Funding for Co-organization and Participation

The objective is to ensure that female researchers gain a voice in the shaping and exercise of decision-making processes at the university. The Co-organization STEP uses funding for teaching positions and personnel support measures to expand existing options, such as accelerated or shared sabbaticals, credit for teaching obligations and/or programs of the Office for Family Services for childcare during official events. This is intended to help female researchers use their time beyond research and instruction on participation and co-organization of university decision-making processes, thus enriching the University’s development through their expertise.

The University of Bonn will provide funding centrally for teaching positions or personnel support for the female researcher. This is intended to afford researchers the chance to take an accelerated sabbatical, potentially divided across multiple semesters. The funding can also be provided for special payments such as the establishment of a research seminar, training of doctoral students or assumption of responsibility for appointment and committee work.

Applications can be submitted by any professor or postdoctoral researcher in the faculties or central research institutes at the University of Bonn.

• Brief cover letter explaining the commitment and justification for the funding request
• Tabular curriculum vitae, incl. research orientation and index of publications

• Planned or ongoing commitment to committee work

Applications can be submitted on 1.3 or 1.9 of each year. If you intend to apply for funding for teaching positions, please take the mandated lead times for awarding of teaching positions into account. For help with the content of such requests, please contact the responsible liaison in your teaching unit in advance.