Funds for Equality in Research an Teaching
Financial support for female researchers at LMU with fixed-term contracts in the qualification phase.
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Who can apply?
- Junior female researchers at the LMU with a doctoral degree / PhD who have time-limited contracts at the LMU (university positions or contracts funded by third parties), private lecturers (i.e. PD / Privatdozentinnen) with a time limited contract at the LMU and female junior-professors (W1)
- A contract term of at least six months following the application deadline
- When technical/electronic, specialized equipment is involved, a contract term of at least 12 months following the application deadline
Please note: Offices must have a budget for Title Group 40, Chapter 1507. Therefore, female clinicians from the human medicine clinics are excluded from applying. Female scholarship holders, doctoral candidates, visiting professors, interim professors, W2-professors, short-term contract lecturers (Lehrbeauftragte) and researchers on temporary leave from their university positions / employment contracts are not eligible to apply.
What can be applied for?
- Female researchers with children: 1 student assistant for a maximum of 8 hours per week per term (for a student assistant with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a maximum of 7 hours per week per term) for six months (applicable one student assistant per application date; a maximum of 6 times)
- Female researchers without children: 1 student assistant for a maximum of 6 hours per week per term (for a student assistant with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a maximum of 5 hours per week) for six months (applicable one student assistant per application date; a maximum of 4 times)
Please note: As a matter of principle, grants from this fund can only be applied for urgently needed measures, hence at the time of application the applicant should already have a person in prospect who is qualified for a student assistant position.
- Prerequisite: Your own research contribution (paper, slide presentation, lecture, speech, etc.) (attach proof)
- Travel must have occurred prior to the application deadline
- Original invoices and receipts for fees and payments must be submitted with the application
- Travel expenses can only be reimbursed if they were paid by the applicant herself
- Participation in a maximum of two conferences or conventions per application (a maximum of 3 times)
- For material resources that are not part of an institute’s basic equipment and that alleviate the working conditions of junior female researchers and their academic careers with significant, long-lasting effect and in terms of equal opportunity as well, a subsidy of up to 2,000 euros can be granted.
- It is always necessary to submit a cost estimate, and when applicable, from the responsible purchasing department.
- The contract term must run for at least six months following the application deadline, and when there is technical/electronic or other specialized equipment involved, the contract term must run for at least twelve months.
- You cannot apply for proofreading, editing or similar for doctoral theses, PC, notebook and iPad.
Application deadlines
Applications have to be submitted to the Dean’s Office. The faculty then collects and forwards them, along with a short, written evaluation of each application, when there are multiple applications, they are forwarded with a ranking as well, to the university’s Women’s Representative by the 30th of April or the 31st of October. So please pay attention to the respective, earlier application deadline for your faculty.
Applications that are incomplete and/or do not meet the criteria will not be included in the review process and will be returned.
If you have been furloughed for parental leave, then you can only apply during the parental-leave period if you reenter the contract within the 6 months that follow the application deadline; support from this program should assist you in reentry.
Applicant notification of approval or rejection is handled exclusively by the Dean’s Office.
Application form for funds for equality in research and teaching (PDF, 142 KB)
Please note the data protection information below (in particular the supplementary notes: Data protection information pursuant to article 13 of the DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation) in connection with the application for funding for equality in research and teaching).