The Dean's Office of the Faculty of Catholic Theology attaches great importance to the promotion of research and supports it financially within the scope of its possibilities, especially with regard to the training of young scientists.

For the initial submission of competitive third-party funded projects (FWF and comparable funding institutions), the Dean's Office awards grants of up to 3,000 euros to members of the Faculty's scientific staff. The application must include a project description naming the submitting institution, a timeline until the submission of the externally funded project, and a detailed description of what the grant will be used for.

In preparation for the resubmission of rejected projects with a high rating (C1 or C2 according to the FWF scale), a grant of up to 1,500 euros is possible. In addition to the above, the degree of rejection must be specified in the application.

Applications are to be sent by e-mail to the dean's office theologisches.dekanat(at)uni-graz.at. The decision on the award and the amount of funding is made by the Dean's Office. The Dean's Office reserves the right to reverse approved funding amounts if no third-party funding application is received.

For the preparation of large international research proposals (such as Horizon Europe or ERC grants), higher grants are also possible. In these cases, the Dean's Office asks for contact with the Dean of Research before submitting an application.

Since the university has discontinued the previous funding scheme for printed publications in favor of online products, members of the faculty's academic staff have the opportunity to apply to the Dean's Office for a printing cost subsidy of up to 1,800 euros.

The application must include the following items:

• Information on the book project (title, author:s, brief description of content, table of contents)
• Time schedule until printing
• Publishing calculation with exact cost breakdown
• Financing plan
• Information on which institutions have been approached for funding and the amount of funding applied for (incl. approvals and rejections).

Subsidy possibilities from external institutions must be checked and applied for before submitting the application, for example

• the FWF
• the province of Styria (current submission deadlines)
• the Association for the Promotion of Theology
• at the Catholic Church Styria.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to the dean's office theologisches.dekanat(at)uni-graz.at. The decision on the award and the amount of the grant is made by the deanery. After submission of the invoice, the printing cost subsidy will be paid out.

For English-language publications in scientifically qualified journals or series, there is the possibility of financial support for professional proof-reading up to a maximum of 500 euros.

Grants for online publications are awarded by the university. All information on this is available at https://ub.uni-graz.at/de/services/publikationsservices/publikationsfoerderung/.

The current directive of the Rectorate regulates the granting of travel allowances to members of the academic university staff. In order to ensure social balance and the promotion of young scientists, the Dean's Office has decided to set an upper limit of 1,000 euros per year for university assistants and project assistants in temporary employment as well as for holders of career and development positions in the qualification or development period, and 800 euros per year for all others. As a rule, support is provided for meeting and conference attendance. Travel without active conference contributions can only be supported for predocs.

Applications are submitted using the travel grant forms provided by the University.

As in the past, settlement with the appropriate original receipts must be processed through the Travel Management Division of Human Resources.

Business trips are only possible in representation of the dean and in the context of excursions (1 person per mandatory excursion) and workshop discussions.