Call for flexible funds
Tendering of flexible funds
Framework conditions
Target Group: ZEU Members only
Deadline: 22.05.2026
Deadline project completion by: 30.09.2026
Upper limit for requested amount: EUR 20,000
What it's all about
For the second time, the ZEU is offering its members a small amount of money to carry out a scientific activity.
In the spirit of the ZEU, this should be interdisciplinary and ideally related to at least one of the ZEU's focus areas. The following activities could be funded:
- Project application (e.g. DFG, DAAD, BMBF, no scholarships) to be submitted through the ZEU (e.g., funding of meetings, travel expenses, student assistants, salary)
- Publications (e.g., funding of data evaluation, student assistants, salary)
- Primary data collection (e.g., travel expenses for research visits)
- Organisation of an international event in Giessen or abroad on a relevant topic (e.g., invitation of keynote speakers, catering)
- Measures to attract new ZEU members in an international context (e.g., invitation for research stays at the ZEU)
Please outline your idea in a maximum of 3 pages and include a financing plan.
Please use the prepared form FF01-2026_ZEU.RTF and follow the technical guidelines.
If you prefer to work with the Word format template, click here .
Convert the completed application form into a PDF and send it to us: zeu-office
The selection committee will make a funding decision shortly after the deadline of 31 May 2026.
| Name of applicant | Project title | Duration | Funding purpose | ZEU Focus Area |
| Prof. Christian Albrecht & Funmilayo Hinmikaye | Targeting a neglected One Health problem: disentangling the life cycle behind paragonimiasis in Africa | 01.10.25 - 30.11.25 |
|
One Health |
| Dr. Tabo Zadoki | Schistosomiasis and HIV Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa | 01.10.24 - 30.04.25 |
|
One Health |
|
Dr. Alicia Correra &
Zubeda Namwanje |
lnfluence of mulch types and irrigation regimes on soil moisture, water use, growth parameters, and yield in cabbage cultivation | 01.09.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
Climate and Environment |
| Mathias Tesfaye Abebe | Projecting water resources availability under climate and land use change in East Africa | 01.09.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
Climate and Environment |
|
Proffs Rolf Düring &
Rainer Waldhardt |
Co-financing of the international workshop ‘One Health in Kosovo and Georgia’ and related activities at JLU Giessen | 01.12.24 - 31.12.24 |
|
One Health |
|
Prof. Martin Petrick &
Dr. Sarah Robinson |
Documentation and analysis of a high-resolution database of grazing intensity for Kyrgyzstan | 01.07.25 - 31.10.25 |
|
Land Use |
| Prof. Martin Petrick | Data collection on large-scale livestock enterprises in Kazakhstan | 01.10.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
Land Use |
| Marcellin Rwibutso | One Health Surveillance of Fasciolosis for Sustainable Development Goals-Driven Solutions in East Africa | 01.07.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
One Health |
|
Dr. Gulnara Dzhunushalieva
& Prof. Ramona Teuber |
Capacity building and the establishment of partnerships between the Kyrgyz Scientists' Community and ZEU | 01.07.25 - 31.10.25 |
|
One Health |
| Dr. Eli Wortmann-Kolundžija | Dialogic Behavioral Change: Evidence-Based Approaches for Policy and Governance | 01.07.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
One Health |
| Dr. Michael Hübler | Assessment of appropriate trade measures to reduce the threat to biodiversity... | 01.10.24 - 31.01.25 |
|
Land Use |
| Dr. André Große-Stoltenberg & Prof. Ivan Lizarazo | Artificial Intelligence for Land Use Conflict Analysis (AI4LUCA) | 15.08.25 - 30.11.25 |
|
Land Use |
| Dr. Muhammad Muzammil | Climate resilient planning and optimize use of water resources in the Indus Basin of Pakistan | 01.10.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
Climate and Environment |
| Dr. André Große-Stoltenberg & Prof. Ivan Lizarazo | Diagnostic of land use change & land use conflicts between 1990 and 2020 in the Arauca department... | 01.10.24 - 31.01.25 |
|
Land Use |
| Prof. Peter Schmidt | Evidence-Based Behavior Change and Theory Driven Evaluation: Procedures and Analysis of a longitudinal intervention study on inclusion | 01.10.25 - 31.12.25 |
|
One Health |
| Prof. Alexander Prishchepov | Exploring the role of human behavioral ecology and contextual factors in shaping land systems in post-conflict areas. | 01.10.24 - 31.03.25 |
|
Land Use |
| Dr. Aliya Assubayeva | Resilience in the Ruins: Community Adaptation in the Aral Sea Basin | 01.07.25 - 31.10.25 |
|
Climate and Environment |