Equal Opportunity Fund

            

        +++ The deadline for applications has passed, applications will again be possible in 2020 +++

The Universität Hamburg Equal Opportunity Fund was announced for the first time in 2012. This fund is designed to promote general projects in the areas of studying, teaching, research, and administration as well as those that aim to dismantle gender discrimination.

The following projects and activities are eligible for funding:

• Projects (courses, conferences, exhibitions, research applications, etc.) relating to gender, diversity, and combining family and career. A maximum of €5,000 in funding is available per project.
• Completion scholarships for female researchers to complete their doctoral dissertation or Habilitationen (postdoctoral qualifications) (max. 6 months). Precedence will be given to dissertations relating to gender/diversity as well as to applications from young female researchers with children or a relative requiring care. The completion scholarship amount is the same as for doctoral scholarships pursuant to the Hamburg act for the promotion of doctoral and early career researchers and artists (HmbNFG).
• Measures to facilitate the reconciliation of career and family both for individual researchers (e.g., student support for young researchers with children or a relative requiring care) as well as those designed to make the University more family-friendly as a whole.

The University established the Equal Opportunity Fund to support projects concerned both with structural innovation and the implementation of the University’s agreed-upon goals in the area of equal opportunity.

Information on the application and the form can be found on the homepage of the Equal Opportunity Unit of the Universität Hamburg.