DAAD Eastern Partnership Programme

Objective

The overall objective of the DAAD's Eastern Partnership Programme is to promote partnerships between German universities and universities in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, as well as the CIS states.

The programme aims to...

consolidate existing and initiate new, lasting partnerships with universities in the target region,
contribute to broad-based cooperation in teaching and research,
promote the exchange of researchers, graduates and students,
sustainably and structurally improve teaching and research conditions in the partner countries,
and to strengthen the internationalization of the participating German and foreign universities.

What is being funded?

Funding is provided for:

Research stays of university staff. UR participants receive a lump sum travel allowance, participants from partner universities receive a lump sum accommodation allowance.
Group programs under the supervision of a university lecturer (travel allowance for UR participants or accommodation allowance for participants from partner universities).

⇒ detailed information on the funding rates

Which partnership agreements exist at the UR?

The University of Regensburg has partnership agreements with the following universities:

Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
University of Lodz, Poland
Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
University of Zagreb, Croatia

Application for the grant (for 2025)

Please complete the application form and send it - preferably as an email attachment - to Margit Früchtl (International Office).

⇒ application form / workplan

⇒ Contact information: Margit Früchtl

The application deadline for the calendar year 2025 is December 4th, 2024.

Funding period 2025-2027

Our application for the funding period 2025-2027 was approved by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Due to a change in the application process, measures that have not been applied for by the deadline can unfortunately no longer be considered. Only additional activities/mobilities that are part of an already approved measure can still be included, if applicable. In this case, please contact us at: margit.fruechtl@ur.de

The DAAD has compiled the following guidelines for the funding period 2025-2027 (in German):

⇒ funding framework (Förderrahmen)

⇒ funding rates (Fördersätze)

⇒ guideline on impact-oriented project planning and monitoring (WOM)

⇒ FAQs