Who is eligible to apply and in which format?
- doctoral candidates of all disciplines and faculties of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar,
who are already accepted and registered by the Doctoral Candidate Admissions Board (Graduierungskommission)- Thüringer Graduiertenförderung
- Bauhaus Doctoral Scholarships
- Re-Entry Scholarships for doctoral candidates (male or female)
- graduates of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with an artistic-design project supervised at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
(as a rule, no more than two years are allowed to elapse between the time of application and the completion of the degree.; NO Ph.D. projects)- Thüringer Graduiertenförderung ONLY
You can apply for several scholarship formats in parallel - simultaneous applications are allowed.
1. Thüringer Graduiertenförderung
Scholarships for doctoral projects and artistic-design projects can be awarded to outstanding doctoral candidates and graduates of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in accordance with the GFV TH 2011.
On condition of available funds, up to 5 scholarships are expected to be awarded in 2025/26 for doctoral or artistic-design projects. (Call in German)
Funding:
- up to 3x 12 months for doctoral projects of all faculties
- or: 12 months for artistic-design projects
Part-time scholarships are possible according to § 2 (5) GFV TH.
The review of further eligibility for funding is carried out annually by the Scholarship Commission, in particular for doctoral candidates, on the basis of the interim report and a statement by the professorship supervising the doctorate.
Extensions are still possible in exceptional cases in accordance with the GFV TH.
Basic scholarship: 1,400 euros monthly + family allowance
(if applicable, according to ThürGFVO: 300 Euro for the 1. child, 150 Euro each further child)
2. Bauhaus Doctoral Scholarships
The Bauhaus Universität Weimar sees itself as originating from the Bauhaus history of ideas, which was a driving force and experimental place with worldwide networking. With the Bauhaus Doctoral Scholarships, the Bauhaus Universität Weimar promotes outstanding doctoral candidates in line with historical heritage and the identity of the University, who exceed subject or national boundaries with their doctoral projects.
(Call in German)
In 2025/2026 up to 3 Bauhaus Doctoral Scholarships are awarded, especially for doctoral projects with a specific interdisciplinary or international character.
Funding: 1.400 euros per month
(if applicable, child allowance oriented at the ThürGFVO:
300 Euro for the 1. child, 150 Euro each further child)
Duration: usually 12months
(Extensions beyond this are possible in exceptional cases)
3. Re-Entry Scholarships for doctoral candidates (male or female)
Funding is available for women and men who had to interrupt their doctoral research for family or health reasons and are now aiming to resume their doctorate after taking parental leave, a family break or a serious illness.
You are eligible to apply if the interruption has been at least 6 months. (Call as pdf)
Up to 2 re-entry scholarships can be awarded on condition of available funds to either a man or woman. The investment is subject to the provision of funds in the 2025/26 funding year.
Funding: max. 12 months, 1,400 euros per month
Family allowance: 300 Euro for the 1. child, 150 Euro each further child
Funding requirements
- Above-average academic achievement and examination results, corresponding ability for acadamic work (doctoral research) or above-average artistic-design qualification (project)
- Guaranteed supervision by a professor of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Scholarships may not be awarded to full-time employees. Part-time work is permissible according to the regulations of the GFV TH 2011 and the Stipendiensatzung of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, adapted with the MdU 30/2022.
Please note: For the calculation of the amount of the Thür. Graduiertenförderung scholarships the income of the marriage partner will be considered.
Please note for Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarships:
- Re-Entry after a break of min. 6 months because of Pregnancy/parental leave, care time for own children or care for close relatives or a longer period of serious illness. As a rule, the break should not date back more than a 1 year.
- a special aptitude for academic work (doctoral work) and at least good performance in studies and examinations
The funding period generally begins in April.
REPORTING DUTIES
- Funding recipients are obliged to submit a final report.
- For artistic or design projects:
should the type and format of the work permit, an obligatory copy of the project is to be submitted to the university library.
Application Documents
Please use the online application form:
- language: German or English
- 1 PDF document (1 file incl. all attachments, please include name in file name).
