Funding
In many, but not all cases, the publication of your doctoral dissertation is associated with costs (printing subsidies), which must generally be borne by the authors or covered by acquisitions. However, if you would like to publish with the University Library of Paderborn University, this service is free of charge.
On this page you will find information on funding options for your publication such as (subject-specific) printing subsidies and calls for proposals for doctoral prizes.
Financing options
Excellent doctoral dissertations can be nominated for doctoral prizes by the reviewers and/or the authors. The Faculty of Cultural Studies and the Paderborn University offer the following prizes once a year:
- Doctoral Prize KW
- UPB Doctoral Prize
(Calls for proposals for the dissertation prizes can be found on the central pages of the Research Commission from June onwards. Your contact person is Ms. Katharina Patz. Information on prizes of the Research Commission of the Paderborn University can also be found on the pages of the Research Commission).
Furthermore, doctoral candidates can apply for printing subsidies . A list of application possibilities can be found below.
You will find references to further award announcements in our newsletters.
You can apply for printing subsidies from the following institutions, for example:
- The Förderfonds Wissenschaft of VG Wort GmbH (Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort).
- The FAZIT Foundation
- The German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Deutscher Akademikerinnenbund (DAB) - Promotion of doctoral dissertations by women
- FONTE (Foundation for the Promotion of Young Academics in the Humanities )
- German University Foundation (non-profit foundation for studies and teaching)
- Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation for the Humanities
- On the page of the Centre for Graduate Studies at the University of Wuppertal, under the heading "Funding Opportunities", you can find not only printing cost grants - both general and subject-specific - but also scholarship databases, organisations for the promotion of gifted students, research institutions and other foundations.
- Gisela and Peter W. Schatt Foundation Doctoral scholarships, printing subsidies for doctoral dissertations in music education and funds for the specific procurement of materials.
- Richard Stury Foundation (Arts and Humanities)
- FONTE Foundation (General and Comparative Literature, German Studies, English Studies, Romance Studies, Cultural and Media Studies, Gender Studies)
- Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation for the Humanities
- ADAMAS Foundation Götz Hübner (Intercultural Studies)
- Gerda Henkel Foundation (Historical Sciences, Historical Islamic Studies, History of Art, History of Law, Prehistory and Early History, History of Science)
- Axel Springer Foundation (thematic fields: German-Jewish history, National Socialism, Israel, GDR, totalitarianism, media history and transatlantic relations)
- Trebuth Foundation (Philosophy)
After concluding a publishing agreement, it is a good idea to register the publication with the VG-Wort. You will receive a distribution for your published doctoral dissertation once you have concluded a rights management agreement. Further information can be found on the VG-Wort website.
Paderborn University promotes open access publishing through a central open access publication fund managed by the University Library (see Senate resolution of 18 January 2023). You can find more information about the publication fund here.
