Science Support
The Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus supports its researchers by providing a wide variety of services, which extend from assisting in the search for suitable funding programmes and the preparation of applications, to the successful completion of the project. You will receive personal support at national level from the Science Support and, in regard to special issues, from different supporting structures within our institution.
Below you will find a summary of our services for researchers as well as important information on large-scale research projects, research opportunities and the promotion of young researchers on our campus. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Research Calls for proposals and funding opportunities
TUD Research News
Information on calls for proposals for current funding programs on a national as well as on an international level can be obtained on the TU Dresden website via the research news of the TU Dresden (FONAS). If you would like to be added to the e-mail distribution list, please contact us.
Prizes for Researchers
Outstanding research deserves recognition and accolade, whether through prizes awarded exclusively at TU Dresden or international research prizes. Current calls for applications can be found on the TUD homepage.
Continuous Funding Programmes
We have compiled information on permanent national funding programs for you here.
EU funding opportunities
The European Project Centre (EPC) staff of the TU Dresden is offering a competent and extensive service concerning funding possibilities of research projects within the framework of EU funding.
Internal funding opportunities for young scientists
The Faculty of Medicine Dresden is supporting young scientists with various internal funding programs: Project funds can be applied for within the framework of the MeDDrive call. With the habilitation support for women, female scientists are supported on their way to habilitation. Additional funds are available through the internal P.R.I. program providing financial support to outstanding young scientists with respect to costs incurred for conference attendance and planned publications.
Research options
Research Connect
Furthermore the TU Dresden provides free access to the RESEARCH CONNECT database for its scientists and staff members. Using this database, you can filter, out of various funding programs, relevant calls to the field of medicine and also search for a specific funding source. Please follow the 'Login with your institution' and enter 'Technische Universität Dresden'. Here you can find a short introduction on: How to get started with RESEARCH connect.
ELFI
The TU Dresden provides its researchers with the right to use the search tool of the Service Center for Electronic Research Funding Information (ELFI). The new version of the database (ELFI 2.0) represents a comprehensive search tool for various funding opportunities.
Access is possible within the TUD network without additional registration.
Foundations
One way to acquire third-party funding for your research project is to apply for funds from foundations. On the following pages, you will find further information on this topic:
Literature research, impact factor and ranking
ISI web of knowledge
Our range of support extends from assistance during the application process, from the project idea to the final submission. In order to provide you with a comprehensive and targeted range of services, please contact us.
We have experience with a large number of funding bodies (including the DFG, BMBF, foundations, innovation funds, state funds) and the associated application structures, formal requirements and strategic text requirements. We will be happy to review your applications from these perspectives and support you in the preparation of your application documents. We will also work with you to develop suitable text modules, check your project calculation and advise you on the wide range of support services and expertise available within the Faculty of Medicine and at the TUD.
The department of International Collaborations offers a comprehensive range of services for existing international collaborations and the establishment of new initiatives.
If you are interested in European funding programs, the European Project Center of TU Dresden (EPC) offers a comprehensive range of services.
In addition to individual advice on specific funding applications, we also offer together with the Graduate Academy and the research promotion of the TU Dresden a series of workshops "Third Party Funding know-how" on applying for third-party funding.
TUD's Unit 5.1 Research Promotion provides a range of registrations for research with US partners or an application for US funding (e.g. DUNS number, EIN, NIH registration, FWA confirmation, SAM registration, grants.gov registration) under the heading "Third-party funding registrations" (Roadmap).
After the successful completion of your research project, we will be happy to advise you on possible follow-up funding.
The Department of Science Support and International Collaborations supports you in applying for DFG funded large-scale medical research projects coordinating the administrative processes within the Faculty of Medicine and the Dresden University of Technology. We are also happy to provide you with a wide range of additional information (e.g. text modules, financing overviews, ideas for project-specific measures).
Applying for third-party-funded research projects requires an extensive administrative process within the Faculty of Medicine and close coordination with the Dresden University of Technology. To optimize this process, we kindly ask you to contact us in due time, at least 12 weeks before submitting your application.
The Faculty of Medicine can only support your project if it is notified of your application in time. The Department of Science Support and International Collaboration will be happy to provide you with advice and support.
The support of young scientists and the training of excellent scientists is a special concern of the Medical Faculty Dresden. All participating programs are bundled and interlinked under the roof of the Dresden School of Clinical Science (DSCS).
This creates optimal conditions for young scientists at all career stages. In addition, various funding opportunities for young scientists are available at the Medical Faculty: The Carus Doctoral College of the Faculty of Medicine at TU Dresden offers a clearly structured supervision and quality assurance concept for the completion of dissertations. Project funds can be applied for within the framework of a MeDDrive project. MeDDrive funding offers young researchers the opportunity to work more intensively on a scientific issue of their own choice for the first time. With the habilitation support for women, female scientists are supported on their way to habilitation. Additional funds are available through the P.R.I.S.-Program to enable and support conference travel and publications by outstanding young scientists.
Since the beginning of 2022, TUD's new research information system (FIS) has been available to all academically active members and staff of TU Dresden as a single point of information for key figures on research performance and activities.
It is a new instrument for the visibility of our university and is anchored in the future concept "TUD 2028 - Synergy and beyond" as a central element for research reporting internally and externally. In order to use the research information in the FIS for reporting purposes, the data must be quality-assured and complete. In the notification of the Vice-Rector Research, Prof. Rösen-Wolff, it is pointed out that all members of the TU Dresden who are active in research are therefore obliged to enter all research information, including transfers, in the FIS and to keep it up-to-date.
In order to familiarize you with the functionalities of the FIS, the various processing steps and the associated opportunities and possibilities, the FIS team offers various virtual compact training courses especially for the Faculty of Medicine. In addition to the general FIS manual, you will find further assistance for recording scientific achievements (e. g. publications) here. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the FIS Support or the Department of Science Support and International Collaborations of the Faculty of Medicine.
Every year, the track record of the Faculty of Medicine of the TU Dresden informs on the activities of the institutions, clinics and facilities in the fields of research, third party funding and teaching. The research data entered into FIS will be used to create the report. A brochure can be downloaded as a pdf-file retroactive since 2003.
Third-party funding guidelines of TU Dresden
The third-party funding guideline is binding for TU Dresden, including University Medicine (Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus). Third-party funds within the meaning of this guideline are funds that are raised from public or private sources in addition to the regular university budget (Grundausstattung gemäß § 12 Abs. 6 Sächsischen Hochschulgesetzes (SächsHSG)) in order to fulfill the university's tasks in accordance with § 5 SächsHSG.
For externally funded projects of university medicine, the “Notification of a research project” is made by the project leader via the head of the structural unit to the External Funding Administration for further processing and obtaining the signature of the authorized persons.
Publication Guideline of TU Dresden
The publication guideline is mandatory for TU Dresden including university medicine (Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus). All scientifically active members and affiliates with first and/ or second affiliation to the TU Dresden including the university medicine are obliged to adhere to the requirements of this guideline in all their publications.
Example for university medicine:
Erika Mustermann1*
1 Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
* erika.mustermann@ukdd.de
Further information on research-supporting structures on our Medical Campus (e.g. Coordination Center for Clinical Studies, Biobank Dresden, Core Facilities, Trustee Office, Ethics Committee, Ombudspersons, etc.) can be found under the heading Supporting Structures.
Documents on the subject of science support are available in our ZIH-protected internal section Documents and Forms.
