Female Visiting Professor Program

Through its Female Visiting Professor Program, the University of Bonn is working actively to support efforts to recruit top-notch international female academics for research and teaching visits and to enhance the university's international profile. Female researchers at the University of Bonn are supported in establishing and deepening strategic partnerships. The University of Bonn promotes the formation of networks of female academics and expert academic dialog across national borders.

The funding encompasses the financing of a visiting professorship (generally analog to W2/W3) including travel expenses (max. EUR 4,000). Beyond this, the female visiting professor will be provided with operating funds for equipment (max. EUR 10,000). The visiting professor will have access to the infrastructure (labs and workplaces, libraries, etc.) of the hosting faculty for research and instructional purposes. The funding is generally intended for one semester. Should two female professors together nominate an interdisciplinary candidate, then financing for two consecutive semesters is possible. The hiring requirements are laid out in §36 of the NRW Higher Education Act.

Application is made by one or more professors from the University of Bonn. The application to the Rectorate must be made via the dean of the respective faculty or by the managing director of the central research institute. Candidates cannot apply on their own behalf.

• Short supporting letter
• Tabular curriculum vitae, incl. research orientation and index of publications, for the candidate
• Synopsis of research indicating the research interests and planned studies during the visiting professorship, with links to the research projects of the person(s) submitting the application
• Teaching concept for the visiting professor (4 course units per week), with integration into the institute's teaching modules, content focus for the instruction and differentiation from existing courses
• List of costs

• Specialist expertise on the part of the potential visiting professor
• Integration within the research and instructional context of the University of Bonn
• Importance for the research projects of the inviting researcher(s)
• Importance of the visiting professorship for strengthening gender equality in the department

Applications for the summer term can be submitted by June 30 of the previous year, for the winter term by January 31 of the same year.