Tenth Call for Proposals for the GSH "PROVED" Programme

CALL FOR PROPOSALS of the Graduate School for the Humanities (GSH):
Programme P R O V E D (PRomovierende Organisieren Vorträge Externer Dozierender)

Funds to finance a self-organised face-to-face lecture event by GSH doctoral students

- 10th call for proposals, WS 2025/2026 -

• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Friday, 27 February 2026.

• NEW MAXIMUM FUNDING: 400€ (previously: 300€)

Objective:

The Graduate School supports its doctoral students and members as part of its structured "Doctorate with Added Value" programme through a wide range of specially offered and focused support measures.

Within this framework, the GSH would like to give its doctoral students more opportunities to gain initial and independent experience

• in co-operation with each other,
• the acquisition of third-party funding and
• organising their own face-to-face lectures or seminars.

The GSH is therefore already inviting ten calls for proposals from 7 January to 27 February 2026 for funding for a lecture or seminar event organised by current GSH doctoral students. The funds raised will be used to invite external lecturers for such a face-to-face event.

Basic principles:

• Current doctoral students of the Graduate School are eligible to apply;
• at least two doctoral candidates must always submit a joint application, whereby applications from teams from different subject areas are preferred; as the doctoral candidates at GSH are doing their doctorate as part of the interdisciplinary doctoral programme "Humanities" , the subject affiliation of the first supervisor is relevant here;
• two different event formats are possible:
  1) a face-to-face lecture or seminar event with a lecturer;
  2) a face-to-face lecture event with a lecturer plus a seminar/workshop on the following day;
• the maximum limit for the lecture fee/expense allowance or travel and hotel costs is €400 from 2026 (previously: €300)
• the event applied for must be planned for a date in the course of 2026
• If further funds are required for the realisation of the requested event, we recommend cross-financing by other possible donors (chair, Institute, professional society, etc.)

Details & further information:

• The application is kept very simple, an informal application is possible with
  - a maximum of two pages A 4 including an overview of the cost and time planning (font size min. 10pt, 1.5 lines);
  - a professionally comprehensible justification of why the respective lecturer should be invited;
  - a simple cost, planning and implementation plan with details of: Lecture fee, travel and hotel costs, organisational planning (announcements, posters, room planning etc.);
• GSH expects the sponsored team to submit a complete cost breakdown and statement of costs as well as a short progress report (max. 1 page A4) no later than four weeks after the event;
• the GSH Extended Board decides on the funding of the applications received;

Applications can only be submitted by email with attached documents
by Friday, 27 February 2026 at the latest (receipt) to: thomas.schmid@uni-wuerzburg.de

Contact person:
Dr Thomas Schmid
Managing Director Graduate School for the Humanities (GSH)