The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar awards scholarships and funding of varying duration to early stage researchers on a regular basis. The Bauhaus Research School provides advice on the wide range of funding options to support doctoral candidates and Post-Docs of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Students can find scholarships here.
Annually, several calls for applications are published at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for young researchers, artists and designers in autumn.
In addition, a wide range of funding institutions provide scholarships for young researchers, for example the 13 organizations for the promotion of young talent, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Other scholarship donors can be found via scholarship databases.
SPECIAL CALL 2021
The majority of the scholarships were already awarded in March, but there is a 2nd round of calls from remaining funds for the 2021 funding year and a new call for female postdocs:
1 - DOCTORAL DEGREE COMPLETION / Simultaneous applications are allowed
- 1 STIBET Doctoral Degree Completion Scholarship
(for international Ph.D. candidates, funding period: max. until 31 December 2021) - min. 1 BAUHAUS Doctoral Degree Completion Scholarship
(for all Ph.D. candidates, funding period: max. until 31 March 2022)
2 - FEMALE POSTDOCS
- NEW call for Postdoc Scholarships for Female Postdocs
(for female artists, designers and researchers with a doctorate, funding could begin in October 2021)
3 - ALUMNI
Alumni preparing a doctorate at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar can apply until the end of August:
- Bauhaus-Start-Up Scholarships for starting a doctorate
(applications open continuously until 31.8.21)
Applications are possible until: 31st of August 2021
Partial grants
Other funding options directly at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar:
- Congress Expense Fund by the Equal Opportunities office
- the Women's Promotion Fund
- the Kreativfonds
- the Open-Access-Publication Fund
- the neudeli-Fellowship
- or funding at the International Office.
The Bauhaus Research School offers various support for doctoral candidates, too:
- Welt.Raum.Bauhaus: (Online-) Conference and exhibitions trips abroad / for online conferences 2021
- Welt.Raum.Bauhaus: Research stays abroad 2021
- Welt.Raum.Bauhaus: Grants for proofreading and translation services 2021
- Erasmus+ support for language courses abroad
- STIBET Assistantships for international doctoral candidates (and postdocs)
- refund of printing costs for the doctoral thesis - on an ongoing basis until 1 June + 1 November