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Financial Funding Committee for Doctoral Candidates
The Financial Funding Committee for Doctoral Candidates reviews the applications submitted within the various funding programs at the Doctoral School NRW and decides on their approval or rejection. In addition, it addresses questions related to doctoral funding.
Aims and Responsibilities of the Committee
The aim of the Committee is to support outstanding researchers at the Doctoral School NRW by awarding funding contributions that advance their academic careers. Funding is specifically intended for doctoral projects that strengthen the research profile of universities of applied sciences and contribute to addressing societal challenges.
The central responsibilities of the Financial Funding Committee for Doctoral Candidates include:
- evaluating submitted applications and making final decisions on the approval or rejection of applications for publication and conference grants,
- evaluating submitted applications and making final decisions on the allocation of doctoral positions to candidates pursuing their doctorates within a doctoral program of the Doctoral School NRW,
- developing, applying, and communicating a catalog of criteria to ensure transparent evaluation of applications and decision-making in the allocation of funding,
- establishing deadlines for the submission of applications.
The Committee is accountable to the Executive Board and reports to it once a year on its activities.
Composition
The Committee is composed as follows (gender-equitable representation applies):
- one member of the Executive Board of the Doctoral School NRW,
- four professors and four deputy professor members from the departments,
- four doctoral candidate representatives and four deputy doctoral candidate representatives,
- one member of the staff of the Doctoral School NRW,
- one person appointed by the State Staff Council,
- the Central Gender Equality Officer of the Doctoral School NRW (advisory).
Committee members are appointed for two years by the Executive Board in agreement with the departments. The Committee adopts its own rules of procedure governing its tasks and processes.
Prof. Dr. Rainer Herpers
HS Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Prof. Dr. Fernand Hörner
HS Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. Michael Prange
TH Georg Agricola
Prof. Dr. Ruth Enggruber
HS Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. Anke Fissabre
FH Aachen
Stellvertretung
Prof. Dr. Amir Fahmi
HS Rhein-Waal
Deputy Member
Prof. Dr. Klaus Maas
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Deputy Member
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rühmkorf
Westfälische HS
Deputy Member
Selina Ramm
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Katharina Pilar von Pilchau
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Philipp Neumann
TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe
Miriam Kemnade
FH Südwestfalen
Deputy Member
Ines Kopp
HS Bochum
Deputy Member
David Ewald
Promotionskolleg NRW
Gender Equality Officer
The position of Gender Equality Officer is currently vacant. If you have concerns related to this topic, please contact our Deputy Chair of the Executive Board, Professor Eike Quilling.
Prof. Dr. Eike Quilling
HS Bochum
Services of the Financial Funding Committee for Doctoral Candidates
Here you will find information on the minutes of the Financial Funding Committee.
Minutes of Committee Meetings
- November 28, 2024 (Minutes (.pdf))
- January 31, 2025 (Minutes (.pdf))
- March 24, 2025 (Minutes (.pdf))
- April 11, 2025 (Minutes (.pdf))
- May 5, 2025 (Minutes (.pdf))
- May 21, 2025 (Minutes (.pdf))
- June 25, 2025 (Minutes (.pdf))
