Guidelines

 Joint Seed funding is a key instrument of the Moesgaard collaboration. It allows us to explore new fields, questions, collaborations and research- and dissemination-related interventions. It supports pilot studies, which could be developed into joint publications, full projects and applications. It also supports activities that promote and strengthen the Moesgaard collaboration and its influence as a community of scholars, for talent development and new networks. We encourage interested scholars to orient themselves in existing joint long-term research ventures, such as long-term human-nature adaptations, and consider how their project may or may not strengthen these. Put in short: this small instrument of support is meant to promote collaborative opportunities by giving an ‘early boost’ to a key activity that can lead to something more than the activity itself.

Application

• Send a short proposal (1 page maximum) and a budget by email to Mette Løvschal (lovschal@cas.au.dk), with a short description of your case, theory/methods and expected outcomes/deliverables with regard to how this strengthens interdisciplinary research. 
• Include a simple budget detailing the expense(s).
• There is no deadline; applications can be submitted continual.

Formalities

• The maximum Joint Seed funding you can apply for is DKK 10.000.
• Each of the institutions need to be clearly represented in the project proposal, e.g. by persons
• As a rule, Joint Seed funding does not support:

• Open Access fees, which would require a significantly larger budget. If you have any questions about OA strategies, I will be happy to discuss. 
• Closing gaps in established projects
• Buy outs for permanent staff  
• Use-it-or-lose-it: The requested expenses must be settled in the accounting system before the end of the year. If this does not happen, the allocated funds will lapse.
• When expenses are to be settled, please send an email with attachments to secretary Susanne Weis Fogh, who will make the settlement – ​​with cc to the undersigned (Mette Løvschal). This also applies if the expenses are entered via EAN, as we need to have a clear overview of the expenses.

Dissemination

Recipients are expected to:

• Take part of dedicated MCH events that provide an opportunity where we can celebrate our research and community, our activities, engagement, and sense of fellowship. 
• Send a short abstract of the project to be published on the joint webpage. 
• Acknowledge the AU-Moesgaard collaboration whenever they present seed-funded work orally or in print out there.