Here I list projects for which I have secured third-party funding or in whose acquisition I played a leading role. Unsuccessful applications are also included.
2026
Das Goldene Buch (The Golden Book). Max Reinhardt, the Founding of the First German Acting School at the Deutsches Theater (1905), and the “Aryanization” of Its Predecessor Institution – an Archive-Based Memory Project of the Ernst Busch University of Theatre Arts Berlin. Application in the funding program for contemporary history and memory culture projects 2027 of the State of Berlin (pending)
“Transformative Education for Sustainable Development: A University Farm Field as a Transdisciplinary Real-World Laboratory for Neighborhood, Volunteering, and Organic Farming in the Metropolis”, submitted to the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Federal Environmental Foundation) (pending)
“Resilience Formations of GDR Theater” (“Resilienz-Formationen des DDR-Theaters”), application developed jointly with Prof. Ulrike Vedder (HU Berlin), Stefan Willer (HU Berlin), Hannah Speicher, and Johanna Stapelfeldt (HfS Ernst Busch) in the funding program “Kulturerbe als Ressource für eine zukunftsfähige Gesellschaft” (Cultural Heritage as a Resource for a Sustainable Society) (not successful)
2025
“Film@Busch” in the FREIRAUM funding line of the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre (Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education Teaching). The project strengthens filmmaking competencies at the HfS Ernst Busch. (successful)
Access Art Schools Berlin, follow-up funding. Joint application with the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) to support prospective and current students with refugee experience. (successful)
2024
Application in the Professorinnenprogramm 2030 (Women Professors Program 2030) with the gender equality concept of the HfS Ernst Busch Berlin (successful)
“Der papierene Freund” (The Paper Friend). Funding from the Axel Springer Stiftung for an audio adaptation of diary entries written by Jewish children and young people during the Holocaust. (successful)
2023
“Dramaturgies of an Archive. Studio Productions at the ‘bat’: Theater Histories in the New Production Archive of the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch Berlin” in the BMBF funding line “Vernetzen – Erschließen – Forschen. Allianz für Hochschulsammlungen II” (Networking – Cataloguing – Researching: Alliance for University Collections II) (application developed jointly with Prof. Dr. Ulrike Vedder of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Noah Willumsen, successful)
2022
“Inclusion in the Teaching of the Theater Arts”, Lotto Stiftung Berlin (successful)
“Theater Academy Kharkiv @ HfS Ernst Busch”, Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre (Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education Teaching), funding line “Fokus Ukraine” (successful)
2021
“Filmic Dimensions of (UN)FREEDOM. Experiencing and Reflecting on Repressive Historical Constellations through Audiovisual Media” in the BMBF funding line “Kleine Fächer – Zusammen stark” (Small Disciplines – Strong Together) (discontinued)
2020
Application in the HRK funding line “Sichtbar innovativ” (Visibly Innovative) with the podcast concept “Filmwissenschaft: Hörbar innovativ” (Film Studies: Audibly Innovative) (not successful)
2019
Member of the management team for the City of Potsdam’s bid for the title “UNESCO Creative City of Film” (successful)
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of the application submitted by the Brandenburgische Gesellschaft für Kultur und Geschichte GmbH, the Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten (Brandenburg Memorials Foundation), and the Film University Babelsberg in the “Fonds Digital” funding line of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) with the project “SPUR.lab” (successful)
Initiation and lead management (including substantive contributions) of the application submitted by the Film University Babelsberg and the Fachhochschule Potsdam in the StaF funding line of the Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg with the research project “Media Collisions as Drivers of Innovation for New Approaches to Cultural Heritage” (successful)
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of the application submitted by the Film University Babelsberg and the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) to the Hans Böckler Foundation for funding of the research training group “Sustainability and Audiovisual Media – Good Work in Digital and Global Media Industries, Green Production and Distribution, Works and Discourses on Ecological Sustainability, and Media Education for Sustainable Development” (not successful)
2018
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of the Film University Babelsberg’s entry in the competition of the Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) for “Strengthening Transfer through Innovative Communication Measures” with the project “Hidden Treasures – The Small Disciplines in Brandenburg” (successful)
Initiation and implementation of a cooperation agreement with the FONTE Foundation on the funding of visiting professorships, teaching assignments, and events at the Film University Babelsberg
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of the Film University Babelsberg’s application in the MWFK “Competition for Strengthening Transfer through Innovative Communication Measures” (successful)
My own application in the BMBF funding line “Kleine Fächer – Große Potenziale” (Small Disciplines – Great Potential) with the research project “The Filmic Face of the City. Film Heritage and Contemporary Media Production as Elements of City Marketing” (successful) / project leadership with staff responsibility from 2019 to 2021
Initiation and lead management (including substantive contributions) of a joint application in the funding line “Weltwissen – Strukturelle Stärkung kleiner Fächer” (World Knowledge – Structural Strengthening of Small Disciplines) of the Volkswagen Foundation (successful in the first round, eliminated in the second round)
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of a consortium participation of the Film University Babelsberg in the BMBF “WIR!” funding line (successful)
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of the Film University Babelsberg’s application in the BMBF Tenure-Track funding line, second funding round (successful)
Funding of the 32nd Film and Television Studies Colloquium by VG Bild-Kunst and the FONTE Foundation
Funding of the international Eisenstein Workshop by the Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
2017
Lead management (including substantive contributions) of the Film University Babelsberg’s application in the BMBF Tenure-Track funding line, first funding round (not successful)
2016
Exhibition funding for “Pathenheimer: Filmfotografin. DEFA Movie Stills”, provided among others by the City Marketing department, the Cultural Office, and the Office for Equal Opportunities of the City of Potsdam
Printing subsidy for “Pathenheimer: Filmfotografin. DEFA Movie Stills”, provided among others by the Gerda Weiler Foundation and filmportal.de
2014
Printing subsidy for “Jede Menge Perspektiven. Der Regisseur Herrmann Zschoche” (A Wealth of Perspectives: The Director Herrmann Zschoche) from VG Bild-Kunst
Funding of the conference “Béla Balázs – Poetry and Film” by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes as part of its program “Stipendiaten machen Programm” (Fellows Create Programs)