Bridge Scholarship for Female Postdocs

This bridge scholarship for postdocs is aimed at female early career researchers and artists in the transitional phase between a doctorate/PhD and a postdoctoral project/habilitation. It is intended to serve as startup funding for the development of a habilitation project or an academic or artistic postdoctoral project meeting high conceptual standards.
As a measure to promote gender equality, the bridge scholarship is financed with funds from the Professorinnenprogramm III funding programme for female professors of the German federal government and federal states. The goal is to make the transition to academia career more attractive to women and easier for them to plan as well as to boost the proportion of women among academic staff and professors in the long term.
1. Who can apply?
Outstanding female postdoctoral researchers who are preparing for a habilitation or an independent academic or artistic postdoctoral project meeting high conceptual standards, which they plan to complete at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
2. How funding is available?
1 bridge scholarship
Amount of funding: 2,000.00 euros per month and the opportunity to participate in accompanying workshops.
Funding period: up to 6 months
The funding period can be freely chosen between 01 April 2023 and 31 March 2024.
Interruptions are not possible; exceptions are regulated in individual cases by the latest version of the statutes for the awarding of scholarships at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (currently MdU 58/2019).
Scholarships 2025/26
- Application deadlines: 15 January and 31 August 2025, if necessary
- If not all scholarships are awarded in March, a new call for applications may be issued.
Regularly announced with a 2nd round on 31 August 2025:
- Bauhaus Degree Completion Scholarships for students (3 months á 450 euros)
The general rules are:
- Applications will only be considered if they are complete and on time for submission.
- Applicants can apply in parallel for a maximum of 2 scholarship formats at the
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar at the same time. - An application can not be considered without a letter of recommendation.
- There is no legal entitlement to the award of a scholarship.
Procedure
- The first application deadline has ended on 15th of January 2025.
- The scholarship commission usually decides in March.
- The scholarships usually start in April.