Members of the Faculty can apply for small funds or personal points from the faculty pool. The faculty wants to spend a share of the faculty pool in a flexible and competitive measure for special activities. The applications must meet the following requirements:
- The department, institute, or center does not have enough funds for the project.
- There is no other support measure (e. g. Seed Money) to support the project.
- The projects exceeds the usual teaching and research activities.
The Collegium decanale is happy, if:
- the department, institute, or center supports the project financially.
- the project is also supported by third party funds, but there is not enough to carry it out in a proper way.
- several people from the faculty are involved, especially from different units.
- the project supports the faculty's glory and team spirit.
Examples are:
- big international conferences;
- special projects addressed to the broad public (e. g. panel discussions);
- development of new study programs.
- Entwicklungen neuer Studienangebote.
The Collegium decanale does not support:
- guest lectures at single institutes;
- business trips;
- teaching;
- single person's research activities.
Due to budgetary constraints, only limited funds will be available starting in 2026. Applications must be submitted informally to the Faculty Planner (benedicte.vauthier2@unibe.ch) and the Finance Secretariat (priska.stalder@unibe.ch) by 1 May and 1 October, and will only be reviewed at those times. Applications should briefly describe the project, explain why the responsible unit is unable to finance it, and justify the requested funding (including a draft budget).
Decisions on applications are made by the Collegium Decanale. A key factor is whether faculty funds are still available. In urgent cases, the CD may grant smaller amounts of support outside the stated submission deadlines.