- file size max. 15 MB
- not password-protected
Please include the following documents in the order shown below:
- Scholarship application (please use the provided form)
Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarships only:
> Cover letter with explanation of the period of family leave - Exposé
→ Doctoral projects (max. 3 pages + bibliography + figures/illustrations)
→ Artistic projects (max. 3 pages + sources + images/portfolio) - timetable/work schedule (including previous work and all steps until the planned completion)
- Curriculum vitae (CV, no photo)
- University degree certificate (Diplom or master’s degree as a digital scan)
- for doctoral projects: acceptance letter by the Doctoral Candidate Admissions Commission or certificate of enrolment in a PhD programme of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- where applicable, an explanation of special personal circumstances and biographical hurdles such as caring for a child or relative, a disability or chronic illness, your parents' (educational) background, migration background, experience of discrimination, etc.
- (Please enclose proof or have it ready for inquiries by the Commission)
- For Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarship only:
Proof of break (parental leave/care for children or close relatives, serious illness)
if family leave due to pregnancy/parental leave/childcare: scan of the birth certificate(s) of the child(ren)
PLEASE NOTE – a separate submission by the professorships is required:
9. Statement by the supervising professor of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar regarding the proposed project (please use the “Letter of Recommendation” form)
For Thüringer Graduiertenförderung/ Bauhaus Doctoral Scholarship:
10. Statement by a second professor
> does not have to be a member of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
> needs to refer to the candidate and to the project
> for artistic projects: can be an artistic staff member or a recognised artist who is involved in the project supervision (please use the “Letter of Recommendation” form)
Please submit the letters of recommendation separately online as a pdf file without password-protection via the respective professor until the application deadline on 15th of January and send it directly to the scholarship coordinator.
Selection process
The interdisciplinary awarding committee for scholarships of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will select the scholarship recipients in February/March. The selection is subject to the availability of funds.
Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarships
- The awarding committee will decide on the awarding in the beginning of March on the basis of the written applications according to the prospects of success considering the specific situation of doctoral candidates with family tasks and for a better compatibility of family and research.
Thüringer Graduiertenförderung/ Bauhaus Doctoral Scholarships:
Applications are reviewed in a two-phased selection process and according to the criteria of the applicable Thüringer Graduiertenförderungsverordnung (§ 2 and § 3, GFV TH 2011):
- The awarding committee will make its pre-selection in the beginning of March.
- Afterwards, in March the pre-selected candidates will hold presentations, upon which the commission will base its final decisions.
*** Decisions of the committee will not be justified towards the applicants due to the absolute confidentiality of the selection procedure.***
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk, Vice President for Projcts and Research
Chair of the Scholarship Commission of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Rolf Brändle, Ph.D. Studiengang Kunst und Design
Epistemologie des Modellierens: Gestalterische Modellpraxis in der transformativen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Marie Köhler, Ph.D. Studiengang Kunst und Design
Zur Dekolonisierung visueller Medien in der gestaltungsrelevanten Lehre: Eine theoretisch-künstlerische Anwendungspraxis
Karoline Schneider, Ph.D. Studiengang Kunst und Design
Sorbischsein im Kauriversum. Indopazifische Kaurischnecken in den sorbischen Kulturen aus feministischer, postkolonialer und NatureCulture Perspektive
