Every two years, the University of Münster awards a 20,000-euro prize of its own to honour innovative, internal projects and measures promoting equal opportunity for both women and men. The prize is presented by the Rector to individual staff, groups of staff, working areas, facilities, departments or faculties of the University.
The University of Münster’s Programme for the Advancement of Women invites faculties to apply for funding for individual projects and programmes which support equal opportunity for women and men, promote career advancement opportunities for female junior researchers or expand gender-related research and teaching activities at the University.
Female junior researchers at the University of Münster can apply for individual funding through the University’s Programme for the Advancement of Women to help pay for career advancement measures. In particular, this applies to financial support to offset the cost of participating in academic congresses and conferences. With this funding instrument, the University promotes essential, peer-level networking of female junior researchers, and thereby improves their international visibility and reputation in the scientific community.
Are you planning to host a conference or congress at the University of Münster and wish to offer childcare? As part of the Programme for Women Professors II, you can apply for funding to cover the costs of conference-related childcare services. Childminders are provided by either the pme Familienservice or the Babysitter Service of the University of Münster.
Female junior academics can face an especially precarious situation if their position is temporary and externally financed (WissZeitVG § 2 par. 2), e.g. through a corporate partner, and cannot be extended for a period of parental or maternity leave. As part of the Programme for Women Professors II, female academics can apply for project funding from the University of Münster to cover the financial shortfall if their externally financed position cannot be prolonged due to a maternity or parental leave of absence.