[iDiv FUNDING: NEW Calls] Synthesis Working Groups & iDiv Fellowships

[Winter, Marten]

Dear colleagues,
(sorry for cross posting)

I am happy to announce that two major iDiv funding calls are now open. Please apply and share this information widely across your networks! 

Kindly note that PDF documents with further details on the iDiv Synthesis Centre Working Group call and the iDiv Fellowshipship Programme call are attached.

1. iDiv Synthesis Centre Working Group Call  

The iDiv Synthesis Centre welcomes synthesis projects across all biodiversity‑related fields, from biology to social and computer sciences, from purely theoretical to actionable and policy- or business-related topics. Projects should address novel questions or revisit known problems from an innovative synthesis perspective. Open to scientists worldwide.

More information: https://www.idiv.de/research/sdiv/calls/

Important deadlines:  

• Pre-Proposal: 28 May 2026 (11:59 PM CET) [The pre-proposal describes very briefly the general project idea & fit to iDiv’s science strategy]

• Full proposal: 10 August 2026 (11:59 PM CET)

• Project start: January 2027 or later

 

2. iDiv Fellowship Programme Call

The iDiv Fellowship Programme (formerly iDiv Sabbaticals) supports researchers who wish to spend dedicated time at iDiv to pursue collaborative work and advance their research. Open to scientists worldwide.

More information: https://www.idiv.de/research/fellowships/

Important deadlines:  

• Proposal: 24 June 2026 (11:59 PM CET)

• Project start: September 2026

As always, we strongly encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and all genders. iDiv is committed to fostering an inclusive research community.

To access the iDiv Science Strategy, please use the password RzJDZfZYTw.

 

 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thanks a lot, and best regards,

sMarten

 

 

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I’m sorry, if you receive this mail at weekends, in your holidays or in non-office hours. Of course, I don’t expect you to answer immediately, I just needed to get this off my desk. Thanks for understanding!

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Marten Winter

Head of iDiv Integration Unit & sDiv, Synthesis Centre of iDiv

 

 

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Email: marten...@idiv.de
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Postal address:
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig – iDiv e. V.
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04103 Leipzig, Germany

 

Executive Board: Dr Anne Wesemann, Prof Dr Martin Quaas

 

 

 

The Executive Board, consisting of Prof Dr Martin Quaas and Dr Anne Wese­mann, acts on behalf of iDiv e. V., the representative body of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig.

Leipzig University, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ are founding institutional members of iDiv e. V.

 

Leipzig register of associations: VR 8088

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