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07/10/2020 | Pressemitteilung

Corona special fund for scientists with family responsibilities

The short-term conversion of face-to-face teaching to digital teaching formats, the supervision of students, the advancement of one's own scientific activities and qualifications together with the continuous care of children or caring relatives and the implementation of homeschooling ensured a high workload for scientists during the summer semester. The effects of this phase of the Corona pandemic are still being felt and sometimes manifest themselves in considerable restrictions on their scientific activities.

With the Corona Special Fund, the University of Kassel provides 10,000 euros for female and male scientists at the University with family responsibilities to support their scientific activities. The Corona Special Fund is designed in particular to counteract the structural discrimination of women. However, applications are equally open to all female and male scientists.

The funding possibilities within the framework of the Corona Special Fund range from financial resources to finance or subsidize student assistants who support the organization and implementation of teaching or the achievement of the qualification goal, to financial grants to finance publications, to further support measures in the form of material resources, for example technical equipment.

A commission decides on the allocation of funds on a monthly basis.

For more information, including the application process, visit the Family Welcome and Dual Career Services page: https://www.uni-kassel.de/hochschulverwaltung/themen/gleichstellung-familie-und-diversity/familiengerechtigkeit/corona-sonderfonds-fuer-wissenschaftlerinnen-der-uni-kassel-mit-familienaufgaben

Contact:

Mareike Schön
Family Welcome and Dual Career Service
Women's and Equal Opportunities Office
Mönchebergstraße 19
34125 Kassel
Tel.: 0561 804-2813
E-mail: mareike.schoen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
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