Faculty Women’s Prize at the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law
As part of the target agreements to increase the proportion of women in science, the best doctoral and research projects by female academics at the faculty are awarded prizes every year. The award takes the form of the Ingeborg-Esenwein-Rothe-Award in the Department of Economics and Social Sciences and the Margarete-Berent-Award in the Department of Law. The application will presumably be possible again in May 2024.
The namesake Ingeborg Esenwein-Rothe was the first woman to teach as a full professor at FAU. She held the Chair of Statistics from 1963 to 1976 and was also a recipient of the Bavarian Order of Merit.
The procedure
- The Ingeborg-Esenwein-Rothe-Award is distributed annually.
- Female doctoral candidates, postdoctoral candidates and habilitation candidates at the faculty can apply, as well as assistant professors who are not on the tenure track, provided they have not yet completed a habilitation.
- Prizes are awarded for the best doctoral research project and the best research projects conduced by female postdoctoral candidates, habilitation candidates or assistant professors not on the tenure track (provided they have not completed a habilitation).
- The Prize entails an equipment budget of €2,500 for each prize winner.
- The committee responsible for awarding the prize is the School committee for encouraging academic and artistic talent, with the involvement of the Officer for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts.
Information sheets
Information sheet for applicants (currently available in German only)
Information sheet for supervisors (currently available in German only)
The namesake Margarete Berent was one of the first women to be enrolled in law. She received her doctorate in 1913 and was one of the first German female lawyers in the 1920s.
The procedure
- The Margarete-Berent-Award is distributed annually.
- Female doctoral candidates, postdoctoral candidates and habilitation candidates at the faculty can apply, as well as assistant professors who are not on the tenure track, provided they have not yet completed a habilitation.
- Prizes are awarded for the best doctoral research project and the best research projects conduced by female postdoctoral candidates, habilitation candidates or assistant professors not on the tenure track (provided they have not completed a habilitation).
- The Prize entails an equipment budget of €2,500 for each prize winner.
- The committee responsible for awarding the prize is the School committee for encouraging academic and artistic talent, with the involvement of the Officer for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts.
Information sheets
Information sheet for applicants (currently available in German only)
Information sheet for supervisors (currently available in German only)
The following is taken into consideration when deciding on prize winners:
- Above-average achievements
- List of publications, if applicable
- Plans to pursue a career in academia
- Letters of support submitted by the applicant.
The recipients must submit a report to the Officers for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts at the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law after the funding period is complete.
Award winners
2024: Dr. Silvia Weko and Eva Leonhardt (both School of Business, Economics and Society) and Hanna Göken and Isabel Kienzle (both School of Law)
2022: Dr. Pavlina Kröckel und Cordula Drach (both School of Business, Economics and Society) and Dr. Rhea Hoffmann and Anna-Katharina König (both School of Law)
2021: Dr. Gloria Berghäuser and Julia Klaus (both School of Law) and Dr. Kamila Cygan-Rehm and Verena Hossnofsky (both School of Business, Economics and Society)
2020: Ronja Heß (School of Law) and Madeline Schubert (School of Business, Economics and Society)
2019: Kerstin Ziegler (School of Law) and Sandra Kretschmer (School of Business, Economics and Society)
2018: Franziska Kurz (School of Law) and Isabella Eigner (School of Business and Economics)
2017: Sophia Piotrowski (School of Law) and Mirjam Ambrosius (School of Business and Economics)
2016: Johanna Grzywotz (School of Law), Johanna Eckert and Dr. Britta Kohlbrecher (both School of Business and Economics)
2015: Tina Linti (School of Law) and Janine Viol (School of Business and Economics)
2014: Tanja Potschies (School of Law) and Daniela Nehls (School of Business and Economics)
2013: Stefanie Seibold (School of Law) and Carolin Holzmann (School of Business and Economics)
If you have any queries, please contact the Deputy officer for equal opportunities for women in science and the arts at the faculty Prof. Dr. Paulina Pesch.
