Laura Bassi Scholarship

As part of the Bavarian Equality Promotion, the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art supports talented women in science at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) through the “Laura Bassi Scholarship”.

The Laura Bassi scholarship program addresses particularly female postdocs and female doctoral researchers in their final phase of studies to advance their research projects in a targeted manner closely linked to TUM and to support them on their academic pathway.

The call for proposals was issued twice in 2025, followed by an evaluation process. No applications can be accepted at this time. When and in what form funding opportunities will be published in 2026 depends on the allocated funding and the associated framework conditions of the Bavarian State Ministry.

The funding comes from state resources allocated by the Free State of Bavaria for the Bavarian Gender Equality Grant (BGF) - program for the realization of equal opportunities for women in research and teaching.

2025 - Important binding conditions according to BGF:

• Amount and duration of funding
• The scholarship is intended to cover living expenses; in principle, no other gainful employment is permitted at the same time (with the exception of minor teaching work up to a maximum of 4 semester hours) or use of another scholarship. A combination of scholarship and part-time employment contract as well in form of a socalled “Minijob” is therefore not possible.
• This is a research scholarship during which a specific research project has to be actively carried out.
• Applies to doctoral candidates - they must be in the final phase of their studies, i.e., they are required to submit their dissertation no later than the end of the requested scholarship period.