CRC1452 Equal Opportunity Fellowship for pursuing a Master’s Degree at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1452 – “Catalysis at liquid interfaces” sponsored an Equal Opportunity Fellowship. Eligible were international female applicants to one of the involved study programs at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg that have been admitted for start in Winter Semester. Candidates for the following master programmes could apply for the fellowship:
Advanced Materials and Processes
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chemical Engineering – Nachhaltige Chemische Technologien
The fellowship explicitly aimed to support excellent female students with an interest in the research topics of the CRC. Holders were able to establish close contacts with the involved projects and researchers of the CRC and to get to know the scientific topics in detail.
The following support was offered by the fellowship:
- Financial support: 934 Euro/month over 12 months, starting with the start of the winter semester.
- A student assistant position were offered as a continuation of the financial support in the second year, upon successful completion of the academic requirement of the first academic year.
- The fellowship holder also received for the entire duration of the Master’s programme (4 semesters):
- Student associate membership in the Integrated Research Training School of the CRC and, with this, full access to all training offers and funding measures provided by the programme
- Admission to all training offers and support measures provided by the equal opportunity programme
- Scientific mentoring by a professor involved in the CRC 1452
- Priority offers of mini-projects or master thesis topics relating to the research fields of CRC
- Participation in all (semi-annual) CRC status meetings including board and lodging
- Prospects for a doctoral position within the Collaborative Research Centre, subject to motivation and scientific performance
The fellowship holder was expected to
- Participate in the CRC status meetings and programme offers of the Research Training Group
- Conduct at least one practical project (miniprojects or master thesis) in a research group involved in the CRC
- Contribute to PR measures (reports / articles for websites, participation in information events)
Application process:
- Eligible were excellent female applicants for a Master’s degree in a degree program at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg with relevance to the CRC, with a start in Winter Semester.
- A selection interview for the fellowship took place after screening of candidates.
- Based on the interview process, the CRC 1452 Executive Board selected the fellowship holder
- The following criteria were used to select the fellowship holder:
- Scientific excellence (as demonstrated by academic grades in the respective Bachelor’s programme)
- Additional relevant qualifications and activities (conference attendance, additional studies, publications)
- CRC 1452-specific expertise and motivation (theoretical or practical knowledge in catalysis, interface sciences, characterisation of nanomaterials, spectroscopy, or relevant simulation methods)
- Required financial support to be able to participate in the degree program at FAU