# Research service

**Source**: https://www.fau.eu/research/research-service/
**Parent**: https://www.fau.eu/research/

The range of services FAU offers researchers matches the diversity of research at the University. Various teams support researchers in applying for funding – from looking for suitable programs to finalizing funds to offering internal funding programs and ensuring that early career researchers receive the support they need and opportunities to gain further qualifications. This creates optimal conditions for excellent research, career development and successful project implementation.

Some of the services, for instance the Welcome Center or Early Career Support, are aimed at specific target groups such as international researchers or doctoral candidates. Others specialize in providing advice in specific areas, such as the EU Research Office.

FAU also offers a wide range of services focusing on research findings, for example providing advice on academic publishing and scientific communication, or how to handle research data in line with modern requirements.

Please refer to the section [Research at FAU](https://www.intern.fau.de/forschung-organisieren/) in our intranet for more information.

## Important points of contact for researchers at FAU

University services and organizational units at FAU support researchers in their work.

- [### Welcome Center

  The Welcome Center is the main service center for international guest researchers and doctoral candidates visiting FAU and their host departments. Browse the following pages for an insight into the various topics we deal with. Contact the Welcome Center The Welcome Center is available online and in person as follows: Office hours Wednesdays and Thursdays: […]

  Read more about Welcome Center](https://www.fau.eu/research/international-researchers/welcome-center/)
- [### Early Career Support and Graduate Center

  We are a central service for information on doctoral degrees, postdoctoral research, habilitations, heads of junior research groups, and assistant professorships (equivalent to the EU research profile categories R1 to R3). The Graduate Center coordinates all structured doctoral programs and supports doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and habilitation candidates, as well as supervisors of doctoral degrees […]

  Read more about Early Career Support and Graduate Center](https://www.fau.eu/research/research-careers/early-career-support-and-graduate-center/)
- [### Collaborations and ecosystem

  Daily collaboration in strategic partnerships and project-based cooperation within the FAU community and the diverse innovation ecosystem, in the ZOHO Factory’s entrepreneurial network, and in the European Innovation Alliance of leading start-up and innovation centers shapes FAU’s innovative strength. These networks provide access to knowledge, exchange, and new ideas. In addition, the FAU Shop and […]

  Read more about Collaborations and ecosystem](https://www.fau.eu/university/innovation/kooperationen/)

## Further information

- The [research information system CRIS](https://www.cris.fau.de) gives an overview of the various research activities at FAU.
- FAU believes that storing and managing research data is crucial for successful, sustainable research and scientific integrity. [Information on good scientific practice](https://www.fau.de/forschung/forschungsprofil/gute-wissenschaftliche-praxis/).