This bridge scholarship is aimed at female early career researchers and artists in the transitional phase between a Master’s degree, Diplom or State Exam and a doctorate/PhD. It is intended to serve as startup funding for the development of a doctoral project.
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.
Who can apply?
Outstanding female graduates who have completed a Master’s degree, Diplom or State Exam and are now preparing for a doctorate, which they plan to complete at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
1 bridge scholarship for a female graduate
A maximum of up to 4 bridge scholarships can be awarded for starting a doctorate (depending on the availability of funds)
Funding: 1.000 Euros per month, funding duration up to 6 months
non-material support: Opportunity to participate in doctoral preparation workshops
Scholarship holders are free to choose the funding period between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026. The funding cannot be paused; individual exceptions are detailed in the latest version of the statutes for the awarding of scholarships at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (currently MdU 58/2019, ;MdU 30/2022)
Applications for the funding year 2024/25 are in general possible on an ongoing basis. The first deadline will be 15 January 2025. Depending on whether the scholarship could already be awarded in the 1st awarding round, this call for applications will be updated.
The application deadlines were 31 January and 31 August 2024.
The general rules are:
OUTLOOK 2025/26:
Eligible for funding are:
Please note:
The start date of the scholarship is April 1, 2025 at the earliest and October 1, 2025 at the latest.
Accordingly, the last scholarship payment must be made no later than March 2026.
Following the scholarship, the scholarship holders are obliged to submit a final report and, where applicable, proof of acceptance (or an application by acceptance) by the respective Doctoral Candidate Admissions Board.
Please use the online application form with file upload to apply (in German or English).
Upload the following documents as one single PDF file (max. 15 MB), organised in the following order. Be sure to include your name in the file name:
PLEASE SUBMIT SEPARATELY:
7. statement by a professor of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar who will supervise the doctoral project - the letter should contain statements on the applicant as well as on the planned doctoral project and its integration in the department.
Please submit separately online as a pdf by the respective professorship. For better comparability, please use the "Form for Letters of Recommendation" if possible and send it directly to the scholarship coordinator.
The decision on the awarding of grants is taken by the Scholarship Commission at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, taking into account the following criteria:
In addition to the applicant’s academic achievements, their voluntary work/commitment, social aspects and the candidate's biographical hurdles will also be considered.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk, Vice President for Projcts and Research
Chair of the Scholarship Commission of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Olga Wiese, Graduate Architektur (Master)
Professorship Presentation Methodology in Design
»Die Auswirkungen des politischen und militärischen Angriffs auf das Leben und den urbanen Raum der Stadt Odesa.«
Paula Carralero Bierzyñska
Professorship Media Theory and History of Science
»Schwimmerinnen
Malerische Interventionen in der psychiatrischen Klinik«
Clara Sofia Fernández Rodriguez
Junior-Professorship Emerging Technologies and Design
»Mycelium als künstlerisches Material«
More about the projects in the scholarship gallery 2023.
Mariann Diedrich
Graduate Master Media Science
supervised by the department for "Geschichte und Theorie der Kulturtechniken"
»Der Körper als Schwelle. Kritische Wahrnehmung als feministische Praxis«
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