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Baden-Württemberg / North Carolina Faculty Mobility Program

The Baden-Württemberg / North Carolina exchange program (BW/NC Program) is a multilateral cooperation between the nine universities in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg and the 15 public universities in the state of North Carolina in the USA. The program aims at facilitating the exchange of both students and researchers. 

Faculty Mobility Program

Picture of Neues Schloss in Stuttgart, Germany
Picture of Neues Schloss in Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

In view of the successful cooperation between the German federated state of Baden-Württemberg and the state of North Carolina, it is intended to place more focus on the collaboration between researchers. For the year 2025, the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg will therefore give out grants for travel expenses for short research stays, which are intended to help establish new collaborations and strengthen existing partnerships. 

Researchers from the nine research universities in Baden-Württemberg and the participating universities in North Carolina who are interested in establishing closer cooperations with partners in the other state and who want to be actively involved in the BW/NC program can apply for these grants.

Funding period and funding amount

For short-term stays of at least one week at one of the participating universities in North Carolina or Baden-Württemberg in the year 2025, a one-time fixed rate of EUR 1,200 will be granted.

Application

A complete application must include the following documents: 

  • the application form
  • a CV including a list of publications (in English)
  • a detailed project description including the reasons for choosing the host/hosting institution and a statement on the importance of the trip for future collaboration (max. 3 pages, in English)
  • the invitation letter from the host (please see Contact section below for questions)

Please apply via email (all documents attached in one .pdf file) to Mr. Lukas Dausend, International Office, University of Mannheim: lukas.dausend@uni-mannheim.de 

Within Baden-Württemberg, the University of Mannheim is responsible for coordinating the collaboration of the German federated state with the US state of North Carolina.

Application deadline and further procedure

The application deadline is 15 October 2024. In cooperation with the coordination offices of the University of Mannheim and the University of North Carolina Greensboro, the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg will decide on the allocation of the travel grants by December 2024. 

Contact

For questions directly related to the BW-NC exchange, or if you would like to participate in the program but need to be introduced to faculty at any of the German institutions, please contact Mr. Lukas Dausend, lukas.dausend@uni-mannheim.de.

For questions regarding NC State Faculty eligibility, please contact Dr. Leah Peck, lpeck2@ncsu.edu