Diversity Fund and Re-Entry Positions

 

Diversity Fund: Doctorate Positions for Diverse Graduates

It is RWTH’s objective to foster its employees’ diversity on all levels. Special measures to achieve this are the employment options based on the Diversity Fund. Talented graduates with a diversity background who want to complete a doctorate can apply for three-year funding for employment.

To be eligible to apply, candidates must meet one of the following criteria:

• be either speech- or hearing-impaired
• have non-academic parents
• have non-academic parents and be so-called Bildungsinländer with migration background (typically with a German university entrance qualification, i.e. a German Abiturzeugnis)

You can find further information – especially concerning the deadlines of the Diversity Fund’s doctorate positions – in the announcements. Applications can be submitted to IGaD and will be decided on by the Rectorate based on a review panel’s report and vote. Funding will be available up to October 2017.

Further information on the Diversity Fund doctorate positions and application forms in both German and English can be found on the intranet at: Information and Application Form Diversity Fund. Applications can be submitted to the IGaD Team until August 16, 2013.

Re-Entry Positions for Junior Scientists after their Parental Leave

 

Returning to work after maternal or parental leave: Re-Entry Positions offer junior scientists (who have a doctorate) a one-year contract renewal in order to enable a fast return to work after parental leave. Thus, an incentive is given to soon continue one’s scientific career after the birth of the child.

Funding can be applied for by the postdoc and the responsible professor. This is possible if parental leave lasts 6 to 12 months, if a contract renewal for one year is possible according to labor law and if the faculty co-finances generally 50 percent of the personnel costs. The volume of employment after the return has to comprise at least 50 percent of the standard weekly working time.

Further information on the Re-Entry Positions and an application form in both German and English can be found in the download box. Applications can be submitted to IGaD at any time. Funding will be available up to October 2017 and will be distributed on a first come-first served basis.