Olga Wiese, Professur Darstellungsmethodik im Entwerfen
Der politische und militärische Angriff auf das Leben und den urbanen Raum der Stadt Odesa
Wanchang Zhang, Professur Stochastik und Optimierung
Structural Integration Management Decision Making Modelling Using Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (Pomdp) Via Deep Reinforcement Learning
Paula Holzhauer, Alumna Medienkunst/-gestaltung
Atlas der Fische (künstlerisch-gestalterisches Projekt)
Nadja Kracunovic, Alumna Public Art and New Artistic Strategies
(Un)Fit Society & Chronic Superpositions: Mapping The Symptoms Of An Illness As An Artistic Strategy (künstlerisch-gestalterisches Projekt)
Mais Alrhia, Promotion an der Professur Verkehrssystemplanung
Promotion: »Optimal Strategy for Allocation Budget on Road Maintenance Activities«
Raven Dietzel, Professur Medienphilosophie
Promotion: »Eine medienphilosophische Neubetrachtung der Tätigkeitsanalyse in Hannah Arendts Vita Activa«
Clara Sofia Fernández Rodriguez, Professur Emerging Technologies and Design & Designtheorie und Designforschung
Promotion: »Stories from the Interspecies Archive: Making-With Fungi, Computational Learning and Digital Fabrikation«
Louis Oehler, Professur Theorie und Geschichte der modernen Architektur
Promotion: »Architekturen des Augenblicks«
Luisa Krämer, Professur Denkmalpflege und Baugeschichte & Entwerfen und Raumgestaltung
Künstlerisches Projekt: »Der Zauberberg - Anonyme Architektur in den Cottischen Alpen«
THÜRINGER GRADUIERTENFÖRDERUNG
Beverly Engelbrecht, Professorship Darstellungsmethodik im Entwerfen
»Architekturen der Sexarbeit. Eine Untersuchung zweier Kieze in Berlin«
Dheeraja Cheenakula, Professorship Technologien urbaner Stoffstromnutzungen
»Wasserkreislaufschließung in der Papierindustrie durch Behandlung der Flüssigphase der Gärproduktentwässerung nach Biogasgewinnung aus Altpapier-Reststoffen«
Martin Leibinger, Professorship Arts and Research
»Being present without being there – Virtual collaboration in socially engaged and public art«
Denise Blickhan, Professorship Skulptur, Objekt, Installation
»Dysmorphophobie der digitalen Ästhetik«
BAUHAUS DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Alexandra Toro Ospina, Professorship Denkmalpflege und Baugeschichte
»Würdigung der Bedeutsamkeit von Vor- und Hintergärten als Kulturgüter der modernen Architektur in Bogota, Kolumbien«
Oliver Trepte, Professorship Denkmalpflege und Baugeschichte
»Architektur und Planung des Weimarer Stadtbauamtes unter August Lehrmann 1909-1945«
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES _ RE-ENTRY SCHOLARSHIP AFTER A FAMILY BREAK
Helene Bihlmaier, Professorship Raumplanung und Raumforschung
»Manuals as agents in the formation process of town planning as an academic subject and profession in Great Britain in the early 20th century«
Katja Marie Voigt, Professorship Arts and Research
»Szenarien autonomer Fremdbestimmung«
THÜRINGER GRADUIERTENFÖRDERUNG
David Alvarez, Professur für Philosophie audiovisueller Medien
Doctorate: »Cinematic Intuitions: Subjectivity-describing Structures in Cinematic Art«
Maria Victoria Behler, Professur für Informatik in der Architektur sowie Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung
Doctorate: »The interrelation between social and spatial dimensions of social cohesion in a multicultural context. A study on forced displaced people in an era of migration. Study case: Hamburg«
Moustafa Haroun Fakar Hassan, Professur für Komplexe Tragwerke
Doctorate: »Prediction of Structural Response Modification Factory for Mixed Building Types«
Caroline Ektander, Ph.D. programme art and design / Professur Arts and Research
Doctorate: »Toxic Commons - Tranmediating Permanent Pollution«
Xenia Mura-Fink, Ph.D. programme art and design / Professur Experimentelle Malerei und Zeichnung
Doctorate: »Figuration und Feminismen – eine Diskursanalyse des Blickes«
Nathalia Azuero, Absolventin, Professur für Public Art and New Artistic Strategies
Artistic Project: » 11m3 Projektraum«
BAUHAUS DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Thomas Alsheimer, Professur für Theorie und Geschichte der modernen Architektur
