Equal Opportunities Funding
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Members of the School of Science may apply for financial support for activities that serve to implement the equal opportunities mandate in the School.
A total of 50,000 EUR will again be available in 2022.
There are four allocation rounds per year, the deadlines are February 15th, May 15th, August 15th and November 15th.
Applying for equal opportunity funding
| 1. | Check, if the planned activity aligns with the goals for using equality funds as stated in the allocation guidelines. The Equal Opportunity Officers of the faculties and the School of Science can help you with questions. |
| 2. | Fill in the application form in its current version electronically and read the privacy policy. For bigger activities an additional letter with a more detailed breakdown of the costs can be usefull. Then send all documents via email to the Equal Opportunity Officer of your faculty. |
| 3. | After the deadline all Equal Opportunity Officers decide jointly on the allocation of the equality funds. Afterwards, you will be informed by the Equal Opportunity Officer of your faculty. |
| 4. | Carry out your activity. We wish you good luck. |
| 5. | After the activity is finished, fill in the form for accounting and evaluation and send it via Email to the Equal Opportunity Officer of your faculty. |
Outcome of the latest allocation round
On May 20th 2022, the Equal Opportunity Officers of the five faculties and the department discussed a total of eleven applications and a total funding amount of 7153.36 EUR was approved. As always, it was thoroughly checked that the planned measures complied with our guidelines for the allocation of funds and that no other sources of funding were available.
Three applications were originally received from the Biology Faculty, one of which was withdrawn. The other two applications for travel grants for female scientists wishing to present their research results at international conferences will be funded with a total of 1,440 EUR from equal opportunity funds.
Three applications for travel grants for female scientists who also want to present their research results at national and international congresses were submitted from the Faculty of Chemistry. These will be funded with a total of 1,750 EUR.
The Faculty of Mathematics submitted an application to finance the membership in the European Women in Mathematics association for three years for female postdocs of the faculty. 300 EUR were granted for this purpose.
The Faculty of Psychology submitted one application for a travel grant for a female scientist and three applications for financial support for studies run by female scientists. These four applications are funded with a total of 3,963.36 EUR.
This time, there were no applications from the Faculty of Physics and the School of Science.
All documents for an application for equality funds
- Guidelines for Use of Equality Funds in the School of Science (first version from 03.01.2018, in response to the Corona pandemic last revision on 24 June 2020)
- Application form (last revision on 21 June 2022)
- Privacy policy (last revision on 21 June 2022)
- Form for accounting and valuation (latest revision on 21 June 2022)