-optimised construction and renovation (bmftr)
- 10 September: Strategic Experimentation Spaces – University Development & Flexibility (2–5 years, €500t, Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
- 15 September: Application-oriented further development of research results: further development, TRL, commercialisation (two-stage, HAW Research Boost, bmftr)
- 22 September: Circular and bio-based – biotechnology, bio-manufacturing, circular value chains: resilience, reducing dependence on fossil resources (cbe ju)
- 30 September: EU cooperation in industrial biotechnology – Eureka Biotech Network Projects: including biotechnological production processes utilising renewable carbon sources (e.g. biogenic residues,CO₂, secondary raw materials)
- 1 October: Freedom for independent research (€120t, 2 years, postdocs, tschira boost, 8 July: information event)
- 2 October: Energy Neighbourhoods Innovation Competition: outstanding neighbourhood projects – innovative, practical, transferable (‘Design’ phase, two-stage, bmwe)
- 30 October: socio-ecological early-career research groups for sustainable and resilient urban-peripheral regions: including impact research, participation, acceptance, ethics / justice (5 years, 5 posts: Group leader (postdoc, 100%) / 4 staff members (65%), topics: see also (4b))
- 16 November: Temporary employment of foreign researchers: research professorship (1.5–3 million; Humboldt)
- 31 December: Floodplain restoration along watercourses: local authority partnerships (ANK-Auen, bmukn)
- 31 Dec: Measures to adapt to the consequences of climate change: local authority adaptation / implementation / pilot projects (BMUV)
- 31 December: R&D / innovation clusters: hydrogen / fuel cell technology (including testing / trials / infrastructure; bmv)
- 31 December: Digital recording, assessment and management of ecological processes: biodiversity, climate adaptation and water balance, soil protection, digital quality assurance (dbu)
- 31 December: digital.nature.landscape: biodiversity, climate adaptation and water balance, soil protection, quality assurance for digital environmental applications (practical relevance and cooperation required; dbu)
- 31 December: Raw materials for the energy transition: substitution, circularity, reverse logistics, business models (€300t, required: industry partner; dbu)
- 15 April 27: Resources & Circular Economy (Innovative SMEs, bmftr)
- 29 April 2027: Young researchers’ groups in the social-ecological field for sustainable and resilient urban-rural regions (bmftr)
- 30 June 2027: Conservation and innovative, sustainable use of biodiversity (bmleh)
- 30 June 2027: Transformative climate protection projects (bmwk)
- 30 June 2027: Future technologies for the industrial bioeconomy (bmftr)
- 30 June 2027: International hydrogen projects (bmftr/bmwk; )
- 30 June 27: 8th Energy Research Programme: Energy supply technologies; electricity grids and energy storage; energy use and energy efficiency; energy systems and system integration (bmwk)
- 15 July 27: ODIN: International Hubs of Innovation – Identifying challenges in international value creation, collaboratively developing solutions, strengthening technological sovereignty (bmftr)
- 31 July 27: WIPANO: Technology transfer projects, norms / patents / standards (bmwk, see also)
- 30 September 27: Exist Women ( bmwk)
- 30 November 27: Open-source development funding(bmftr)
- 1 January 30: Humus formation and conservation (bmleh / fnr)
- 1 December 30: Organic value chains (bmftr)
- 31 December 36: Framework: Current and future challenges facing democratic societies (bmftr)
- 31.12.38: Framework: Funding for research and teaching in the field of social policy (bmas)
- (any time) Networks/KnowledgeTransfer (2 years, 25t / 10t euros, German Foundation for Peace Research)
- (any time) Hydrogen: Research stays / internships (Master’s, PhD, postdoc, DAAD)
- (any time) Digital.Nature.Landscape: Practical innovations for biodiversity, climate and soil (universities + SMEs)
- (any time) Funding for public-benefit enterprises (bmwk)
- (any time) Research stays: green hydrogen (Master’s / PhD students / postdocs; DAAD)
- (any time) Environmental relief – innovation – exemplary role (two-stage, DBU)
- (any time) Publication funding for books / open access (DFG, even without existing DFG funding!)
