Third-Party Funding
Professorship Program 2030: Awarded as a “Gender Equality Strong University”
With its project proposal submitted under the Professorinnenprogramm 2030 – a joint initiative of the federal and state governments – the University of Bayreuth has secured seed funding for up to three permanent W3 professorships for women. It has received special recognition as one of only 22 universities nationwide to be awarded the designation “Gender Equality Strong University” for its outstanding Parity Equality Strategy.
Project Lead: Miriam Bauch
The project GO Forschung (Gender – Offensive – Research) is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space under grant number 01FP23G07.
Successful acquisition of third-party funding in the amount of €850,000; implementation phase from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2028. The guiding objective of the funding directive is to ensure a needs-based integration of the gender dimension in research and development across all disciplines. This aims to promote excellence in research and contribute to improving the living conditions of all people.
Link to the project page “GO Research”
Project Lead: PD Dr. Elena Köstner
„Das Patriarchat der Dinge" Project proposal submitted as part of the "One University – One Book" call by the Stifterverband and the Klaus Tschira Foundation, in cooperation with ZEIT Publishing Group, 2022
Successful acquisition of third-party funding in the amount of €10,000 for the project.
Each year, all universities in Germany are invited to choose a book to inspire dialogue and debate. The University of Bayreuth selected “Das Patriarchat der Dinge. Warum die Welt Frauen nicht passt” (“The Patriarchy of Things: Why the World Doesn’t Fit Women”) by Rebekka Endler, and was selected as one of ten universities to receive this award.
From March 2022 to May 2023, a series of events were held focusing on the impacts of the gender gap in research, teaching, and society.
Project Lead: PD Dr. Elena Köstner
“GO Research” Project proposal submitted under the directive: Focusing on Gender Aspects – Funding for Structures to Systematically Integrate Gender-Related Dimensions into Research Questions (Geschlechteraspekte im Blick), dated July 1, 2021.
Successful acquisition of third-party funding in the amount of €48,000 for the concept development phase, funded from July 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023.
The guiding objective of this funding directive is to ensure the needs-based integration of the gender dimension in research and development across all disciplines. The aim is to strengthen research excellence and contribute to improving the living conditions of all people.
Link to the project page “GO Research”
Project Lead: Miriam Bauch
Professorship Program III (Funding Guideline dated February 2, 2018)
Successful acquisition of third-party funding in the amount of €1.1 million, with funding granted to the University of Bayreuth from August 1, 2019, to October 30, 2024.
In Germany, more women than men complete university degrees, and nearly half of all doctoral dissertations are written by women. However, less than one-third of habilitations and only one in five professorships are held by women. To specifically increase the proportion of female professors, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, together with the federal states, supports universities in implementing their gender equality objectives.
Project Lead: Miriam Bauch
“UBT-Mentoring-Start” Project proposal submitted under Priority Axis B of the European Social Fund (ESF) funding period 2007–2013
Project funding in the amount of €37,580 from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.
This funding initiative aimed to increase the proportion of women in leadership positions and future-oriented professions by supporting targeted mentoring, counseling, qualification, awareness-raising, and networking projects, events, and publications.
Professorship Program II (Funding Guideline dated December 6, 2012)
Successful acquisition of third-party funding in the amount of €1.1 million, with funding granted to the University of Bayreuth from April 1, 2014, to December 31, 2019.
The aim of the program is to increase the number of female professors at universities and to support institutional gender equality efforts, particularly in recruiting and integrating early-career female researchers in fields where women are underrepresented.
MINT Pact, Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, 2013/2014
Project funded in 2013/2014.
Professorship Program I
Successful acquisition of third-party funding in the amount of €527,000, with funding granted to the University of Bayreuth from January 1, 2010, to May 31, 2015.
Through the Professorinnenprogramm, the federal and state governments aim to promote gender equality in higher education as part of their joint efforts to advance science and research. The program seeks to sustainably improve the representation of women at all qualification levels within the academic system and to increase the number of female researchers in top-level scientific positions.