Postdoc-Scholarships

A Bauhaus Post-Doc Scholarship may not be awarded to candidates who are already receiving public funding.

Scholarships may not be awarded to full-time employees. Candidates are allowed, however, to work part-time in research or teaching at a Thuringian university or non-university research institute in Thuringia for a maximum of 10 hrs. per week or other part-time work for a maximum of 5 hrs. per week (MdU 11/2015).

The funding period generally begins on 1 April.

Scholarship recipients are expected to give a project presentation open to members of the university.

The university expressly desires that candidates publish work related to their post-doc projects during the funding period.

In addition to submitting a final report, candidates are also expected to provide instruction to doctoral candidates at the Bauhaus Research School.

Thuringian Programm for female researchers and artists/designers only:
involvement in teaching of at least 2 SWS (weekly teaching units, for full funding)

Please use the online application form with file upload for your application documents (in German or English).

Please upload your application (and accompanying documents, max. 15 MB) as one PDF file. The file name should include your first and last name. Please include the following documents in the order shown below:

1. Statement of motivation (your motivation for researching at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, how your project is connected to the areas of research and study at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, max. 2 pages)
2. Curriculum vitae (CV)
3. Project outline with explanation of the objectives, research overview, research theme, methods and selected bibliography (max. 10 pages)
4. Abstract (max. 1.600 characters including spaces)
5. Detailed timetable and work schedule
6. List of references including the names of two additional university professors
7. University degrees (master’s degree/Diplom)
8. doctoral certificate (if applicable including a grad; asscan)

PLEASE NOTE – separate submission by the professor:

9. Letter of recommendation from a professor of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with a statement regarding the project, as well as the academic and organisational integration of the post-doc scholarship recipient.

Please submit the letter of recommendation separately as a pdf file via the respective professor/department until 12 January 2020 to the scholarship coordinator: stipendien[at]uni-weimar.de

The awarding committee will make its funding decisions based on the quality, prospects of success and the sustainable impact of the post-doc projects from the point of view of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Furthermore, social aspects can be taken into account for the award decision if they are equally suitable.

Concerning the Thuringian Postdoc Scholarship Programm for female researchers and designers/artists the relevance of the Postdoc project for the appointability of the candidate for a prospective professorship is reviewed carefully.

• Attempts to deceive by applicants will lead to immediate exclusion from the application process. A further application is not possible in this case.
• Decisions of the committee will not be justified towards the applicants due to the absolute confidentiality of the selection procedure.

Applications are reviewed in a two-phased selection process:
The awarding committee will make its pre-selection in the end of February. Afterwards, the pre-selected candidates will hold presentations, upon which the commission will base its final decisions.

Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp, President
Chair of the awarding committee for scholarships at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar