Studforschung@geo

Submission Deadlines

Monday, April 20, 2026

The next Teaching@GEO conference is on Wednesday May 13, 20256

Funding opportunities

StudForschung@GEO promotes student research at the Faculty of Geosciences. StudForschung@GEO is intended to help set the course for a successful (academic) career for students.

Goals

Students should be given the opportunity early on in their studies:

for independent scientific & practice-oriented work
go through all stages of a research project, from application to project completion
to build up your own network

Funding concept - project types

Individual project (funding amount up to max. 1,500 €)
Student research group (funding amount up to a maximum of € 3,000)

Which funds can be applied for?

Material resources (e.g. laboratory materials, travel expenses)
Auxiliary staff funding (student assistant contracts for individual applications a maximum of 50 hours or half of the funding amount; for group applications possibly more)

Application

Project proposals can only be submitted by students.

Important: Please make sure in advance that a research assistant will supervise your project.

The Office for the Promotion of Young Researchers will be happy to advise and support you in all matters relating to the application via or during office hours. studienbuero@geo.uni-muenchen.de

When can applications be submitted?

1 x per semester

The Submission deadline for the next funding round is Monday, April 20, 2026.

Unfortunately, all applications that are incomplete or not submitted on time cannot be considered.

How can proposals be submitted?

Please use the relevant form (DOCX, 214 KB) to submit your proposal. Please also refer to the proposal guidelines (DOCX, 732 KB).

Please send the completed and signed application form by e-mail within the deadline: studienbuero@geo.uni-muenchen.de

Decision-making process

The selection committee meets approximately 1 week after the submission deadline.

This is made up of:

Dean of Studies
One representative from the academic staff of each department
One representative from each of the student councils
Office for the Promotion of Young Talent (advisory, non-voting)

All applicants will then receive notification as to whether the application has been accepted.

Dates and project completion

Project duration: 2 terms
Kick-off meeting at the beginning of the project period with short presentation of the research question (approx. 5 min) as part of the Lehre@GEO conference on May 13, 2026
Submission of a mini-paper (approx. 5 pages) summarizing the methods and key results of the research project in a generally understandable form (mini-paper template (DOCX, 18 KB)) at the end of the project period
Participation in the Lehre@GEO conference of the faculty 2027 incl. presentation (approx. 10 min) and poster
Project evaluation by students & project management

Please find out more about previous student research projects.

Publications

Seeberg, G., Hostlowsky, A., Huber, J., Kamm, J., Lincke, L., Schwingshackl, C. 2022. Evaluating the Potential of Landsat Satellite Data to Monitor the Effectiveness of Measures to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands: A Case Study for Stuttgart (Germany). Urban Science 6.4(2022):82. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6040082

Büche, T., Wenk, M., Poschlod, B., Giadrossich, F., Pirastru, M., Vetter, M. 2020. glmGUI v1.0: an R-based graphical user interface and toolbox for GLM (General Lake Model) simulations. Geoscientific Model Development 13:565–580. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-565-2020
Erpenbeck, D., Gholami, A., Hesni, M. A., Ranjbar, M. S., Galitz, A., Eickhoff, B., Namuth, L., Schumacher, T., Esmaeili, H. R., Wörheide, G., Teimori, A. 2020. Molecular Biodiversity of Iranian Persian Gulf Sponges. Systematics and Biodiversity 18(2):192-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1737978
Girard, E. B., Kaliwoda, M., Schmahl, W. W., Wörheide, G., Orsi, W. D. 2020. Biodegradation of textile waste by marine bacterial communities enhanced by light. Environmental Microbiology Reports 12:406-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12856
Hornby, A., Küppers, U., Maurer, B., Poetsch, C., Dingwell, D. 2020. Experimental constraints on volcanic ash generation and clast morphometrics in pyroclastic density currents and granular flows. Volcanica 3(2):263–283. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.03.02.263283
Schade, M., Rauhut, O., Evers, S. W. 2020. Neuroanatomy of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda) indicates potential adaptations for piscivory. Scientific Reports 10:9259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66261-w

Erpenbeck, D., Steiner, M., Schuster, A., Genner, M. J., Manconi, R., Pronzato, R., Ruthensteiner, B., van den Spiegel, D., van Soest, R. W. M., Wörheide, G. 2019. Minimalist barcodes for sponges - A case study classifying African freshwater Spongillida. Genome 62(1):1-10. https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0098

Erpenbeck, D., Ekins, M., Enghuber, N., Hooper, J. N., Lehnert, H., Poliseno, A., Schuster, A., Setiawan, E., de Voogd, N. J., Wörheide, G., van Soest, R. W. M. 2016. Nothing in (sponge) biology makes sense–except when based on holotypes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 96(2):305-311.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000521