This program aims to help women, who are not yet fulfilling the formal criteria to apply for a professorial position, to receive a lectureship and through that make contact with Universities of Applied Sciences to raise their chances on a later application process for a professorial position.

Professors, male and female alike, are called to advice suitable women to apply and to submit an informal application with the assistance of the central equality officer to the ministry of education.

The guidelines to this support program can be viewed here.

Requirements:

• Above average degree, respectively Ph.D-degree
• Time out of scientific work due to child care for no more than 5 years (or a time out due to a at least 5 year-long qualifying employment outside university)

Funding can be obtained for a re-entry into research or the completion of a research project. The research must take place at a Rhineland-palatine university and must end with a PhD-degree or a professorial position.

To apply, please contact the equality office of our university with a detailed description of the following bullet points:

• Your scientific career so far
• Description of the intended research project
• Details on the above described requirements
• CV in table form (if applicable including marital status, number of children birth dates of children)
• If applicable, copies of your children’s birth certificates
• Copies of employment references and examination certificates, respectively proof of self-employment
• 2 expert opinions on the status of your research composed by  your professorial tutor (including a statement by him / her concerning your expected degree)

The scholarship is awarded for one year.

Conditions:

• The awardee should, in workload and time, work equal to a fulltime job or, respectively, apply for a part time research scholarship (funding period will double).
• After one year the scholarship can, in justified cases, be extended for another half year. In cases of personal hardship, a funding to complete the project for up to 6 month is possible.
• The awardee and her professorial tutor must provide a half-yearly report on the research progress.

The scholarship amounts to:

• 1.000 € for PhD-student
• 1.300 € to qualify for a professorial position

For dependent children the following additional sums can be provided:

• 150 € for one child
• 200 € for two children
• 250 € for three children

• 300 € for four and more children