The FWF is offering extremely well qualified female scientists who are
working towards a career in universities the chance of a two-stage funding
for a total of six years.
The career development programme for female scientists is divided into
the Hertha Firnberg Programme for post-docs,
which aims to support women at the start of their scientific careers,
and the Elise Richter Programme for senior post-docs,
which aims at providing scientists with the necessary qualifications to
apply for professorial positions within Austria or abroad.
Elise
Richter Program
Target group
Highly qualified female
scientists and scholars of any discipline, who strive for an university
career.
Goals
to support the academic
career of highly qualified female scientists and scholars and
to enhance their university career
after
completion of the program a level of qualification should be
accomplished which enables participants to apply for a local
or abroad professorship. ("Habilitation" or equal
qualification)
Requirements
appropriate postdoctoral
experience
international
scientific publications
preparatory work related to the proposed research project
no age limit
Length
12 to 48 months
Level
personnel costs EUR
66.680 (Senior Postdoc)
project
specific costs up to EUR 15,000 per year as outlined in the
proposal
(therefore EUR 2,000 per year can be used for coaching purposes)
Applications
2 calls a year in
spring/autumn.
Next call: April 08 - May 29, 2013
(date of the postmark)
in English
Allocation
by the
FWF Board based on an international review process
in the June Board meeting (for
fall call), in the December Board meeting (for spring call)
