The Pre-Doc Award involves a predoc and a postdoctoral researcher working together in tandem. 12 to 15 tandems will be supported a year. Support begins on 1 October and ends twelve months later.
The Pre-Doc Award lets you as a pre-doc:
- Enjoy a year of financial security, so that you can concentrate on securing funding for your doctorate
- Refine your doctoral project with the help of your postdoc
- Make contact with other Pre-Doc awardees and reap the academic or social benefits for your doctorate.
Your support as a pre-doc:
- A contract as a graduate assistant for 19 hours per week
If you hold a master’s degree, the hourly rate is 16.81 euros (as of April 2022; as of April 2023 17.28 euros) - Potential financial support for travel, conferences and self-organised workshops related to the Pre-Doc Award funding phase
- Workshops and networking
Your support as a postdoc:
- A preferred candidate with one year’s funding and the prospect of joining your own working group in the long term
- The opportunity to practice supervising and guiding prospective doctoral researchers
- Workshops and networking.
Your goals for the year of funding:
- Securing external funding to cover the pre-doc’s doctoral project or supporting the pre-doc in applying for scholarships
- Subject-related and methodological support in the preparation of the doctoral project
- Exchange with other awardees
- Analysing the supervision experience and developing your own skills on an ongoing basis.