The Faculty of Sciences’ Women’s Prize

Application deadline: 15 March and 15 September each

The proportion of women in science remains unsatisfactorily low despite the high potential. The Faculty of Sciences at FAU is therefore making an active contribution to significantly increasing the number of women in leading research positions and ensuring that women reach their full qualification potential. The Faculty Women’s Prize not only honours the achievements of young female researchers, but also provides them with support during the course of their careers.

Which Faculty Women's Prize is awarded by the Faculty of Sciences?

Every year, the Faculty of Natural Sciences awards a prize to up to two outstanding young female researchers for particularly worthy post-doctoral or post-doctoral projects by providing material or, alternatively, personnel funding to finance the establishment or expansion of a research group. The award is endowed with 15,000 euros. Funding is preferably provided for teaching units or qualification levels in which women are underrepresented.

Who can apply and what does the Faculty Women's Prize include?

Postdoctoral or habilitation projects from all departments at the Faculty of Sciences

The target group includes particularly high-achieving young women academics from all departments with excellent career prospects, such as habilitands or outstanding post-doctoral researchers. They can either apply on their own initiative or be nominated. All faculty members are eligible for nomination.

The prize money can either be used as personnel funds to build up or expand their own working group or as material funds to carry out a research project.

At the end of the funding period, the funded researchers are required to submit a report on their experience or results to the Women’s Representative of the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

Applying for the Faculty Women's Prize

The application for funding should be sent to your respective departmental women’s representative and to the Faculty women’s representative. In addition, the following documents are also required:

List of publications
Tabular curriculum vitae
Copies of all university degree certificates and academic records
A three-page description of the planned research project (subject, concept, research methods, current status of own research, work plan with time schedule, etc.)
Career plan statement
In the case of nomination: a short statement by the proposer

Selection criteria for awarding the prize

Above-average achievements of the applicant
Scientific independence of the applicant
Convincing project outline
Prospects of success for the planned academic career

Selection committee

The award committee is made up of equal numbers of women’s representatives from each department, the faculty’s women’s representative and the project coordinator of the target agreements.

Application deadlines: 15 March and 15 September each year