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    CENTRAL Joint Workshops Call 2026/2027

    Important dates

    Call notice to be published:

    26/01/2026

    Submission deadline:

    31/03/2026 – 23:59 CET

    Eligibility check by:

    30/04/2026

    Academic evaluation by:

    15/06/2026


    Aim

    CENTRAL-Workshops are networking projects for groups of researcher of the CENTRAL universities in order to initiate new collaboration (including innovative teaching/training for young researchers) or to consolidate existing collaboration. Open to all disciplines!


    Supported activities

    CENTRAL-Workshop projects will fund one or two, 2-3 day meetings at one of the involved CENTRAL partner universities (or two, if two meetings will be held). Execution period: 01/09/2026 – 31/08/2027 


    Financing

    • In 2026 up to 8 projects may be funded.

    • Costs for travelling and accommodation: will be covered by the sending institutions. 

      Please be advised that costs for travelling might change until the workshop takes place (plan conservatively) This will be taken into account during the review of the applications.

    • Costs for catering, rental costs for of seminar room: will be covered by hosting institution.  

    • Funding regulations of each institution shall apply. 


    Project team

    Each project team shall comprise groups of researchers of at least three CENTRAL universities. Each group of researchers preferentially consists of 2-4 researchers of one CENTRAL university (inter/multi-disciplinary groups are possible) and has to include at least one established researcher (Post-Doc with at least 5 years of research experience), who will also act as group leader of its university, and at least one PhD-student.


    Application form

    Applicants can be any established researcher (at least 5 years of postdoctoral research experience) of any academic discipline, employed at any university of the CENTRAL network.


    Application have to be submitted before deadline 31 March 2026 - 23:59 CET via e-mail to .


    APPLICATION FORM (interactive application form in pdf format, please do not change the format)


    Evaluation procedure

    Assessment of applications implies a formal check to verify the eligibility (done by the CENTRAL coordination unit) and a quality assessment against the following selection criteria: 


    • Academic quality of project

    max. 30 point

    • Feasibility of plan

    max. 20 points

    • Quality of team (including junior researcher and PhD students)

    max. 20 points

    • Potential for further collaboration (incl. future externally funded project)

    max. 20 points

    • Consideration will also be given to whether the project or form of cooperation is new.

    max. 10 points


    Each application will be awarded up to 100 points in the quality assessment. To be considered for funding, proposals must score at least 60 points in total and at least half of the maximum points in each of the selection criteria.


    Contact

    In case of any question please write us via e-mail .

    Joint workshops supported in previous years to be found here:


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