Who is eligible to apply?
- doctoral candidates of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, who are accepted by the Doctoral Candidate Admissions Board
- Thüringer Graduiertenförderung only: 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 completion of the degree.; NO Ph.D. projects)
Applications can be submitted for different scholarships - 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, scholarships are expected to be awarded in 20 20/21 for doctoral or artistic-design projects. (Call in German)
Funding: up to 36 months for doctoral study / 12 months for projects; extensions are possible in exceptional cases
basic scholarship 1,400 euros monthly + family allowance (if applicable, according to ThürGFVO: 300 Euro for the 1. child, 150 Euro each additional 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 2020/2021 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
Förderdauer: usually 24 months (12 months; depending on the availibility of funds and if appropriate after a progress report for a further period of 12 months)
3. Re-Entry Scholarships for doctoral candidates (male or female)
The scholarship funds women and men who due to family circumstances had to stop their doctoral studies and after claiming parental leave and/or family leave now strive to conduct research in order to once again take up their doctoral studies. Candidates are eligible to apply if the parental leave and/or family leave lasted at least six months. (Call in German)
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 2020/21 funding year.
Funding: max. 12 months, 1,400 euros per month
Family allowance: 300 Euro for the 1. child, 150 Euro each additional 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
Please note for Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarships:
- Re-Entry after a family break of min. 6 months because of Schwangerschaft/Elternzeit, Betreuungszeit eigener Kinder, Pflege naher Angehöriger (max. 1 Jahr zurückliegend)
- a special aptitude for academic work (doctoral work) and at least good performance in studies and examinations
Scholarships may not be awarded to full-time employees. Part-time work is permissible according to the regulations of the GFV TH 2011.
For the amount of the Thür. Graduiertenförderung scholarships the income of the marriage partner will be considered.
The funding period generally begins in April of the following year.
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 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:
- Scholarship application (please use the provided form)
- Exposé
→ Doctoral projects (max. 3 pages + graphs/illustrations + bibliography/sources)
→ Artistic projects (max. 3 pages + pictures/visualisation + if applicable: bibliography/sources) - timetable/work schedule (including previous work and all steps until the planned completion)
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- for doctoral projects: acceptance letter by the Doctoral Candidate Admissions Commission or certificate of enrolment in a PhD programme of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- University degree certificate (Diplom or master’s degree as a digital scan)
- For Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarship only: Proof of family break (parental leave/care for children or close relatives)
PLEASE NOTE – separate submission by the professor:
8. 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:
9. 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 (please use the “Letter of Recommendation” form)
Please submit the letters of recommendation separately online as a pdf file via the respective professor by 12th January 2020 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 2020. The selection is subject to the availability of funds.
*** Decisions of the committee will not be justified towards the applicants due to the absolute confidentiality of the selection procedure.***
Equal Opportunity Re-Entry Scholarships
The awarding committee will make its pre-selection in February 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:
1) The awarding committee will make its pre-selection in February.
2) 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 für scholarships at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
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«
Thüringer Graduiertenförderung
Muyiwa Ebenezer Alalade
Calibration and model based monitoring of cyclic loaded structures considering natural unsaturated soil conditions
Pablo Arboleda Gámez
Heritage as Social Criticism: The Case of Unfinished Public Works in Sicily.
Alexandra Rebello Camara
Heterotopias and ICT-mediated Participatory Design in Urban Planning.
Julia Danckwerth
Der Körper in einer Ära der Absenz -Strategien der Sichtbarkeit und Sichtbarmachung für ein Interaktives Modedesign.
Ghazal Moeini
Microstructural-based Fatigue of Dual phase steel welded joints.
Stefanie Harnisch
„Objekt - Raum - Bildung. Die Weimarer Kunstkammer und ihre Bedeutung für kulturelle Vermittlungskonzepte“
Daniela Marzavan
Design Thinking as a social practice within process organisations. Filling the gap between practice and theory.
