Support Measures, Programs and Events

The Gender Equality Office offers a broad range of support measures and programs, all under the motto "Perspective: Career, Leadership and Networking". It is one of our major objectives to support women in qualifying for their professional career, to help them prepare for leadership positions, to enable them to create and extend networks, and to increase the visibility of their achievements. Women early-career researchers can profit from our comprehensive portfolio of programs, tailored to fit the needs of individual career stages.

In addition, we offer a multitude of support measures addressing specific groups or situations: trainings in collegial counseling, short-term financial support ensuring additional child-care for students in finishing and qualifying phases of students' degrees, an emergency fund for students with children, self-confidence and awareness-raising workshops, prizes, funds and awards to support reserach in gender and queer studies and extraordinary commitment to the cause of gender equality. For female pupils, there is a portal collecting the University of Bonn's events for Girls'Day.

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MeTra Mentoring Program

The MeTra program provides women early-career researchers with professional support and guidance in planning their academic career.

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Maria von Linden Program (some workshops German only)

An open program for women early-career researchers, with a range of workshops dedicated to helping them refine their skills profile and plan the progress of their academic career.

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#UnsichtbarWarGestern (#InvisibleNoMore, German only)

A science communication training program for women early-career researchers, comprising a series of workshops equipping its participants to grow into the role of an expert speaker.

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Collegial Counseling

Collegial counseling is a variety of peer counseling performed in a regular group. Every collegial counseling process follows fixed rules and a structured procedure. The roles assumed within the group change from meeting to meeting, so that everyone can profit from the advice and support of their peers.

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Short-Term Financial Support

Parents in the finishing phase of their bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral studies can apply for financial support to be used for additional childcare for a limited period of time. The aim of this grant is to support parents in caring for their children and managing everyday chores so that they can dedicate more time to successfully obtaining their degree.

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Emergency Fund for Students with Children

Students with children who find themselves in an unforeseen financial emergency can apply for a one-time payment intended to help overcome the acute situation quickly and without complications. The financial emergency must not be the result of gross negligence on the part of the applicant.

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Funded Projects

Since 2019, the Gender Equality Office has awarded funds to Projects for the Structural Integration of Gender Equality in the Faculties. These are intended to encourage contributions to lasting cultural and structural change at the institutions.

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Maria von Linden Prize

The Maria von Linden Prize was created to reward the commitment of individuals, groups or initiatives working voluntarily to promote gender equality at the University of Bonn, be it in the area of studies, in their department or institute, or in the administration.

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Gender Studies Prize 

The Gender Studies Prize is awarded annually by the Gender Equality Office. It honours excellent final theses and dissertations written in any discipline focusing on issues drawn from the area of gender studies or queer studies.

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Self-Confidence Trainings

Our range of self-defense and awareness-raising workshops covers strategies of indidividual defense as well as the cultivation of allyship and a working and teaching culture that is free from sexualized harassment and discrimination.

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Girls'Day

Girls'Day – Future Prospects for Girls takes place every spring all over the country. Along with many other employers, German institutions of higher education open their doors to female pupils (fifth grade and up) and offer insights into exciting professions in which women remain underrepresented. Here you can find Girls'Day events held by the University of Bonn.

Contact

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Further Reading

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Unit – STEP Program

The University-wide Strengthening the Equal Opportunity Process (Stärkung des Equal Opportunity-Prozesses, STEP) program is dedicated to recruiting women early-career researchers and professors and to promoting women researchers at all career stages.

Human Resource Development Unit – Career Development and Qualification

The Human Resource Development Unit provides advice and guidance to early-career researchers. Through a wide range of training programs and other measures, they offer targeted support in areas such as further qualification, career planning, and health.

Argelander Program for Early-Career Researchers

The Argelander Competence Center offers this University-wide comprehensive support system to foster the development of young scientists at all academic stages.


Gender Equality and Support Measures at the Faculties 

Some faculties provide specific measures to support equal opportunity, to improve the compatibility of research, studies, career and family, and to support and recruit women early-career researchers. You can find detailed information on the websites linked below.

Faculty of Agriculture – Support for Women Scientists

Funds to hire a research assistant to continue practical experiments in the laboratory or in the field during maternity/parental leave.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Support for female (early-career) researchers in field research and laboratory disciplines during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Faculty of Medicine –  Equality Measures FEMHABIL and FEMAPL

Subsidies from faculty and state funds for the completion of habilitation and for the attainment of an adjunct professorship for highly qualified women employees.

Faculty of Law and Economics – Justitia Program

Information and networking for women early-career resarchers in the Department of Law.

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