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Division 6.1 - Research funding and cooperation

Head of Division:

Esther Smykalla

Deputy Head of Division:

Dr. Claudia Hübner

Esther Smykalla (Head of division)

Responsibilities:

• Internal Organisation
• Dealing with fundamental matters of research and its promotion
• Coordination of research-related matters at national and European level
• EU research officer
• Information and advice on research funding opportunities and application

Dr. Claudia Hübner (National research funding consultant)

Contact person for scientists at the

• Faculty of Philosophy I and II
• Faculty of Natural Sciences III
• Faculty of Law, Economics and Business
• Scientific centres assigned to these faculties

for national research funding programmes from

• Federal Government
• DFG (Individual Research Grants, Package Proposals, Scientific Networks) and Walter Benjamin, Emmy Noether and Heisenberg Programme (all faculties)
• Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (Wissenschaft und Forschung)
• Foundations
• Funding opportunities of the state of Saxony-Anhalt

Responsibilities:

• Information and advice for potential applicants on funding opportunities
• Individual support in the preparation of research funding applications from filling basic information in the application documents to submission: advice on formal aspects of the application, review of application documents, support with budget planning (in particular personnel cost calculation), obtaining legally binding signatures
• User administration profiOnline
• User administration Research Portal Saxony-Anhalt

Dr. Anja Broda (National research funding)

Contact person for scientists at the

• Faculty of Philosophy III
• Faculty of Natural Sciences I and II
• Faculty of Theology
• Scientific centres assigned to these faculties
  

for national research funding programmes from

• Federal Government
• DFG (Individual Research Grants, Package Proposals, Scientific Networks)
• Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (Wissenschaft und Forschung)
• Foundations
• Funding opportunities of the state of Saxony-Anhalt

Responsibilities:

• Information and advice for potential applicants on funding opportunities
• Individual support in the preparation of research funding applications from filling basic information in the application documents to submission: advice on formal aspects of the application, review of application documents, support with budget planning (in particular personnel cost calculation), obtaining legally binding signatures

Dr. Dmitriy Shorin (EU funding consultant, part-time)

Contact person for scientists at the

• Faculty of Philosophy I
• Faculty of Natural Sciences III

for Horizon Europe (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2021 to 2027) and other EU funding programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Information and advice for potential applicants on EU funding opportunities
• Individual support for researchers during the preparation of research funding applications - from filling basic information in the application documents  to submission: advice on formal aspects of the application, support with budget planning (in particular  personnel cost calculation), obtaining legally binding signatures - with a special focus on applications coordinated by MLU
• Assumption of tasks in the EU project management for selected projects arizing from the contract negotiation phase after approval and including monitoring of reporting to the EU

Sarah Blaschke (EU funding consultant, part-time)

Contac person for scientists at the

• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Philosophy II and III
• Faculty of Natural Sciences I and II

for Horizon Europe (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2021 to 2027) and other EU funding programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Information and advice for potential applicants on EU funding opportunities
• Individual support for researchers during the preparation of  research funding applications - from filling basic information in the  application documents to submission: advice on formal aspects of the application, support with budget planning (in particular personnel cost calculation), obtaining legally binding signatures - with a special focus on applications coordinated by MLU
• Assumption of tasks in the EU project management for selected projects arizing from the contract negotiation phase after approval and including monitoring of reporting to the EU

Kerstin Grüner (EU funding consultant)

Contac person for scientists at the

• Faculty Faculty of Law, Economics and Business
• Faculty of Philosophy II
• Faculty of Natural Sciences II

for Horizon Europe (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2021 to 2027) and other EU funding programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Information and advice for potential applicants on EU funding opportunities
• Individual support for researchers during the preparation of research funding applications - from filling basic information in the application documents to submission: advice on formal aspects of the application, support with budget planning (in particular personnel cost calculation), obtaining legally binding signatures - with a special focus on applications coordinated by MLU

Claudia Weinhold-Kiefhaber (EU project manager)

Responsibilities:

Support for project leaders and third-party funded project managers of Martin Luther University in managing EU research projects:

• Assisting with the implementation of projects funded by EU research framework programs and European Partnerships
• Preparation of EU research project-specific reports
• Coordination of the contract preparation phase and support during contract amendment procedures
• Ensuring proper documentation
• Planning and coordination of audit processes

Grit Lehmann (EU project manager, part-time)

Responsibilities:

Support for project leaders and third-party funded project managers of Martin Luther University in managing EU research projects:

• Assisting with the implementation of projects funded by EU research framework programs and European Partnerships
• Preparation of EU research project-specific reports
• Coordination of the contract preparation phase and support during contract amendment procedures
• Ensuring proper documentation
• Planning and coordination of audit processes

Björn Michaelis (Contract manager)

Responsibilities:

• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing research-related contracts between Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and private sector companies and other institutions and agreements on research cooperation in publicly funded joint projects (e.g. by the European Union, federal and state ministries) with private sector companies and/or scientific institutions
• Advising university members on research-related application and contract matters.

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