Clemens Peterseim
Die Altstadt im Spannungsfeld zwischen Zerstörung, Erhalt und Neuschöpfung im 19. Jahrhundert am Beispiel Erfurt.
Katharina Staniok
Leitfaden für die Selbständigkeit in der Kreativbranche Thüringens (künstlerisches Projekt)
Elodie Vittu
"Recht auf Stadt"-Bewegungen heute. Ein Überblick in Europa mit Fokus auf Deutschland und in Lateinamerika.
Scholarship Equal Opportunity for female artists/designers
Grit Ruhland
FOLGELANDSCHAFT. Eine Untersuchung über den Einfluss des Uranbergbaus auf die Gestalt der Landschaft um Ronneburg.
Scholarship Equal Opportunity: Re-Entry Scholarship
Susanne Dreißigacker
Das Denkmal im Bild. Illustrationen im denkmalpflegerischen Diskurs.
Thüringer Graduiertenförderung
Samir Chawdhury
Fluid-Structure Interaction of Flexible Structures and Modeling the Power of Flutter-based Electromagnetic Energy Harvester Using CFD Simulations
Nadine Hartmann
'Das was zu nichts dient' – Exzessiver Sinn in Theorie, Kunst und ästhetischer Erfahrung
Veronika Hartmann
Robuste Bauablaufplanung - Methoden zur Berücksichtigung von Unsicherheiten bei der Bewertung und Erstellung von Bauablaufplänen
Thomas Kusitzky
Konditionen einer auditiv-städtischen Gestaltungskultur
Tim Othold
Schwarmkultur - Ein Schritt hinter das Ende der Postmoderne
Lika Sharifi Sadeghi
Multicultural Planning: promoting citizen participation in a diverse context (case study: Brunnenviertel, Berlin)
Johannes Solaß
Numerische Interfacebetrachtungen bei Faser-Matrix-Systemen
Aner Martinez Soto
Prognosemodell zur Bestimmung des Energiebedarfs im Wohnungssektor
Johanna Steindorf
Unfolding Spaces of My Memory: Female Migration through Audio
Andrea Varriale
The usage of public spaces in Naples. Formality and informality in the time of the commons
Scholarships Equal Opportunity for female artists/designers
Anne Brannys
Konzeption und Realisation der Ausstellung Über das Zarte auf der Grundlage der Ph.D.-Arbeit ‚Eine Enzyklopädie des Zarten‘ (Projekt)
Mila Burghardt
Ich ist Viele. (AT, künstlerisches Projekt)
Wenting Cheng
Chinesische Esskultur im Zeitalter der Globalisierung – Das Chu-Restaurant in einer globalen Esskultur (Ph.D.)
Julia Danckwerth
Der Körper in einer Ära der Absenz- Strategien der Sichtbarkeit und Sichtbarmachung für ein Interaktives Mode- Design (Ph.D.)
Carolin Klemm
Das Reich der Mikro Mycota (Projekt)
Marie Ulber
Eine Untersuchung landschaftlicher Atmosphären (Ph.D.)
Miriam Yammad
Zwischen Mimikry und Mimesis – Künstlerische Strategien der Aneignung und Emanzipation im postkolonialen Hybriditätsdiskurs (Ph.D.)
Stipendium Chancengleichheit: Wiedereinstieg in die Promotion nach der Elternzeit
Pu Chen
Die Reise der Zeichen – Eine Studie zum eurasischen Kulturaustausch am Beispiel symbolischer Welten aus dem Gebiet Xinjiang an der Seidenstraße
Andrea Keßler
Großmaßstäbliche mikromechanische 3D-Modelle zur Schädigungssimulation in heterogenen Werkstoffen.
Nedzla Potogija
Architektur der Moderne in Sarajewo, Bestand und denkmalpflegerisches Erhaltungskonzept der Spätmoderne in Sarajewo 1925-1970
Daniel Reisch
Swiss Concrete. Von der Archiskulptur zur Swiss Box und zurück.