Scholarship Programme FFL

Scholarship Programme 'Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching' (FFL)

Since 2008, the Free State of Bavaria offers every Bavarian university funds to support the ‘Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching’ (FFL). The funds are to be used to finance scholarships and to partially finance projects in the field of gender studies.

The scholarships are awarded to female scientists with above-average achievements who

  • finalize their doctoral thesis,
  • are in the postdoctoral or habilitation phase, or
  • have already submitted her habilitation thesis but have not yet completed the procedure

at one of the five faculties of FAU.

Only women who are pursuing an academic career with the goal of a professorship in Germany will be funded.

A connection to FAU through a supervisor or mentor must be clear. The duration of the scholarships is a maximum of 12 months, in the case of scholarships for excellent young academics 6 months. The scholarship must begin between 01.06. and 01.09., as a rule at the beginning of the month. The scholarship may not be a substitute for an existing employment relationship.

We offer two info meetings by Zoom for the current FFL scholarships:

  • 11.12.2024 14 Uhr – 15:30 Uhr
  • 22.01.2025 10 Uhr – 11:30 Uhr

Zoom meeting data:

https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/65038002395?pwd=q5nl5n8HLx3ytmanDWQRiqnxKtOmkK.1

Meeting-ID: 650 3800 2395

Kenncode: 816516

If there is a specific need for consultation beyond this, an appointment with Dr. Magda Luthay (gender-und-diversity@fau.de) can still be arranged.

Please read carefully the guidelines for awarding the grants:

Here you will find further forms and documents for the application:

Please note: All documents should be submitted in German or English via FAUBox https://faubox.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/preparefilelink?folderID=28okEQmnxQwMb1JBpcUYY, until February 28th, 2025. The documents should be submitted in a combined format, following the order specified in the FFL guidelines.

The original copy of two evaluations signed by university lecturers, at least one of them a member of the applicant’s committee of mentors, must sent by post (Graduiertenzentrum und wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs, Schlossplatz 4, 91054 Erlangen) or digitally with a digital signature sent from the reviewer’s institutional e-mail address to christa.schmidt@fau.de

Up to 10,000 euros are available to support projects in the field of gender studies. The prerequisite for submitting an application is that the applicant is a member of FAU. Funding can be provided for event formats such as conferences, symposia, summer schools, etc. on gender studies topics that are organised at FAU. Teaching courses cannot be funded. The funds must be spent in the respective calendar year.

Please send your application to gender-und-diversity@fau.de. Deadline is April the 15th 2025. At the end of May / beginning of June 2025 every applicant will be informed if their project will be funded.