- (anytime) Mercator (open / two-stage, e.g. climate protection or participation)
- (any time) DBU (open) <----
- Reviewers wanted: DAAD
- Consultation: High-Tech Agenda D
- Background: Increase in DFG programme flat rate -- 22 > 25%
- Info: tax-related research allowance (corporate collaborations)
- Info: AI & peer review of research grant applications
// EU
- 6 June: Bioeconomy International (bmftr)
- 30 June: ‘New battery materials and materials for improved battery technologies’ / ‘Alternative battery systems’ (M-ERA-NET; BMFTR)
- 1 July: Research collaborations (DAAD) with France (mobility / staff exchanges; parallel partner application required)
- 24 September: Widening / Widera (Hop On – involvement of external partners in ongoing projects; Research Management Facility – establishment/further development of research management capacity; Teaming Synergies – collaboration between Teaming-funded centres of excellence)
- 28 October: Network-building (COST, 4 years, €690t)
- 31 December: Croatia (DFG)
- 31 December: Joint PhD supervision (€4,000 towards mobility costs, DFH)
- (-30 June 29) HAW – European Networks
- H2026–2027 — “Horizontal Activities”
- including biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, climate resilience; innovation measures
- Horizon Europe 26/27
- C5 -- Programme (pdf) -- Climate, Energy and Mobility
- C6 -- Programme (pdf) -- Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Food, Agriculture, Environment.
- Missions (including clima / climate-neutral cities 2030)
- Bauhaus (including circular built environment, neighbourhood transformation, reduction of soil sealing)
- Horizontal (including the Clean Industrial Deal)
- WideERA -- MSCA (including post-doctoral) -- research infrastructures -- innovation ecosystems
- Funding Programme: Climate / Energy / Mobility
- Funding Programme: Democracy & Governance
- Advance notice: IHI (Innovative Health Initiative)
- From 2027: ‘Social Transformations & Resilience’ – transformative R&I & GW/KW/SW: Future of Work
- Consultation: Nature Conservation Directives; Bio-based Innovation/Production; Future Food Systems; CO₂ Storage in Agriculture; Agri-Research; Coastal Communities; Association with Australia
- App: EU Funding & Me (iOS/Android)
- Applications: Dos and Don’ts; Resubmissions
- Tool: Self-assessment of research competencies
- EU Dashboard: Staff costs (by country) — lump-sum table
- EU FAQs: Finding partners;Project communication strategies; Dealing with AI; Dissemination & exploitation of results
- Water, soil, art. Art as part of EU projects.
- 'Utopia Europe'
// international collaborations
- 6 June: Bioeconomy International (BMFTR)
- 19 June: Canada (BMWE / ZIM)
- 21 June: Sub-Saharan Africa (EUNIC)
- 24 June: Ukraine (BMFTR)
- 30 June: Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Infrastructure (Ghana, civil engineering, architecture, raw materials extraction, recycling, circular economy)
- 30 June: GeorgForster Research Fellowship for Sustainable Development (Humboldt, enabling researchers from emerging economies to conduct on-site research for up to 2 years, €2,700–3,200 per month)
- 1 July: Israel, water research (bmftr)
- 21 July: Israel (ZIM, see also DFG)
- 21 July: Israel R&D (Eureka)
- 10 September: Innovation hubs for climate-neutral energy generation: Brazil (9 years; BMFTR; incl. hydrogen / biomass)
- 30 September: Germany–Poland ( art projects, BKM)
- 13 October: Sweden (ZIM)
- 15 October: GW/SW/KW & Israel: AI & Society (gif)
- 28 October: Taiwan (zim)
- 31 Dec: German-Israeli workshops for early-career researchers (gif)
- 30 June 27: Southern / Eastern Mediterranean region – water management
- 30 June 27: International hydrogen projects (bmftr/bmwk; see also)
- 30 July 27: Denmark (DFG)
- (any time) worldwide (DFG)
- (any time) German-speaking countries (D – A – CH; DFG)
- (any time) Colombia, Czech Republic, Japan, Slovenia (DFG)
- (any time) Switzerland, Austria: applied, cross-border research (transport infrastructure; 36 months; DACH)
- (any time) study visits on green hydrogen (daad)
- (any time) Africa (Benz)
// Awards
- 29 May: PhD Prize in Democracy Research (€10t, hmwk)
- 9 June: UNESCO World Heritage Photo Competition
- 15 June: Human Rights Film Award (Amnesty / UNESCO, etc.)
