Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Sabbatical leave scholarships are meant for funding a time-limited release from all teaching or administrative duties within a department or a chair in order to work on a scientific project.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Each scholarship amounts to €2,000 per month.
The funding period shall not exceed six months.
Eligibility
Eligible are female researchers of all subjects with
- A doctoral degree, rated at least "very good"
- A scholarship project that contributes to the expansion of your scientific profile,
- A positive evaluation by one professor regarding the suitability of the applicant and the quality of the project in terms of the relevant field of research;
- A formal affiliation to a Professor at Friedrich Schiller University, including the option to teach at the University.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Applications must be submitted online via our application portal.
The following documents must be submitted (file upload):
A letter of motivation presenting your career plan
A curriculum vitae in tabular form;
A certificate of your university degree and your doctoral degree;
List of publications; if applicable, please list awards and/or acquired third-party funding
Research proposal for the scholarship project
A written statement of a professor at Friedrich Schiller University Jena regarding the quality of the project in terms of the relevant field of research
A written statement of intent by a professor at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, confirming that the project in application is designed to be institutionally integrated and supported by her/his department
The next call for applications for our female postdoc scholarships will be published around October 2023.