Scholarship Commission

On 7 June 2017 the current commission is elected for 2 years by the Senate and consists of the following members:

• Chair: Prof. Dr. Winfried Speitkamp, Präsident
• Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
  Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Meier, deputy: Prof. Dr. Max Welch Guerra
  Dr. Sabine Zierold, deputy: Dipl.-Geogr. Britta Trostorff
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
  Prof. Dr. Kay Smarsly, deputy: Prof. Dr. Guido Morgenthal
• Faculty of Art and Design
  Prof. Danica Dakic, deputy: Prof. Jana Gunstheimer
  Dr. Teresa Garcia Carrasco, deputy: Tom Ackermann
• Faculty of Media
  Junior-Prof. Dr. Julia Bee, deputy: Prof. Dr. Björn Kuchinke
• Equal Opportunity Officer
  Ricarda Löser, Ph.D., deputy: Dr. Silke Beinersdorf, deputy in the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
• Representation of doctoral candidates/graduates for scholarships within the Thür. Graduiertenförderung and further scholarships for alumni, doctoral candidates, postdocs
  Edith Kollath, deputy: Francis Hunger
• Student representative for scholarships for students
  Sophie Littmann, deputy: Lilly Martin

The duty of the scholarship commission is to improve the prerequisites for granting a scholarship and to define the funding level and its period. Resolutions are passed based on the majority of the votes of the present members. In the case of a parity of votes, the vote of the chairperson is decisive. Generally, the scholarship commission makes the decision of the scholarship grants within 2 months after the deadline for the call for applications expires.