- 15 June: Digital GreenTalents – High Potentials in Sustainable Development Award (BMFTR)
- 30 June: Student Design Challenge: including inclusion (E2i)
- 30 June: Occupational Safety and Health Award (€10t, BMAS)
- 30 June: Democracy Research Hesse (€10, Hesse)
- 30 June: German-African Innovation Promotion Prize (BMFTR)
- 30 June: Student Design Challenge (Engage2innovate, EU)
- 10 July: Bundestag Science Prize (€10t)
- 31 July: Kärcher Research Project Grant(1 year; Kärcher)
- 31 July: Innovation Award / Future Technology Award (€20t; Schaeffler)
- 14 August: Hessian State Prize for Universal Design ( Young Researchers: €7t)
- 18 August: HAL2027 Ideas Competition: The Cyber-Secure Administrative Workplace of the Future (€100t, BSI)
- 15 September: Essay Prize: People & History (Gerdsen)
- 1 October: Grosser Frankfurter Bogen (GFB) Future Prize (€5–20t, Frankfurt)
- 31 December: Enabling international researchers to undertake a local stay (including postdocs, 60–80t €, Humboldt)
- Nominate: Greenwashing Prize
// events / exhibitions
- 5–14 June: openDesign Week, Frankfurt
- 9–13 June: New European Bauhaus Festival
- 2–5 June: Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology, Lausanne
- 8 June: freetraining session on ‘participatory research’ ( Zoom)
- 11 June: Green Skills for a Low-Carbon Future (npj)
- 11 June: Creative Bureaucracy Festival
- >> 19–20 June: ‘Poetic Forests’ writing workshop, Mühltal
- 24–25 June: FONA Forum, Berlin (BMFTR)
- 25 June: Innovation funding (Hesse)
- 26 June–3 July: Hamburg Sustainability Week 2026
- 2 July: Festival of the Future
- – 9 August: ‘Power to Change’, Goslar
- 3 September: Clean-Tech, Berlin
- 23 September: Sustainability Day, Hesse
- 28 September–2 October: Darmstadt Days of Transformation 2026
- 6 October: “Living within Planetary Boundaries”: Sustainability Transformation Conference 2026 (Environmental Council)
- 28 October: Hessian Congress on the Future of the City Centre, Marburg
- 16–20 November: Pathways Autumn School ‘ ’ (fe)
- 12 March 27: Sustainable Futures by Design (AvH, KIT)
- 5–10 April 27: Groningen Sustainability Conference
- 31 May–4 June 27: Bridging Knowledge and Networks: Inter- and Transdisciplinarity for Transformative Change. (International Inter- and Transdisciplinarity (ITD) Conference)
- 5–9 July 27: Sustainability Science Summit 2027 (dkn)
- Pollution Pods
- Museum of All Things (netz)
- IGA (Ruhr region)
- greenart
- S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology and Arts)
// misc: New releases
- app: unusual and ordinary weather, Drought Monitor D; bio-o-ton, hyper-normalisation
- clip / stream / video: renEU; dare to (see also #1, #2); hydrogen
- game: Climate Scale; games for culture (Those from Below / We Grew Up in War / Gulag Diaries), Epic Furious
- how-tos: greening buildings; sourcing recycled furniture; UBA data cube (e.g. 35 years, 27 greenhouse gases, 271 sources9
- vote: Boomer Word of the Year (see also); air travel; speed limits; shoes, leather & deforestation (EU)
- map: actual / target for German cities: photovoltaic expansion (see also #1, #2, #3); global: solar capacity / expansion (see also costs / exponential growth; overview of further resources / career compass)
- tools: Practical handbook on youth engagement in sustainability / nutrition / public procurement: e-bike; building assessment for heat pumps; energy-efficient refurbishment; sustainability management ( nama); environmental education, multilingual
- course: Predatory Journals: recognising & avoiding them, publishing safely (Tib)
- study: Populism / Disinformation; Meat Nudging; CO₂ Removal (see also)
- Call for input: Global Sustainable Development Report 2027 (UN)
- Narrative: Sustainability & Clothing (see also, EU graphic)
- Spinning: Fair Jeans
- Info: Food waste
- story: free breakfasts; irrigation systems
- Get involved: City Cycling
- competition: heat pump / balcony power plant; 10 years’ free drinks
- audio / podcast: Hantavirus & climate; eZweiräder global; children’s participation; removing plastic from food: Plastic Detox
- film: The Plastic Detox (Netflix, see also #1, #2); general tips; Sirat
Village Trust 24/7: Aunt Enso (see also #1, #2);Democracy Kiosks; Eh-da areas;Defence Wilderness; lupus; water buffalo; 0-euro ticket (see also Switzerland (31 days’ free travel by train / scooter / hire car)); D-Ticket & CO₂; family ticket; European comparison of rail investment); commuting costs per km: car, bike, public transport (see also: development of cycle paths in Paris); Car park > living space; complete transition to e-mobility: South-East Asia, Pakistan, EU (see also: oil-powered vehicles, public transport); hydrogen-powered ship engines (see also); retrofitting to electric; station buildings 2.0; Energy-saving campaign: advertising screens (see also) / Advertising: post-fossil; Post-mining reuse of coal boreholes; Biochar: urban green spaces (see also); Reusable plant pallets; Peak packaging; ISDS exit; PFAS ban: France; sustainable restoration / glass production / sewage treatment plants / concrete recycling / travel; wind turbine aquaculture; post-peak-fossil: India, China; post-fossil fertiliser: global food security (see also); India’s eco-transition: #1, #2; standardised vegan label: India, 2027; the Arab future 2050; Polytunity (see also); global electricity grid (see also local); Common good as an economic factor; Master’s degree; investment * 4.8 (see also: jobs, health, survey); working life & myth (see also); right to strike 2.0; arte 2.0; spring cleaning; DME; ccg; 2° pioneers; rewild (see also); profitably colluded (see also #1, #2 (see also: a, b, c, d, e), #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, see also) / Fossil fuel advertising playbook: greenwashing > gaslighting; transformative adaptation (see also); reparation; nu-knitting; alliances;civil society; attention (see also); enthusiasm; happiness; moonshot moment: Make abundance great again.
