CALL FOR APPLICATIONS OLYMPIA MORATA PROGRAMME
UNIFY advises and informs young female scientists about research funding programmes of Heidelberg University, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and other science funding institutions that are particularly aimed at women. One funding programme for female researchers is the Olympia Morata Programme (OMP) at Heidelberg University.
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Announcement
The programme is currently open for applications. The deadline for applications is 15 December 2026.
PROGRAMME
The aim of the Olympia Morata Programme is to support above-average female postdoctoral researchers (i.e. FLINTA*) with outstanding qualification projects in the R2 phase (doctorate should not date back more than approx. 3-4 years). The acronym FLINTA* stands for women, lesbians, intersexual, non-binary, trans and agender persons.
The funding period is usually 2 years. The programme is advertised once a year towards the end of the year. Funding begins on 1 March of each year.
The funding comprises five modules (as illustrated in the figure below):
- partial financial support for your own position (usually based on a half-time position according to pay grade 13/TV-L); it is expected that the institutes where you work will also provide a half-time position (EG 13/TV-L) or personnel resources;
- coaching, counselling and career development meetings;
- network (meetings);
- further education and courses and
- eligibility to apply to the Family Disposal Fund
The call for applications text and the guidelines, including supplementary information, can be found below in the Downloads section. You will also find the questionnaire form required for the application there.
If you have any questions regarding eligibility or the application process, please first refer to the information and documents provided, as well as the detailed FAQs (see Downloads section). If you have any further, specific questions that cannot be answered there, please feel free to contact UNIFY by email. Contact person: Carmen Waiblinger, carmen.waiblinger@uni-heidelberg.de
Candidates are selected on the basis of an assessment of the applications received by an awards committee.
OLYMPIA MORATA PROGRAMME OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF HEIDELBERG
Female doctors at Heidelberg University also have the opportunity to apply for positions in the Heidelberg Medical Faculty's programme of the same name: Olympia Morata Programme of the Medical Faculty. We recommend that female doctors attend a counselling appointment at the Office of the Dean of Research at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty before submitting an application and find out about the different application deadlines.
