This call for funding is part of the announcement of the Federal Government’s strategy for the internationalisation of education, science and research.
With this largely open-topic call for funding, pilot projects in which German and Ukrainian partner institutions work together on research and development topics of mutual interest are funded in a competitive process. The research and development projects could, for example, relate to key sectors of the Ukraine Plan that are relevant to reconstruction or to the priority areas of bilateral German-Ukrainian cooperation in research and innovation. This could include, but is not limited to, the following topics:
Green transition or environmental protection
Research related to the energy, health, agriculture or transport sectors
Information-, manufacturing- or biotechnology
Research into new materials
Interdisciplinary humanities, social and economic sciences, e.g. in relation to reforms in the areas of politics, law or economics
Eligible for funding are international individual or joint projects that have the potential to establish sustainable cooperation with Ukrainian partners.
The grants are awarded as project funding as a non-repayable subsidy. At least one partner organisation from Ukraine is required for the measure. Under Module 7, funding is generally up to EUR 300,000 per project for the German side, usually for a period of up to 36 months. Within the scope of this maximum funding amount, it is possible to pass on parts of the grant to the foreign partner as the final grant recipient. For non-commercial research projects at universities and university hospitals, a project lump sum of 20% is granted in addition to the eligible expenditure financed by the BMBF. In addition to at least one Ukrainian partner, the participation of partners from third countries is generally possible without funding.
In the first stage of the procedure, project outlines must first be submitted to the project management organisation in written and/or electronic form via the electronic outline tool “easy-Online” at: https://foerderportal.bund.de/easyonline/reflink.jsf?m=IB-GUS/RUS&b=FF_WIEDERAUFBAU_UKR&t=SKI. The project outlines must be submitted by 31 January 2025 at the latest. The project outline must be submitted by the German applicant or consortium together with at least one or more scientific institutions from Ukraine.
The project outlines should not exceed 10 pages (plus attachments) DIN A4.
The submission deadlines are not a cut-off deadline. However, project outlines received after the deadline specified above may no longer be considered.
Please address any questions to:
DLR Project Management Agency for
European and International Cooperation
Heinrich-Konen-Straße 1
53227 Bonn
Specialist contacts:
Dr. Bojan Hörnich:
e-mail: Bojan.Hoernich@dlr.de
Phone: +49 30 67055 8016
Laura Barking
e-mail: Laura.Barking@dlr.de
Phone: +49 228 3821 2725
Administrative contact person:
Natalia Polischuk
e-mail: Natalia.Polischuk@dlr.de
Phone: +49 228 3821 2437
Contact person in Ukraine
Erich Bistriker
E-mail: Erich.Bistriker@ukraine.ahk.de
Phone: +38 044 377 79 61
Further information can be found at: