Template for the full proposal
The first page of this template as well as all grayed out parts should be deleted before submitting the full proposal.
Your project description may not exceed 15 pages in length. Additionally, a short CV (not longer than 1.5 pages) is required for each applicant. Proposals may be submitted either in German or in English.
Applications must be submitted by 30 April 2020. Funding is to begin on 1 January 2021.
The proposal outline, and later the full proposal, must be sent as a pdf file (one single file) to the following e-mail address: win-ausschreibung@hadw-bw.de

A printed version must be sent to the following address:
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Geschäftsstelle
Karlstraße 4 
69117 Heidelberg

Preconditions for submitting a proposal:
•	PhD degree or Habilitation (venia legendi)
•	To be younger than 35 at the time of admission to the WIN College
•	Employment at a research institution in Baden-Württemberg
•	No appointment as professor for life at the time of submitting the proposal

Each proposal outline and each full proposal must be interdisciplinary in nature, i.e., the applicants should already be collaborating across disciplines in their project. The full proposal should describe in detail how interdisciplinary collaboration contributes towards exploring the project and/or the overall topic of the call for proposals.
Financial support is set to last for three years and begins on 1 January 2021. The funding intends to provide sufficient support for the College members to carry out their project and to take part in the regular joint WIN College meetings within the context of the overall topic. Funds for personnel, research assistants, and materials can be applied for. However, no large equipment can be applied for. The Academy does not provide any office space during the funding period.
Interested scientists should also be willing to collaborate with other sponsored College members within the overall topic “Stability and Instability of Conditions - Key concepts for understanding transitions, turning points and transformation processes “ Participation in selected events of the Academy (twice a year) and/or meetings of the WIN College (four times a year) are mandatory.

Full Proposal for the 8th WIN programme
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1.	General Information
1.1 Summary
< Please provide a short, plain-language summary of the key objectives of your project (up to 1,500 characters) >

1.2 Estimated budget of your project
<Please specify the costs for the funding period (2021 – 2023).>

2.	Introduction
2.1 State of research and preliminary work
<Please explain the current state of research in the relevant scientific field as it directly relates to your project. This description should make clear the context in which you place your own preliminary work. More important than a complete history of research is a critical examination of the field of study.>

2.2 Project-related publications
<Please list at the most five significant publications of the applicants that relate directly to the proposed project and document your preliminary work.>

3.	Project description
3.1 Objectives and interdisciplinary work programme
< Please give a concise description of your project’s research programme and the scientific objectives to be achieved during the funding period of three years. Please describe achievable milestones. Refer specifically to the interdisciplinary approach of the project.>

3.2 Possible collaboration with other projects
<The Heidelberg Academy will support a number of interdisciplinary research projects in Baden-Württemberg from 2021 to 2023. Your proposal must be interdisciplinary in nature, i.e. the applicants should already be collaborating across disciplines in their project. Please make reference to other possible collaborations within the WIN programme.>

4.	Requested Funding
4.1 Personnel costs
Task description for each staff member during the funding period.
<Please list the complete scientific staff including student research assistants, and give a detailed task description for every person. All staff members will be employed by the Heidelberg Academy>

4.2 Non-personnel costs
<Non-personnel costs comprise travel expenses, costs for visiting researchers, workshops, conferences, equipment up to €10,000 (hardware, software and consumables)>

4.3 Estimated Budget
Personnel costs comprise researchers at all career stages. Please consider the staff categories below. For student research assistants (pre-doc) please refer to the pay scale below. The funding of non-scientific personnel (personnel cost category E1-E12) is not possible.

	2021	2022	2023	
Personnel costs	Number of researchers	Annual sum	Number of researchers	Annual sum	Number of researchers	Annual sum	
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Non-personnel costs	Annual sum	Annual sum	Annual sum	
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Student research assistants	Working hours/year	Annual sum	Working hours/year	Annual sum	Working hours/year	Annual sum	
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*Personnel Cost Category:

Scientific staff	
Category	EUR/year	EUR/month	Pay scale orientation	Comment	
Head of research group	82.000	6.833	E14	In some circumstances, you can request funding for your position as project leader for the duration of your project (max. 50% FTE)	
Doctoral researcher
or comparable	72.000	6.000	E13	Doctoral researchers or other academic employees with no intention of undertaking doctoral research and with less than 3 years of professional experience (university diploma or master's degree (university/FH))	

These amounts have been calculated by the administration of the Academy on the basis of relevant pay scale criteria that assume full-time employment, and are based on gross employer costs. They include employer contributions for social security (including supplementary provision) and capital accumulation benefits as well as the annual special payment (Christmas bonus).

The rates are neither intended nor suitable for calculating personal remuneration. The relevant remuneration or pay group does not replace the evaluation of the appropriate pay scale by the employer.

Student research assistant	
category	EUR/hour	
Research assistant, MA	22 € / hour	
Research assistant, BA	17 € / hour	
student assistant	14 € /hour	

We hereby confirm that the present project has not been submitted elsewhere for funding. Double funding is not permitted. In submitting a proposal to the Heidelberg Academy, all applicants agree to adhere to the rules of good scientific practice.

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