FWF - Hertha Firnberg Programme

11.12.2020

Deadline: Starting on October 12 until December 11, 2020, 14:00

For female post-docs at the beginning of their scientific careers.

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,and the Elise Richter Program for arts-based research, Elise Richter PEEK, which aim at providing the necessary qualifications to apply for professorial positions within Austria or abroad.

Target group
Highly qualified female scientists of any scientific discipline, who have completed their university studies

Requirements

  • completed doctoral studies
  • international scientific publications

Length
36 months (up to 12 months therefrom can be spent at research facilities abroad)

Level

  • personnel costs of 69,040.00 € per year
  • project-specific costs up to 12,000.00 € per year

More information you can find here.