Announcements

With funds from the Equal Opportunity Officer and as a measure to promote equality, it is now possible for female doctoral scholarship holder to receive an additional annual reimbursement of up to 300 euros for research costs.

You can find all the necessary information and the documents to be submitted on the website of the Equal Opportunity Officer.

If you have any questions, please contact the Equal Opportunity and Family Office at gleichstellungsbuero@uni-erfurt.de.

From the budget for gender equality measures of the Equal Opportunity Officer, female doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers, who are employees of the University of Erfurt can now apply for research grants, which can be used among others for conference travel, researcher funds, data access, additional equipment and more.

Doctoral candidates can apply for support up to 300 euros and postdoctoral candidates for support up to 500 euros.

Informal applications with a statement of expenses are accepted via gleichstellungsbuero@uni-erfurt.de.

When applying for travel grants for conference travel, the certificate of acceptance of one's own active conference contribution must also be attached to the application. Further information can be found on the website of the Equal Opportunity Officer.

Within the framework of the „Thüringer Programm zur Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchskünstlerinnen“, the University of Erfurt (Germany) is offering three short-term scholarships for up to five months for female academics who have completed their doctorate to research the holdings of the Gotha Research Library for the year 2025. The scholarship can be taken up on 1 August 2025 at the earliest and ends on 31 December 2025 in any case. Depending on the focus, the scholarship holders are linked to the Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt or to the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection. 

The application deadline is 15 June 2025. For further information, please refer to the announcement.