Partially funded

Women's Promotion Scholarship (Frauenförderung) at HfM Würzburg

Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, Germany

Scholarship overview

Funded by the Free State of Bavaria to promote equal opportunities for women in research and teaching, this scholarship supports female students who aim for an academic career and female lecturers for one year. Its goal is to build a profile for a professorship or other teaching post at a university.

It is announced once a year. The funding period always starts on 1 July. Researchers of any qualification level who interrupted their project because of parental leave can apply for a re-entry scholarship.

Award Information

  • Female students or female lecturers with a small teaching load whose centre of life is in Bavaria.
  • A planned artistic development project or a scientific dissertation as a research project, with a detailed exposé evaluated by the university leadership.
  • A supervisor from any lecturer status group at HfM Würzburg who supports the project.
  • All attachments required by the application form submitted on time.
  • EUR 1,200 per month, plus any childcare supplements, for a maximum of one year.
  • A follow-up application for a further six months is possible.
  • Application without attachments by e-mail to the women's representative by 6 April.
  • Application with attachments by e-mail and one paper copy by 13 April.
  • Funding starts on 1 July.
  1. Obtain the application form from the HfM women's representative.
  2. Send the application without attachments by e-mail by 6 April.
  3. Submit the full application with attachments by e-mail and on paper by 13 April.

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How selection works

University leadership evaluates applications and forwards positively assessed ones to the ministry.

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