Training Program for Female Scientists from FWF in Austria 2018
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Applicant criteria
NationalityUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
SpecialityScience
Gender
- Female
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldScience
Job locationAustria
Needed documentsothers
Opportunity description
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.
Goals of the programme:
- Improvement of the career prospects for women in Austrian research facilities.
- Very generous support during the postdoc phase for women at the start of their scientific careers or on its resumption following maternity leave.
Requirements:
- Completed doctoral studies.
- International scientific publications.
- Highly qualified female scientists of any scientific discipline, who have completed their university studies.