Scholarship Commission

The Scholarship Commission was appointed by the Senate on 6th of November 2019 for three years. In accordance with § 5 of the Satzung für die Vergabe von Stipendien an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (statutes for the award of scholarships at the Bauhaus University Weimar, MdU 58/2019) in connection with (MdU 71/2020), it is composed as follows:

Chair: 
Prof. Dr. Timon Rabczuk
Vice President for Projects & Research

Profes
sors:

• Prof. Dr. Max Welch Guerra, deputy: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Grischa Bertram
• Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lars Abrahamczyk., deputy: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Melzner
• Prof. Dr. Christof Windgätter., deputy: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alexandra Toland
• Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sabine Wirth (Medien) , deputy: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eva Krivanec

Academic staff members:

• Dr. Sabine Zierold, deputy: Dr. des. Kirsten Angermann
• Jörg Brinkmann, deputy: Timm Burkhardt

Equal Opportunity Officer
Tina Meinhardt, deputy: M.Sc.Christin Sirtl, IWE

Diversity Officer
Dr. Miriam Benteler

Representation of Doctoral Candidates
Ruweida Alijabaöo, deputy: Maximilian Rünker

Student Representative
Robert Schalow, deputy: Tom Hruschka

The duty of the scholarship commission is to determine the prerequisites for granting a scholarship and to define the funding level, any special allowances, and the funding period. At the same time, the scholarship commission fulfils the tasks of the respective commission according to the  Thüringer Graduiertenförderungsverordnung in its valid version. As a general rule, the scholarship commission shall take the decision on the award of the scholarship within 2 months after the application deadline.