It is the aim to support early-career female researchers on their way to a professorship. For this reason, there is the possibility of financial support for your active participation in conferences or workshops in Germany and abroad.
The application requirements and the application process are regulated on a faculty-specific basis.
Please use the information sheets of the respective faculty to find out about the requirements and conditions for submitting an application:
No grants can be applied for at the Faculty of Medicine. Female doctoral researchers/doctors at the UKER are advised to contact the Women’s Representative of the Faculty of Medicine directly (med-frauenbeauftragte@fau.de)
In the Department of Geography and Geosciences, research stays in the context of scientific work are also subsidized under the specified funding conditions.
The Faculty of Engineering has an application form that must be completed and submitted.
Travel expenses are processed via the secretary’s Office at the Office of Equality and Diversity: Carola Preiss, Bismarckstraße 6, 91054 Erlangen
If the travel expenses are partly to be paid by funds from the Chair and partly by target agreement funds, the entire cost for the journey must initially be paid by the Chair. After payment of travel expenses by University Administration via the travel expenses office, the Chair must issue an invoice with a BKZ (Buchungskennzeichen/booking reference) to the Office of Equality and Diversity for the amount authorised in the target agreements. A copy of the ‘payment authorisation of travel expenses’ (‘Auszahlungsanordnung der Reisekosten’), a copy of the permission letter and the applicant’s report must be included. If the travel expenses are being paid by the Office of Equality and Diversity only, please complete the following form and include the cost center of your Chair:
Original copy of the approved travel authorization form (if it has not already been submitted),
All original receipts,
For flights, please remember to include your boarding passes. Expenses will not be processed if you fail to include your boarding passes.
Original invoices only (hotel etc.);
Original receipts (conference entry fee, etc.);
Credit card bills: These are only recognized in conjunction with an original document (such as the conference program) which clearly states the conference entry fee. Simply submitting the credit card bill by itself is not enough.
A report (DOCX) about the conference (approx. 1 page long), in which you describe the results and benefits of the conference for your academic career.
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Please make sure to complete all details: signature, name, address, bank details, cost center of your chair etc. Only complete forms can be processed. Please submit the documents listed above in person to the Office of Equality and Diversity in Bismarckstraße 6, 91054 Erlangen.