Funding for Conferences

Funding for participation in conferences

Particularly talented female doctoral candidates, postdoctoral candidates, habilitation candidates and research associates can apply for funding for active participation in conferences or workshops in Germany or abroad.

The aim of this funding is to support young female researchers on their path towards a professorship.

Target group:

Female doctoral, postdoctoral and habilitation candidates

Important:

Active participation in the form of a presentation or poster about the results of the applicant’s research to date.

Please note:

Applicants from the Faculty of Medicine (postdoc and later) should send their applications directly to Professor Amann.

At the Department of Geography and Geosciences research related travel may also be funded under these  conditions.

Students are not eligible for funding as part of the target agreements.

Please submit your application for funding for your participation in a research conference to the department’s women’s representative. The representative will check the subject relevance of the conference and the funding eligibility of the application. For information on the further procedure and your contact person, please refer to the information sheet below on conference funding at your faculty.

Please note: The completed application documents must be submitted to your contact person for conference funding at least 6 weeks before the start of the trip.

Doctoral, postdoctoral and habilitation candidates and research assistants must submit the following documents:

The amount of funding is set according to faculty and depends on the destination (Germany/abroad) and on the status of the applicant (doctoral, postdoctoral candidate etc.). You will find more details on the information sheet:

Travel expenses are processed via the secretary’s Office at the Office of Equality and Diversity: Carola Preiss, Bismarckstraße 6, 91054 Erlangen

If the travel expenses are partly to be paid by funds from the Chair and partly by target agreement funds, the entire cost for the journey must initially be paid by the Chair. After payment of travel expenses by University Administration via the travel expenses office, the Chair must issue an invoice with a BKZ (Buchungskennzeichen/booking reference) to the Office of Equality and Diversity for the amount authorised in the target agreements.

A copy of the ‘payment authorisation of travel expenses’ (‘Auszahlungsanordnung der Reisekosten’), a copy of the permission letter and the applicant’s report must be included.

If the travel expenses are being paid by the Office of Equality and Diversity only, please complete the following form and include the cost center of your Chair:

Required documents:

  • Original copy of the approved travel authorization form (if it has not already been submitted),
  • All original receipts,
    • For flights, please remember to include your boarding passes. Expenses will not be processed if you fail to include your boarding passes.
    • Original invoices only (hotel etc.);
    • Original receipts (conference entry fee, etc.);
    • Kreditkartenabrechnungen: Diese werden nur zusammen mit einem Original, aus welchem die Höhe der Tagungsgebühr eindeutig hervorgeht anerkannt: zum Beispiel Programm oder ähnliches.  Die Kreditkartenabrechnung allein ist nicht ausreichend.
  • Credit card bills: These are only recognized in conjunction with an original document (such as the conference program) which clearly states the conference entry fee.  Simply submitting the credit card bill by itself is not enough.

A report about the conference (approx. 1 page long), in which you describe the results and benefits of the conference for your academic career.

NB: Please make sure to complete all details: signature, name, address, bank details, cost center of your chair etc. Only complete forms can be processed.

Please submit the documents listed above in person to the Office of Equality and Diversity in Bismarckstraße 6, 91054 Erlangen.

 

Contact person

Carola Preiss