Scholarships for Female Researchers

Female Researchers at the Perthes Collection

The University of Erfurt encourages postdoctoral female researchers to hand in applications for scholarships, which are funded through a programme for early-career female researchers and artists supported by the state of Thuringia (TMWWDG) and a programme for female professors supported by the German federal and state governments.

The scholarships provide funding for research projects closely related to the Perthes Collection and the other holdings of the Gotha Research Library. Scholarship holders with a research focus on the 19th and 20th centuries and in particular on the Perthes Collection will be associated with the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection in Gotha.

To learn more about the Perthes Collection, please consult the digitized holdings in advance:
Perthes Collection

Initialisation Scholarships by "Thüringer Programm zur Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchskünstlerinnen" (max. 12 months)

The Initialisation Scholarship aims to fund postdoctoral female researchers who intend to apply for third-party funding to carry out an independently planned research project based on the Gotha holdings. This project should be associated with the University of Erfurt. Applicants must have completed their PhD thesis with an excellent result and within the past three years. Candidates should be renowned for above-average scientific accomplishments and aim at an academic career. They should either plan to submit a proposal for a third-party funded research project at Erfurt University or participate in the conception of a larger third-party funded project at Erfurt University.

Funding:

  • Basic monthly grant of €2,000
  • Family allowance of €300 for one child and €150 for any further child (if applicable)

Deadlines:.

  • Application deadline: 27 March 2024
  • Scholarship start date: 1 June 2024
  • Latest scholarship start date: 1 November 2024

Application documents:

Candidates are requested to hand in a cover letter, CV, certificates, a list of publications and the data processing consent form. In addition, we ask for a draft of your research project (5 pages max.), a working schedule, a formal declaration of willingness from a professor at Erfurt University to welcome you as well as a letter of recommendation from another university professor (either from Erfurt University or another scientific institution). It is also relevant to provide information on the project's connectivity to the University of Erfurt's priority fields and, if applicable, to its academic institutions, such as the Gotha Research Centre or the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection in Gotha.

For more details, please see the call for applications:

Call for Applications 2024

This scholarship is funded by the "Thüringer Programm zur Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchskünstlerinnen".

Initialisation Scholarships by "Professorinnenprogramm des Bundes und der Länder" (max. 12 months)

The Initialisation Scholarship (12 months) aims to fund postdoctoral female researchers who intend to apply for third-party funding to carry out an independently planned research project based on the Gotha holdings. This project should be associated with the University of Erfurt. Applicants must have completed their PhD thesis with an excellent result and within the past three years. Candidates should be renowned for above-average scientific accomplishments and aim at an academic career. They should either plan to submit a proposal for a third-party funded research project at Erfurt University or participate in the conception of a larger third-party funded project at Erfurt University.

Funding:

  • Basic monthly grant of €1,600
  • Family allowance of €300 for one child and €150 for any further child (if applicable)
  • Funding for research expenses up to €1,000

Deadlines:.

  • Application deadline: 27 March 2024
  • Scholarship start date: 1 June 2024
  • Latest scholarship start date: 1 November 2024

Application documents:

Candidates are requested to hand in a cover letter, CV, certificates, a list of publications and the data processing consent form. In addition, we ask for a draft of your research project (5 pages max.), a working schedule, a formal declaration of willingness from a professor at Erfurt University to welcome you as well as a letter of recommendation from another university professor (either from Erfurt University or another scientific institution). It is also relevant to provide information on the project's connectivity to the University of Erfurt's priority fields and, if applicable, to its academic institutions, such as the Gotha Research Centre or the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection in Gotha.

For more details, please see the call for applications:

Call for Applications 2024

This scholarship is funded by the "Professorinnenprogramm des Bundes und der Länder".

Contact

For questions regarding the collections and the Centre:

Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection
Dominic Keyßner, M.A.
Phone: 0049 361 737 1600
fkts.gotha@uni-erfurt.de

For questions regarding the application process:

Research and Graduate Services (Forschungs- und Nachwuchsförderung)
Dr. Daniel Albrecht
Phone: 0049 361 737 5047
nachwuchsfoerderung@uni-erfurt.de