Individual Funding
With the individual funding, the university has created an equality backup to offer timely support in individual emergency situations: for example, if the final funding for the last few months of a research project is unavailable or if a presentation at an important conference is in jeopardy because of the cost of flying a child to the venue.
In cases like these, university members can apply for one-off assistance. This applies in particular to individual solutions that serve to support women in their academic qualifications.
In the last two years, for example, the fund has been used to finance assistance for the organisation of a specialist conference, to cover the costs of a methodology course that was essential for the continuation of a doctoral thesis, and to supplement the printing costs for a book publication on gender studies. The budget of the individual funding is €20,000 per year.