Mentoring concept

• Supervision and assessment by at least 1 research director
• Designation of a mentor from the circle of research directors or post-docs
• Conclusion of a binding mentoring agreement
• Integration into an existing research team

Financial benefits for the doctoral candidates

• Employment on a basis of 65%/ TVL 13* including social insurance
• Children allowance of 100 €/ per month for the first child, 50 €/ per month for any additional child
• Collaborative literature allowance
• Travel fund for active participation at conferences (after consulting the mentor)
• In the case of an exceptional effort: One time financial support for a research stay/ institutional internship abroad of up to 3 months (optional starting from the 2nd year via in-house application)

* The definit salary is subject to age and working expererience of the employe. The minimum wage will be 25.000€/p.a. pre-tax. See also wages of public employees.

Benefits from the qualifying and promotional programme

• Kick-off event at the beginning of the programme
• Two colloquia/ per year (one in the context of the annual kick-off event)
• Two consultations with the mentoring directors / per year
• Personal mentor
• Weekly HIIG-Meeting together with at least one post-doc

Participation in soft skills courses (3 per year) e.g. :

• Time and project management
• Presentation and moderation skills
• Didactics/ teaching skills
• Writing workshops
• Paper publications in an international context
• On demand: German language courses (e.g. by the curriculum of the universities)

Promotion and support concerning the academic networking and communication of the results:

• Active participation at conferences – target goals: one each year
• Funding for active participation at academic events will be covered up to after consulting the mentor (max. 500,- €/ per year)
• Support of publications (2 papers within the first two years)
• Support concerning the networking with the research community (via events, HIIG-blog etc.)
• In the case of an exceptional effort: Financial support for one research stay or institutional internship abroad (optional via in-house application connected to a foreign travel allowance of 1.000,- / per month up to max. 3 months

Please find further information on Doctoral Programs in Germany here.