Gertrud Feiertag Scholarship
Are you studying, doing a doctorate or completing a post-doctoral qualification at the University of Potsdam and need financial support to complete your qualification? The Equal Opportunity Coordination Office (KfC) would like to support you in the early stages of your career by offering you financial support.
The KfC provides university members with financial support so that they can study and research without financial worries. The scholarship is primarily aimed at female* students, young female scientists* and parents after a family-related interruption. The scholarship is intended to increase the proportion of women at all levels of academic qualification.
The maximum funding rates of the scholarships are per month (The amount of funds available per year depends on the budgetary and third-party funds raised for this purpose):
- Students* 800 €
- PhD students € 1,000
- Postdocs € 1,300
- Child supplement of 160€ per child
Gertrud Feiertag (* July 4, 1890, +1943) was a kindergarten teacher and youth leader. On May 1, 1931, Gertrud Feiertag opened the “Kinderlandheim Caputh,” which initially took in children from broken families. After the National Socialists seized power, the home became the “Jewish Children’s and Country School Home Caputh” from 1936 onwards, at times offering refuge to up to a hundred Jewish children and young people. Feiertag’s pedagogy, which was unusually progressive at the time, succeeded in creating a living space with the children and the teaching staff that encouraged living and learning together. The holistic care of the children, which was shaped by reformed educational approaches, found its expression in a closeness to nature and diverse cultural activities. National Socialists attacked the house the morning after the pogrom night of November 9, 1938. The students and teachers were expelled during the attack. After that, there were no more classes. In February 1939, the institution had to be closed. In May 1943, Gertrud Feiertag was deported from Berlin to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her last sign of life was dated in late summer 1943.
Eligibility criteria
Who is sponsored?
1. Final funding for women doing their doctorate
2. Bridge funding for female doctoral students and postdocs
3. Re-entry support
4. Relief Funding
The guidelines for the scholarship can be found here.