»Schwingende Strukturen & Konstruierte Choreographien – Vom gebauten und tanzenden Leib und seiner Resonanz mit dem Raum«
Sneha Singh, Professur für Medienphilosophie
»At Home or Not- at- Home: Portrayal of Social Conduct and Domesticity in Indian Cinema«
Amelie Wedel, Professur für Bildtheorie
»Visions from within. Towards planetary practices in contemporary artist film«
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES _ RE-ENTRY SCHOLARSHIP AFTER A FAMILY BREAK
Marjolein Mulder, Ph.D. programme art and design / Professur für Produkt Design | Interaction Design
»Zwischen den Stühlen: Zu Gender-Einflüssen bei der nutzerischen Interaktion mit Sitzmöbeln«
Impressions of all supported projects can be found in the Scholarship gallery 2021
THÜRINGER GRADUIERTENFÖRDERUNG
Nasim Babazadeh, Professur Baubetrieb und Bauverfahren / Prof. Dr. -Ing. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt
»BIM-based construction noise management approach with a focus on inner-city construction«
Jakob Becker, Professur für Computational Architecture / Jun.-Prof. Dr. Reinhard König
»A building shell study on increasing energy gains while mitigating the urban heat island effect through evaporative cooling«
Vanessa Ramos-Velasquez, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Design / Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Bee
»Anthropophagy! Who Ate Whom?«
Taissa Fromme, Absolventin Freie Kunst (Diplom) / Professur für Skulptur, Objekt, Installation/ Prof. Björn Dahlem
Artistic project: »Sweet Mournings«
BAUHAUS-PROMOTIONSSTIPENDIEN
Claire d‘Incau, Professur für Kunst und ihre Didaktik / Prof. Dr. Andrea Dreyer
»Emotionen - Beziehungsmodi zwischen Künstler, Rezipient und Kunstwerk«
Sneha Singh, Professur für Medienphilosophie / Prof. Dr. Lorenz Engell
»At Home or Not-at-Home: Portrayal of Social Conduct and Domesticity in Indian Cinema«
Amelie Wedel, Professur für Bildtheorie / Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Bee
»Visions from within. Towards planetary practices in contemporary artist film«
CHANCENGLEICHHEIT WIEDEREINSTIEGSSTIPENDIEN FÜR PROMOVIERENDE
Natalia Irina Roman, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Design / Prof. Christine Hill
»Along the lines«
Franziska Winter, Professur Philosophie audiovisueller Medien / Prof. Dr. Christiane Voss
»Der diaphane Körper. Eine Medienphilosophie des Hologramms«
THÜRINGER GRADUIERTENFÖRDERUNG
Viola Ahrensfeld, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Gestaltung - Designforschung
»Embodied Interaction Design. Sinnliche Technologien und der technologische Sinn: Über die Interaktionen zwischen technischen und sozialen Systemen im Anthropozän.«
Abdulmagid Bendalla, Professur für Modellierung und Simulation - Konstruktion
»Numerical Analysis Models for the Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Stay-Cables«
Thulasi Ajith Vattekkatte, Professur für Biotechnologie in der Ressourcenwirtschaft
»Integrated Resource Oriented Sanitation Solutions for Urban Cities in Southern India: Transition Process Approach«
Lisa Hopf, Freie Kunst - (PROJEKT)
»Chase your dreams«
BAUHAUS DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Marlene Bart, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Gestaltung - Freie Kunst
»Das Künstlerbuch als multimediale Enzyklopädie«
Johannes Breuer, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Gestaltung - Design
»Vom Vitalzeichen zum Körperbild. Individualisierte Erhebung und Visualisierung von Körperdaten bei Medizinapplikationen für chronisch Kranke.«
Emanuel Mathias, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Gestaltung - Freie Kunst
»An den Rändern des Feldes. Über die Anwesenheit des Forschers in seinem Material.«
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: RE-ENTRY-SCHOLARSHIP FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
Michaela Honauer, Professur für Human-Computer-Interaction
»Creating and Staging Interactive Costumes – Wearables and E-Textiles in the Performing Arts«
Selene States, Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Gestaltung - Freie Kunst
»A Suite of Changes - A Political Timeline of the Pantsuit«
THUERINGER GRADUIERTENFÖRDERUNG
Najmeh Sadat Dokhanchi
