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Habilitation Completion Scholarships

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Funds from the federal and state government's programme for female professors are used to award grants for final theses on habilitations to continue an academic career.

In this way, Philipps-Universität Marburg aims to make a contribution to increasing the representation of female academics on the path to professorship and thus to the sustainable integration of women into the academic system through targeted interdisciplinary support for women.

The habilitation completion grants are intended to support particularly qualified female postdocs in completing their qualification work if no other funding is available. MARA coordinates the awarding of the habilitation completion grants in cooperation with the Women's and Equal Opportunities Officers. 

  • How is funding provided?

    Applications are open to female postdoctoral researchers who will soon be submitting their  habilitation to a department at Philipps-Universität Marburg.

    Female postdoctoral researchers receive a basic monthly allowance of EUR 1,750. In addition, an allowance for material costs (103.00 EUR) and, if applicable, a child allowance will be paid.

    The final scholarships are awarded for a maximum of six months 
    Retroactive funding is also possible from the beginning of the year at the earliest, i.e. from 1 January of the calendar year.

    The habilitation must be submitted by the end of the funding period.

  • What is not funded?

    These scholarships are designed as completion scholarships, i.e. the funding format does not address people who are at the beginning of their postdoc phase.

    The scholarships are funded by the Federal and State Professorships Programme and serve to promote equal opportunities for women.

    No foreign allowances are paid

  • Further hints

    Funding is based on the guidelines of Philipps-Universität for the awarding of gender equality scholarships and positions for young female academics from the federal and state professorship programme.

    The Committee for completion scholarships decides on the applications received in accordance with the criteria linked here.

    A final written report must be submitted no later than four weeks after completion of the funding programme.

    The aim is to support women whose funding is coming to an end, which is why a final scholarship is only awarded if applicants do not (or no longer) receive any other scholarship from public or private funds.

    Income from employment, capital gains and transitional allowances (gross income) are taken into account. However, part-time academic work during the funding period is possible up to a maximum of 10 hours per week.

  • Application

    The habilitation completion scholarships for women are once again announced. Applications are possible throughout 2025. If you are interested, we ask you to submit an application with the following information:

    1. Applicants are required to use this online form  for their application.

    2. Description of the habilitation project (max. two pages; please note that more than three pages will lead to the exclusion of your application): Please provide information about the work already completed, the work schedule and schedule of the remaining project, which also includes an estimate of the duration of the assessment process in consultation with a professor in the department.

    3. Binding declaration of intent to submit the habilitation thesis to the Philipps University of Marburg.

    4. A report (on the applicant and on the habilitation) from a professor in the department where the habilitation is being prepared. The report should contain clear statements about the scientific relevance of the habilitation project, the applicant's personal suitability and, in particular, the work schedule and schedule.

    5. Copies of certificates for the degree and doctorate

    6. Tabular CV

    7. Publication list 

    8. When claiming a child allowance: copy of the birth certificate(s) of the child/children

    Please send the saved form complete with all documents to Dr. Jan-Paul Klünder, mara.foerderungen@uni-marburg.de. 
    Please note that the files are combined in one PDF document and are not write-protected.

    The mentor's report can also be sent separately by email to Dr. Jan-Paul Klünder will be sent.

Contact

Dr. Jan-Paul Klünder
MArburg University Research Academy (MARA)
Funding
Tel.: +49 (0)6421 28 21299
E-mail: mara.foerderungen@uni-marburg.de