Application for „Change! Fellowships and research groups”

Title: title of your project 

Applicant: academic title, name
Institution: (target) institution for the fellowship
Total sum applied for (EUR): sum in EUR
Project duration applied for: years 

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Research Objective:
Please describe your topic and its relevance for societal transformation. What are your identified research gap and question(s), as well as the need for concrete recommendations for action? Which current and urgent challenges for transformation processes and their impact do you focus on? (max. 400 words)

Motivation:
Please describe your motivation for addressing the above mentioned problem and why you think that you are the best fit to solve this problem and drive transformation processes in this area. What inspires you to take actions for change? (max. 400 words). 
Description of project:
Please describe which methods and theory concepts are used to generate transformational knowledge (including a state of the art) and please describe your work packages and mile stones. Images can be included below (max. 1000 words)

Expected scientific and societal impact:
Please explain how your project results and experiences will be translated into concrete recommendations for action and how you and your partners will contribute to their implementation as change agents. Which impact do you expect with regard to your own and other academic disciplines, partner institutions, societal stakeholder groups, policy actors etc.? (max. 600 words)

Opportunities for staff involved:
Please list for all requested staff (incl. fellow) specific tasks and acquired qualifications during the project’s course and briefly reflect on the career opportunities afterwards within and outside academia. (max. 400 words)

Chances and risks of partner constellation:
Please explain the specific partner constellation between researchers and non-academic partners in this project. What are the advantages of this team and what are the risks? How will you address the challenges your team is encountering? How will you address the specific agendas, goals, value systems of each partner? How will you react on interim results that might change the initial project plan? Please describe your risk management in case a non-academic partner leaves the project early (max. 600 words).          

References

Images (optional):
You are welcome to deposit a maximum of 3 images with regard to the fellowship topic here.

Image (optional)
You are welcome to deposit a maximum of 1 image with regard to the partner constellation here.