BONFOR-eApplication
The application for BONFOR funding is exclusively done electronically. Applicants can use the BONFOR e-application system for this purpose. The prerequisite for access to the system is an informal application for an access identification by e-mail to the Coordination office Internal Funding.
Request Access
The BONFOR eApplication system enables the direct electronic exchange of application data between applicants, the coordination office, reviewers and members of the BONFOR Commission in a strictly protected area.
Request for Access Identification
If you would like to submit a grant application, please request an access identification informally by e-mail from the coordination office, indicating the desired funding instrument and the official contact details of the applicant.
For applications in funding instruments 4 and 7, the name and e-mail address of the doctoral candidate or the external scholarship holder are also required.
Access Validity
Access to the eApplication system remains valid for future applications. To submit further applications, please inform the coordination office of the desired funding instrument informally by e-mail so that the corresponding application can be set up for you in the eSystem.
Application Submission
An application can be submitted in English.
Please use the application template prepared for each funding instrument to describe your project.
Application in Four Steps
Please log in to the BONFOR eApplication system using the access ID provided to you.
After successful login, submitting your application is a four-step process:
Step 1
Research topic and abstract
In this section you have to enter the research topic of your project as well as the entry of your abstract (project summary).
Please also note the application deadline stated there. After the deadline, submission of the application is no longer possible.
Step 2
Requested funds
Based on your cost breakdown entered here, a decision will be made on the amount of funding recommended, if any, at the meeting.
The list of the requested subsidies is subdivided according to cost types. Each cost item applied for must be entered individually for each cost type. Please note the upper application limits.
Please indicate the percentage of full time staff (e.g. 65% PhD student, 1.0 VK MTA, 50% own position).
Step 3
Uploading the application documents
Only PDF files can be uploaded (file size max. 10 MB).
Overviews of the mandatory documents to be submitted for each funding instrument can be found on this website under "Funding Instruments".
Step 4
Submitting the application
The application submission is only possible after uploading all mandatory files, entering the cost items, specifying the research topic and entering the project summary.
The Submit button will only appear after all of the above criteria have been met.
The final application submission takes place via a confirmation query. Up to this query, you can make changes in all application areas. Your application is not finally submitted until this query is confirmed. You will then receive a confirmation from the system that your application has been successfully submitted.
Finalize Application Process
Submission of the applicants declaration.
The application process is only formally completed when the applicant's declaration on the submitted BONFOR eApplication (template for this is sent by e-mail together with the eApplication number) is sent as a PDF file by e-mail to the coordination office within one week after the application deadline.
Help with the eApplication
The Coordination office will be happy to advise you on the online application process. The members of the BONFOR Research Commission are also happy to advise applicants.
PD Dr. Ildiko Racz
Science Management - Coordination Internal Funding
Venusberg-Campus 1
53127 Bonn
Dr. Dorothea Schmitt
Science Management - Coordination Internal Funding
Venusberg-Campus 1
53127 Bonn