Timetable for the Excellence Initiative
First call for proposals in 2006
Preliminary stage - until August 2005
August 1: Letters of Intent for DFG and Wissenschaftsrat
First stage - until autumn 2005
Draft proposals
September 30: Graduate Schools and Clusters of Excellence
October 14: Institutional strategies to promote top-level university
research
The decision upon the projects that will be asked to submit final
proposals was taken in January 2006.
Second stage - until summer 2006
Final proposals
April 20: Submission of final proposals
June/July 2006: Review
October 2006: Approval of funding
Second call for proposals in 2007
Preliminary stage - until June 2006
June 9: Letters of Intent for DFG and Wissenschaftsrat
First stage - until autumn 2006
Draft proposals
September 15: Draft Proposals
The decision upon the projects that will be asked to submit final
proposals will be taken in January 2007.
Second stage - until summer 2007
Final proposals
April 13: Submission of final proposals
Mai/July 2006: Review
October 2007: Approval of funding