What is FIT?

FIT (Research - International - Transfer) is a service that offers you targeted and tailored information on research funding. It consists of a newsletter, which also sends you customized funding information via email based on your personal preferences, and an online database where you can conduct searches.

You can register in FIT using your THM email address and create a personalized profile: You specify the scientific fields, types of funding, and funding organizations about which you would like to receive information. You will then receive an email on your chosen weekdays with the latest funding information relevant to you.

Creating an account

Registration is a two-step process. Before you can receive funding information about FIT, you must register and create a profile. These one-time steps are necessary both for receiving regular updates via email and for searching the website. Please go to: https://fit.uni-kassel.de/ and create an account. Use your THM email address and choose a password.

After this first step, a privacy window will open, followed by a page where you can configure settings for your profile and for receiving the newsletter:

Personal Information:

• Status group (e.g., professor, research assistant, student)
• Institution (selection from list of cooperating universities)
• Department

Newsletter data:

• Categories for which you would like to receive information
• Fields of study you would like to be informed about
• Weekdays for shipping

To finish, please click "Save".
A window will open confirming that your subscription has been successfully set up. You will then be taken to the database homepage, where you can search for current tenders. To log out of the database, select "Logout" from the menu in the upper right corner.

Research funding information online in the FIT database

With your FIT subscription, you have the option to search the site for previously entered funding information, create bookmarks, and specifically search for calls for proposals or events in the categories.

Research:
You can view calls for proposals from individual categories via the "Categories" field in the menu bar at the top, or search by keyword using the search field in the upper right corner. The free search also allows you to find expired calls for proposals, which are marked accordingly and already archived. Within the categories, you will find various subdivisions under the first section, "All Categories," such as calls for proposals from the EU or federal ministries, or events. The second section divides the funding information by discipline. For your search, you can apply a filter both in the initial free search results and within the categories. This filter is located at the top, directly below the heading, and is represented by a blue filter icon. Here you can refine your search by various categories and disciplines.

Detailed view of articles
: To view detailed funding information, please click on it. A new window will open with further information. If you find an article helpful and would like to bookmark it for later, you can mark it with a star in the upper right corner.

Overview page:
On the homepage, you will see the 14 newest articles that were recently published. You will also see articles that you have marked as favorites with a star. To remove a bookmark, please go to the respective article and remove the star.

Using the archive:
Expired tenders are located in a separate archive, which you can find in the menu bar at the top. You can search for older information there.

Your profile settings

Under the menu item "Settings" you can edit your subscription details and your profile. Please confirm any changes by clicking "Save".

Current tenders

The current calls for proposals can be found on the following pages.

• EU portal (Funding & tender opportunities)
• Information service for research, international affairs, and knowledge transfer

Other EU funding programmes

In addition to "Horizon Europe," the EU has various other funding programs. The European Commission provides a searchable overview of the different EU funding programs website

The most important ones are:

• COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology (not direct research funding, but funding of networking activities)
• DIGITAL - “Digital Europe” programme
• EUREKA - Funding initiative for application-oriented research in Europe
• Eurostars - The funding programme for research-driven SMEs

Further information on EU research funding

• KOWI - As the national service center for German science, the coordination office of the science organizations facilitates access to European funding programs.
• The EU office of the BMBF is the general contact point for overarching information and questions on the EU's research framework program.
• Contact point for women in EU research - Information from the BMBF for female scientists in Germany
• NKS - National Contact Points
• CORDIS is the EU's information service for research results.
• EU search portal - offers the possibility of finding international project partners