Women in Science

The Women in science programme aims to promote the career development of female postdoctoral researchers at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy (Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie / FGGA). For this purpose, the Faculty supports initiatives that fulfil the following three criteria:

  1. Promotion of excellence
  2. Promotion of career progression and academic development by focusing on independence and quality of research and teaching
  3. Encouraging female researchers to remain in academia


Measures include financial assistance for stays at other institutions, for measurements carried out at other universities / institutions, for participation in special continuing education and training programmes or excellent workshops. Publication costs (including open access) and conference participations are not funded, since these are supported by the FGGA Promotion of early-stage researchers programme (applicable to Univ.-Ass. Post-Doc) or are usually budgeted in the project proposal (applicable to third-party funded postdoctoral researchers). Every female University Assistant Post-Doc and every female project employee post-doc at the Faculty may apply twice per calendar year for financial assistance amounting to EUR 2,000 in total; partial funding is possible as well. If the applicant is not employed with the Faculty in a postdoctoral position for the entire calendar year or if they are on leave, the amount is calculated proportionately. Applicants must apply for a specific amount in euros. Applications for less than EUR 200 are not granted due to the administrative effort involved. Initiatives beyond the eligible employment period cannot be funded. Financial assistance extends exclusively to the reimbursement of documented, eligible expenses; lump sum payments cannot be taken into consideration. Expenses for meals, for instance, are not eligible (exemptions: overnight stays including breakfast, conference dinners for networking purposes). In addition, subsequent debits of flight costs from the financing cost centre or internal order of the University of Vienna for reasons of sustainability are not eligible (see the u:wiki “FAQs regarding sustainable business trips”). When submitting the application, the applicant’s employment contract must have at least another six months to run. In addition, the applicant must be able to complete the intended initiative by the end of their period of employment at the latest.

 

This is a translation. The only legally binding version of this text is the German version.