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The OvGU Successfully Acquires Funding from the Woman Professors Programm II

12.09.2016 -  

OVGU successfully acquires funding from the Women Professors Program II

The Women Professors Program II began in 2012. The Otto von Guericke University took part in the first application round and was once again successfully evaluated. The OVGU is therefore one of 96 Universities that received a positive rating. The OVGU was now able to appoint a maximum of three female professors whose permanent W2 or W3 positions can each be financed with an initial funding of 75 000 euros per year for the first five years.

The BMBF/Women Professors Program II funds are provided through the OVGU’s Office for Gender Equality (BfG) in order to support female junior researchers (PhD students and postdocs) in purpose-specific conference travel and research visits. The focus is, on the one hand, to support women on their way to professorship; on the other hand, to support women on the career ladder in areas where female scientific executives are underrepresented (MINT subjects). Doctoral candidates and postdocs (up to 6 years after completion of their doctorate; parental leave will be considered with an additional 2 years per child) are eligible to apply for and receive funding.

Further information are summarized in the following link:

http://www.bfg.ovgu.de/F%C3%B6rderangebote/NEU_+Fonds+f%C3%BCr+Reisemittel-p-9966.html 

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