Fund for the individual funding of (young) female scientists
Please note that due to expiring project funds, all approved applications must be submitted for reimbursement by November 30, 2024. It is therefore currently not possible to apply for funds for conferences taking place in December 2024.
Until then, we look forward to receiving your applications!
As part of the Female Professors ProgrammeIII at HHU, the Central Equal Opportunities Officer has set up further support measures in gender equality work with the Publication Fund, the Mobility Fund and the Training Fund.
Female doctoral candidates, post‐docs, habilitation candidates and junior professors (with the exception of the Faculty of Medicine) can now apply for funding for publication costs (e.B. peer-reviewed journals, anthologies and dissertations/habilitations) as well as travel expenses and participation fees for career-related further training as well as scientific congress and conference participation in the central Equal Opportunities Office.
In times of open-access, placing publications in high-impact journals is no longer just a question of scientific achievement, but sometimes also of financial possibilities. The publication of one's own dissertation in a specialized publishing house usually has to be financed by the authors themselves. The central Equal Opportunity Officer has therefore set up the publication costs fund for female scientists as part of the Female Professors Program III.
Supported are:
- Publication costs such as publishing fees or editing costs, which must be borne independently by the author in the context of publications (e.B. peer-review journal articles, anthology contributions and dissertations/habilitations)
- Proofreading costs for articles that were not written in the author's own first language
- Editing costs
Target Group:
Female doctoral and post-doctoral scientists whose publication costs cannot be covered by their own faculty or other grants/funding programs are eligible.
Funding amount:
Costs will be covered up to an amount of 1000,00€. In case of multiple authorship, the respective share will be calculated.
Application deadline:
Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis and will be processed and distributed in the order in which they are received. The application cannot be submitted retroactively, but must be received by the Equal Opportunities Office prior to publication. There is no legal entitlement to funding.
Application:
If you are interested, send an informal e-mail briefly outlining what you need the funds for. You will then receive all further information and the application form, which you should complete and return to us.
Contact person:
Kat Feyrer
Coordinator of the Female Professors Program III
E-Mail:
Participation in scientific congresses and conferences is essential for one's own visibility, networking and profiling in the scientific community. Funding will be provided for travel expenses and participation fees up to 500,00€.
Target group:
Female doctoral students, postdocs, postdoctoral researchers and junior professors (with the exception of the Faculty of Medicine).
Application deadline:
Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis and will be processed and distributed in the order in which they are received. The application cannot be submitted retroactively, but must be received by the Equal Opportunity Office prior to participation. There is no legal right to funding.
Contact and Application Forms:
If you are interested, send an informal e-mail briefly outlining what you need the funds for. You will then receive all further information and the application form, which you should complete and return to us.
Contact person:
Kat Feyrer
Coordinator of the Female Professors Program III
E-Mail:
In order to support (young) female scientists for a successful academic career regardless of their own professional profile, the Training Fund supports participation in career-specific training courses. Funding is provided for interdisciplinary courses in the area of scientific careers, developing professional self-competence, as well as courses that focus on promoting and empowering women in leadership and/or dealing with underrepresentation and discrimination.
Amount of funding:
Supported are travel expenses and participation fees up to an amount of €500.00.
Target group:
Female doctoral scientists, postdocs, postdoctoral scientists and junior professors (with the exception of the Faculty of Medicine).
Application deadline:
Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis and will be processed and distributed in the order in which they are received. The application cannot be submitted retroactively, but must be received by the Equal Opportunity Office prior to participation. There is no legal right to funding.
Contact and Application Forms:
If you are interested, send an informal e-mail briefly outlining what you need the funds for. You will then receive all further information and the application form, which you should complete and return to us.
Contact person:
Kat Feyrer
Coordinator of the Female Professors Program III
E-Mail:
Interested parties can contact Julia Zimmermann:
Applications for the FamilyFund for discharge in the context of family responsibility can also be submitted further at: