Call for doctoral thesis prizes 2021
As the spokesperson for a doctoral programme, you can nominate doctoral researchers who have successfully defended their doctorate in a structured programme in 2021 and were members of the Research Academy Leipzig. Please submit the proposal (max. 1 page) and the curriculum vitae or academic record with a list of publications to the Directorate of your Graduate Centre.
The respective directorate of the Graduate Centres (Humanities and Social Sciences, Life Sciences as well as Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences) is responsible for selecting the award winners.
Call for Katharina Windscheid Prize 2021
The Katharina Windscheid Prize is given to early career researchers in the Research Academy Leipzig who have written an outstanding dissertation under special life circumstances. In this way, we strive to promote gender equality and family-friendliness in research and also acknowledge additional challenges doctoral researchers have overcome during their doctoral studies. The prize is named after the first woman in Germany to receive a doctorate for her dissertation (Dr. phil.): Katharina Windscheid. She was instrumental in improving women’s access to higher education.
You can nominate doctoral researchers who have successfully defended their doctorate in a structured programme in 2021 and were members of the Research Academy Leipzig. Please submit the proposal (max. 1 page) and the curriculum vitae or academic record with a list of publications to the Board of Directors of the Research Academy Leipzig.
Each prize is worth €1,000.
Please submit your proposal by 28 February 2022.