Professur für Bauphysik
»Measurement and Simulation of the Indoor Climate«
Fabian Kirchherr
Professur Archiv- und Literaturforschung
»Kopiertechniken als theorieproduktive Verfahren im Archiv«
María Constanza Linares López
Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Design / Freie Kunst / Medienkunst
»Die Utopie einer vorurteilsfreien Gesellschaft Untersuchungen in Theorie und künstlerischer Praxis«
Hanieh Shamskooshki
Professur für Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung
»The Perception of Socio-spatial Segregation in Tehran Neighborhoods: Interaction of Physical and Social Urban Space«
Charlene Hahne
Absolventin Freie Kunst (Diplom), Professur für Experimentelle Malerei und Zeichnung
Projekt: »a painting is a painting is a landscape«
BAUHAUS-DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Samuel Tesfaye Gebretensaye
Professur für Modellierung und Simulation - Konstruktion
»Nonlinearity in Bridge Aerodynamics«
Lena Lorenz
Professur für Architekturtheorie
»Der Architekt Adolf Rading im Exil - Korrespondenzen aus Haifa 1936-1950«
Vanessa Ramos-Velasquez
Ph.D.-Studiengang Kunst und Design / Freie Kunst / Medienkunst
»Fata Morganas: The artificial division between nature and culture from the Amerindian perspective«
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS: RE-ENTRY AFTER A FAMILY BREAK
Mehran Mojtahedzadeh
Professur für Architekturtheorie
»The Cultural Transformation of the Bazaar of Isfahan«
Sandra Wolf
Professur für Stadtplanung
»Der Umgang mit Obdachlosigkeit im öffentlichen Raum. Kritische Analyse einer gesamtgesellschaftlichen Aufgabe in kommunaler Verantwortung«
Abinet Kifle Habtemariam
Structural Analysis and Component Strength
»Blast demolition study of high and slender structures«
Francis Hunger
Ph.D. programme Art and Design / Fine Art / Media Art
»Die Form der Datenbank – Zu den Herkünften der relationalen Datenbank.«
Dora Kiesel
Virtual Reality and Visualization Research
»Visual Text Analytics / Argumentationsvisualisierung«
Edith Kollath
Ph.D. programme Art and Design / Fine Art / Media Art
»Von der paradoxen Konzentration in der Ausdehnung – Die dialogische Erfahrung von Kontingenz in zeitgenössischer Kunstpraxis und -theorie.«
Victor Vîlceanu
Modelling and Simulation of Structures
»Numerical Models for the Behaviour of Liquid Dampers in Analyses of Wind Response of Structures«
Richard Welz (with Saori Kaneko)
Alumnus Fine Art (Diplom)
»Hyperreale Flora«, MADE BY US - Radioaktive Strahlung in Deutschland und Japan
Equal Opportunity - Re-Entry Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates after a Family Break
Jelena Jeremejewa
Aesthetics
»Konstruktion des Protagonisten im russischen Dokumentarfilm der Gegenwart«
Thomas Kusitzky
Urban Studies and Social Research
»Konditionen einer auditiv-städtischen Gestaltungskultur«
Kaya Behkalam
Ph.D. programme Art and Design / Fine Art / Media Art
»Seeing History – Zur Medialität des Historischen im Digitalen Zeitalter. Ein mobiles Videoarchiv.«
Iulia Simona Grüter-Birgaoanu
International Doctorate Programme European Urban Studies
»The Vernacular Dimension of Housing in Contemporary Romania. An Investigation of the Role of the Inhabitants in Collaborative Approaches«
Maria Gvozdeva
Theory of Architecture
»Architekten des Bauhauses in der Sowjetunion der 1930-er Jahre. Hannes Meyer und Brigade Rot Front«
Leila Javanmardi
International Doctorate Programme European Urban Studies
»Urbanism and Dictatorship: A Study on Urban Planning in Contemporary History of Iran(Second Pahlavi, 1941-1979)«
Anne Krausz
Alumna Fine Art (Diplom)
Projekt: »Die genealogische Maske – Werkzeug zur Herstellung innerer Bezogenheiten«
Dario Milani
Modelling and Simulation of Structures
»Adaptive Methods for the Simulation of Multiscale Fluid Dynamic Phenomena Using Vortex Particle Methods with application to Civil Structures«
Natalia Irina Roman
Ph.D. programme Art and Design / Fine Art / Media Art
»Along the Lines: A Practice of Reading, Deciphering and Communicating Space through Installation«
Grit Ruhland
Ph.D. programme Art and Design / Fine Art / Media Art
»Folgelandschaft – Eine holistische Untersuchung der Landschaft um Gera/Ronneburg nach dem Uranbergbau«