// misc: Agenda 2050 / bizarre
Timmy lives!; beyond 2030; 114 years; academic freedom 2025; fracking waste; golden vulture 2026; Europe Sustainable Development Report (see also); Origin: packaging cardboard; windpower flow changes; Repro-zombie prompt;‘social’ de-civilising asbestos; it’s always the others who get cancer: Brutalisation 3.0 (see also); Big Tobacco 2.0: early customer loyalty (Gen B, C, …; France; Sweden); Children from Facebook Station (see also,‘10 Commandments’, Men’s Club / repair, see also);“Carry the Flame”;CO₂ billionaires (life without a private jet is (not) possible, see also #1, #2); GEO 7; Final Repository > Primary School (see also); Strengtheningchildren’s alcohol literacy; media climate denial; changing sides: one’s own agenda portrayed as an external accusation, today:“lying press” (see also:badmouthing& saviour of the vale of tears); USA: Teleportation; dildo-flash (see also); Baby wooden influencer role-play set; fallout; roadkill; 2038; DDR2, 7 years to go? ('33-2.0)
// (post-)digital
- open-source transformation (survey; EU test; dynamics, MS & EU data centre; cost-benefit: #1, #2)
- New EU open-source strategy / EU tech sovereignty (see also open-source-first)
- Big Tech exit: International Court of Justice; EU (cloud / search / messenger); Denmark (Parliament, Windows exit); France (Windows exit, see also; exit from Teams / Zoom; Ministry of Education; police; Lyon, costs reduced by a third); Netherlands (Ministry of Digital Affairs; government & universities; central bank; within 5 years: banks, insurers, pension funds; Solvinity; Airbus); Germany (exit from Microsoft formats by 2028 > ODF; Bavaria: MS Office exit; Schleswig-Holstein (MS; Teams); Berlin; DFG; Bundeswehr; health service; social security providers); Italy (MS); Estonia (MS); Austria (Austrian Armed Forces & Ministry of Economic Affairs); Switzerland (MS); Madrid; India
- Big Tech eShutdown scenario: “Greenland? Just cut off Denmark’s access to Office 365, iOS and Android – bring the whole bloody country to a standstill!”
- neo-feudal tech monopolies (see also TRD, firewall, documentary)
- Rage-bait; grooming; accountability (see alsoSpotify); map_it / follow the money
- Palantir entry: NHS / US; Palantir exit: France; the Netherlands; Switzerland (see also #1, #2); England (see also); BfV; Bundeswehr; Ministry of Digital Affairs; EU alternatives
- petition #1, #2, Save-Social;#gp
- off:
- di.day / attention; apparatus of capture / smartphone-regression 2010ff — the new real. (see also #1, #2, #3)
- mobile switch: wallet; notes; map / cycle; public transport; office (zoom_out; office-EU), cloud; Leaf Social (YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, WhatsApp+; X+); language learning; AI (see also:confer); Starlink; chess; period
- EU-Indy alternatives: vinyl, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 (see also)
- Dialectics of Boredom
- OFF [ video, figures, see also]
- offline clubs (see also #1, #2) / cafés (see also) / hangouts (see also 12meat) // movement (incl. kit) --- challenge
- pre-quantum, EU-based: de / fr / nl (see also #1, #2, #3)
- Europe: undivided,sovereign, independent.
- ‘United States of Europe’: time for a declaration of independence, petition (+ perhaps Canadians would like to be asked, please? (see also #1, #2) — Agenda 2035?
- AI & Environment: GPT-5 = 500 GWh / 42,000 tonnes of CO₂ (= 700 tonnes of trees) / 1 billion litres of water;