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International Partnership Funding

Call for International Partnership Funding (IPF) - Deadline 1 February 2026

The aim of this call is to facilitate the initiation and support the continuation of collaboration in research, teaching, and administration with UHH’s international strategic and the faculties’ profile partner universities.

The goal is to foster activities at the partner university or in Hamburg that strengthen and deepen international partnerships, with a focus on creating long-term and sustainable collaborations. 

General framework:

  • Submission deadline is 1 February 2026.
  • Start of funding is 1 March 2026. Please note that "in-depth reviews" may delay the starting date of individual activities.
  • Funding for successful applications is available until 31 December 2026, funds cannot be transferred to the next year.
  • Funding is available for collaboration with selected strategic and profile partners (see below).

Please find the details for the IPF Call and the application form here.

The list of Eligible Partners and Expenditures for IPF is available here.

The IPF Budget Template is available here.

Please submit your Application Form and the Budget Sheet to your contact person no later than 1 February 2026. 

 

Questions?

Please feel free to get in touch with us, you will find the responsible contact on the application form.

Eligible Partners

Strategic Partnerships 

Disclaimer: There are bilateral joint calls or active funding in place with the strategic partners University of Groningen, the University of Leeds, and Indiana University. IPF funding is not available for these three institutions.

Africa 

  • Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Asia/Oceania

  • Fudan University, China
  • Kyoto University, Japan
  • University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Macquarie University, Australia

Europe

  • Université de Strasbourg, France
  • Lund University, Sweden

North America

  • Northwestern University, USA

Latin America

  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil
  • Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Faculty Profile Partnerships

Africa

  • University of Education Winneba, Ghana

Asia/Oceania

  • University of Haifa, Israel

Europe

  • Aarhus University, Denmark
  • University of Bologna, Italy
  • University of Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Warsaw, Poland

North America

  • University of Calgary, Canada
  • University of North Carolina, USA

Export control, academic freedom and in-depth review procedure

The Department of International Affairs helps Universität Hamburg researchers by minimizing the risk of and providing a sound basis for international cooperation. In 2020, Universität Hamburg’s Executive University Board resolved to establish a review process for international cooperation. The University Administration will review funding applications and cooperation agreements with international partners with regard to the upholding of academic freedom and the requirements of the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA). If cooperation topics are relevant to further control rights issues, and if the cooperating institution is located in a country that the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) has listed as restricting academic freedom, an in-depth review procedure will be initiated. Both the first and the in-depth review will be conducted within strictly defined parameters.