Post-Doc Scholarships enable exceptional post-doctoral researchers to advance their university careers through a new research project. The university awards the scholarship to encourage innovative ideas which address and enhance the research focuses of its faculties.
Who is eligible to apply?
Outstanding researchers who have earned a doctorate with excellent assessments are eligible to apply. The post-doc project has to have a connection to the current research focuses of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and possess an original approach which can enrich its research activities in the long term. Currently, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar supports postdoctoral researchers within the following scholarship formats - parallel applications possible, please make a note in your documents:
- Bauhaus-Postdoc-Scholarship (CALL, in German) - 1 scholarship per year
- Bauhaus-Postdoc-Profil+-Scholarship (CALL, in German) - 1 scholarship per year (up until 2019)
- Postdoc-Scholarships within the Thuringian Programm for funding female researchers and artists/designers (CALL, in German) - up to 3 scholarships per year (up until 2020)
Scholarship period
Applications are accepted starting in the winter semester.
The funding period generally begins in April of the following year.
Funding
2.000 euros per month / usually 12 months (please see the respective call for details)
Outlook 2020/21
The call for applications for scholarships in 2019 (April) has ended.
Please note: Depending on the availability of funds it, a possible next call is not yet defined. A possible call for 2020/21 could be scheduled to end on 31st December 2019.
- Applications will only be considered if they are complete and submitted before the application deadline.
- An application can unfortunately not be considered without a letter of recommendation.
- There is no legal entitlement to the award of a scholarship.
Funding requirements
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)
Application documents
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:
- 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)
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- Project outline with explanation of the objectives, research overview, research theme, methods and selected bibliography (max. 10 pages)
- Abstract (max. 1.600 characters including spaces)
- Detailed timetable and work schedule
- List of references including the names of two additional university professors
- University degrees (master’s degree/Diplom)
- doctoral certificate (if applicable including a grad; asscan)
PLEASE NOTE – new regulations as of the tender for 2019/20:
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 the application deadline to the scholarship coordinator: marion.hensel[at]uni-weimar.de
Selection process
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.
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 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
BAUHAUS POSTDOC SCHOLARSHIP
Kaya Behkalam, Ph.D., Projekt an der Fakultät Medien, begleitet durch Professur für Bildtheorie»Virtual Excavations«
BAUHAUS POSTDOC PROFIL+ SCHOLARSHIP
Dr. Shuvajit Mukherjee, Projekt an der Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen, begleitet durch Professur für Modellierung und Simulation – Mechanik
»Investigation on dynamic crack propagation for brittle material: A phase field approach considering underlying physics«
POSTDOC SCHOLARSHIP WITHIN THE THURINGIAN PROGRAM FOR FEMALE POSTDOCS
Theresa Schubert, Ph.D., Projekt an der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung, begleitet durch Professur für Gestaltung medialer Umgebungen
»Fleisch im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit«
Bauhaus-Postdoc-Stipendium
Dr. Steffen Hven
Fakultät Medien, begleitet von der Professur für Medienphilosophie
»Cinema and Narration: Towards an Embodied and Media-Anthropological Approach«
Thüringer Programm zur Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchskünstlerinnen
Dr. Christa Pfafferott
Fakultät Medien, künstlerisches Postdoc-Projekt begleitet von der Professur für Bildtheorie
»Die Ecke.«
Bauhaus-Postdoc-Profil+Stipendien
Dr. phil. Ammalia Podlaszewska
Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik, begleitet von der Professur für Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung
»Temporality in Urbanism: Mobility and Neighborhood gentrification. Adapting the methodology of comparative urbanism«
Dr. Chao Ding
Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen, begleitet von der Professur für Angewandte Mathematik
»Conformally Invariant Differential Equations and Applications in Physics«
Dr. Saskia Kuliga
Computer Science in Architecture
»Converging perspectives – Using virtual reality to evaluate user-centred architecture«
Bauhaus-Postdoc-Profil+ Scholarship
Till Ansgar Baumhauer, Ph.D.
History and Theory of Art
»Kunst und/oder Subversion. Kritische künstlerische Stimmen im persisch-pakistanischen Stadt- und Kulturraum und ihr Bezug zu künstlerischen Positionen iranischer, afghanischer und pakistanischer Künstler im Exil«
Dr. Amir Mosavi
Modelling and Simulation of Structures
»Computational Materials Design Innovations«
Dr. Lena Eckert
Philosophy of Audio-Visual Media
»Affektive Rationalität oder: 'Wer Bildung will, darf Bildung nicht wollen'«
(habilitation)
Dr. Johannes-Christian Warda
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Prof. Hans-Rudolf Meier
Denkmalschutz = Denkverbot?
Untersuchungen zu Theorie und Lehre des Entwerfens im Bestand
BAUHAUS POSTDOC SCHOLARSHIP
Dr. Mostafa Jamshidian (2014)
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prof. Timon Rabczuk
Constitutive modelling of surface-energy-minimizing and strain-energy-minimizing grain boundary migration in polycrystalline metals by the coupling of Finite-Element and Phase-filed Methods
Dr. Amir Saboor Bagherzadeh (2013)
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prof. Timon Rabczuk
Development and implementation of goal-oriented error estimators for non-linear problems and problems involving fracture
Hassan Yousefi (2012)
Multiresolution based simulation of multiscale schemes
supervised by Prof. Dr. Timon Rabczuk, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Danny Lobos (2011)
Sustainable Room Layout under BIM Environment
supervised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Donath/ Vertr.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard König, Faculty of Architecture
Cosmin Anitescu (2010)
Introduction to Isogeometric Analysis
supervised by Prof. Dr. Timon Rabczuk, Faculty of Civil Engineering
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FEMALE POSTDOCS
Maja Linke (Ph.D.) (2014)
Faculty of Art and Design, Prof. Herbert Wentscher and Prof. Christiane Voss
Aisthetische Unfügsamkeit als Möglichkeit der Entordnung von Sichtbarkeiten
Dr. Liza Wing Man Kam (2014)
Faculty of Architecture, Prof. Frank Eckardt
Topography of the transforming symbolism - Post-colonial heritage in East Asian cities
Dr. Lena Eckert (2013)
Faculty of Media, Prof. Christiane Voss
Affektive Rationalität oder: „Wer Bildung will, darf Bildung nicht wollen“
Dr. Eva von Engelberg (2013)
Faculty of Architecture, Prof. Carsten Ruhl
Dänemark um 1800 – der Klassizismus als Nationalstil?
Nicole Stöcklmayr (2012)
Skripte und Bilder. Kulturtechniken im parametrischen und algorithmischen Architekturentwurf
supervised by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Siegert/ Prof. Dr. Barbara Wittmann, Faculty of Media
Claudia Tomadoni (2011)
Die innovativen Wege der Stadt. Zukunftsträchtige Strategien?
supervised by Prof. Dr. Max Welch Guerra, Faculty of Architecture
Adriana da Silva (2011)
Konformitätsbewertung für Städte am Beispiel der Stadt Weimar
supervised by Prof. Dr. Max Welch Guerra, Faculty of Architecture