# Studforschung@geo

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Support options for student research as part of the overhead concept

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Submission Deadlines

- **Monday, April 20**, 2026

The next  [Teaching@GEO conference](https://www.geo.lmu.de/en/promotion-of-young-talents/studforschung-geo/lehre-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](https://www.geo.lmu.de/en/promotion-of-young-talents/) 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](mailto: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)](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/20-geowissenschaften/fakultaetswebsite-geowissenschaften/downloads/antragsformular_2025-2.docx "DOCX-Link opens in a new window") to submit your proposal. Please also refer to the [proposal guidelines (DOCX, 732 KB)](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/20-geowissenschaften/fakultaetswebsite-geowissenschaften/downloads/leitfaden_antragsformular_2025.docx "DOCX-Link opens in a new window").

Please send the completed and signed application form by e-mail within the deadline: [studienbuero@geo.uni-muenchen.de](mailto: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)](https://cms-cdn.lmu.de/media/20-geowissenschaften/fakultaetswebsite-geowissenschaften/downloads/studforschung_minipaper_template.docx "DOCX-Link opens in a new window")) 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](https://www.geo.lmu.de/en/promotion-of-young-talents/studforschung-geo/example-projects/).

## Publications

[2022](#accordionItem-2138337-0)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6040082 "Link opens in a new window")

[2020](#accordionItem-2138337-1)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-565-2020 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1737978 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12856 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.03.02.263283 "Link opens in a new window")
- 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](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66261-w "Link opens in a new window")

[2019](#accordionItem-2138337-2)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0098 "Link opens in a new window")

[2016](#accordionItem-2138337-3)

- 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](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000521 "Link opens in a new window")

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