Equipment fund
As a professor you get an equipment fund on top of your ordinary budget - upon the appointment of your professorship or a promotion.
The equipment fund must be used within the following six years. Otherwise, the fund will expire. In justified exceptions, an extension to a maximum of eight years may be requested before the end of the term.
The equipment fund shall support you in the development or expansion of your professorship, in the sense of a basic initial funding for research-related expenditures (e.g. animal husbandry, equipment maintenance, costs for shared use of equipment, establishing national or international research networks).
In justified cases the equipment fund can be used to cover personnel costs. However, it must be applied for at the Vice President Faculty Affairs and Scientific Information.
Procurements of facilities/equipment requiring capitalization are charged to the equipment fund and settled via the investment fund.