{"id":3191,"date":"2026-04-13T08:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:21:37","slug":"boost-research-seed-grants-for-lower-saxony-last-chance-for-the-mandatory-online-consultation-hour-on-16-apr-2026-grant-application-deadline-2-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/2026\/04\/13\/boost-research-seed-grants-for-lower-saxony-last-chance-for-the-mandatory-online-consultation-hour-on-16-apr-2026-grant-application-deadline-2-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eBoost Research! Seed Grants for Lower Saxony\u201c &#8211; last chance for the mandatory online consultation hour on 16 Apr 2026 (grant application deadline: 2 June 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/03\/zukunftniedersachsen_Logo_Verlauf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/03\/zukunftniedersachsen_Logo_Verlauf.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/03\/zukunftniedersachsen_Logo_Verlauf-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/03\/zukunftniedersachsen_Logo_Verlauf-220x114.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwk.niedersachsen.de\/startseite\/\">Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkswagenstiftung.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volkswagen Foundation<\/a><\/strong> are specifically supporting new collaborations among researchers in Lower Saxony through a new initiative called <a href=\"https:\/\/zukunft.niedersachsen.de\/en\/funding-offers\/boost-research-seed-grants-for-lower-saxony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Boost Research &#8211; Seed Grants for Lower Saxony<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim is to <strong>initiate innovative research projects<\/strong> and subsequently <strong>attract additional third-party funding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a <strong>mandatory (!) online consultation <\/strong>hour on 16 April 2026 for prospective applicants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Field of study: open to all disciplines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type of funding: collaborative projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Target group: postdoctoral researchers at universities and research institutions in Lower Saxony<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications must be submitted in English; additional deadline 2027<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funding period: up to 4 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funding amount: up to EUR 800,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for this call is <strong>2 June 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Boost-Research-Seed-Grants-for-Lower-Saxony_-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Boost-Research-Seed-Grants-for-Lower-Saxony_-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-988b5b5e-a542-4a6d-89fe-7924a235f519\" href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Boost-Research-Seed-Grants-for-Lower-Saxony_-1.pdf\">Boost-Research-Seed-Grants-for-Lower-Saxony_-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/03\/Boost-Research-Seed-Grants-for-Lower-Saxony_-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-988b5b5e-a542-4a6d-89fe-7924a235f519\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwk.niedersachsen.de\/startseite\/\">Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkswagenstiftung.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volkswagen Foundation<\/a><\/strong> are specifically supporting new collaborations among researchers in Lower Saxony through a new initiative called <a href=\"https:\/\/zukunft.niedersachsen.de\/en\/funding-offers\/boost-research-seed-grants-for-lower-saxony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Boost Research &#8211; Seed Grants for Lower Saxony<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aim is to <strong>initiate innovative research projects<\/strong> and subsequently <strong>attract additional third-party funding<\/strong>. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/2026\/04\/13\/boost-research-seed-grants-for-lower-saxony-last-chance-for-the-mandatory-online-consultation-hour-on-16-apr-2026-grant-application-deadline-2-june-2026\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,292],"tags":[295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3248,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions\/3248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}