WiRe - Women in Research Fellowship Programme

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The WiRe Fellowship Programme, run by the International Office / Department of Researchers & Staff, has been supporting international female postdoctoral researchers in their academic careers since 2018.

WiRe offers female researchers a broad support programme designed specifically to empower women during this crucial stage of their careers. Through coaching, networking and professional development opportunities with a focus on science communication, WiRe supports women in science.

Open calls for WiRe Fellowships will be announced on this page.

For more information about the programme, WiRe Fellows and alumnae, as well as news and updates, please visit:

WiRe Blog

WiRe LinkedIn channel

Our fellowship programme

Our support programme empowers female researchers at any stage of their postdoctoral career and can be applied for at any time.

Female researchers who are interested should contact wire@uni-muenster.de, together with their collaboration partner – a researcher or a professor at the University of Münster – to seek advice.

• What we offer

  • Comprehensive Fellowship programme: Network possibilities, career advice and workshops with a focus on research communication
  • Excellent research and career development opportunities
  • Access to all communication channels, networks and research infrastructure of the University of Münster
  • On-site and remote option

  Please direct any enquiries regarding financial support to wire@uni-muenster.de.

• Who we support

  We support young scientists who

  • have obtained or are about to earn your PhD (you must have submitted your PhD thesis by the start of your fellowship programme),
  • have not done research at a German higher education institution in the past six months and
  • have completed the majority of their academic qualifications outside of Germany.

• How to apply?

  For your WiRe application, please make sure that

  • You have a research project or an idea for a research project in cooperation with a professor of the University of Münster, which can be completed within 4 - 8 months with a presentable result. (up to 12 months with the matching-option)

  A hint regarding finding your future host: The Universit of Münster offers a broad spectrum of research fields. You can find an overview of our departments here.

  Since you are the expert in your subject, you can best judge for yourself which department at our university accommodates your research / research idea best. If you do not find what you are looking for via the respective departments‘ websites, we recommend that you continue your search via one of the popular search engines on the web.

  • Your cooperation partner at the University of Münster must submit a WiRe Letter of Recommendation for your WiRe application. Please note: a scientific host may support a maximum of 2 candidates. Further information see WiRe Letter of Recommendation.
  • You have ideas for strategy regarding how to best spread awareness of your research & experiences at our university.
  • You are willing to participate in our creative science communication activities.
  • You are able to submit a detailed project schedule,
  • You are able to submit a short video application. Tips on how to create your video may be found here.

  When we have an active call, you can access the application portal via this website. In the application portal you can save your application and return to the site to edit it until you have submitted it.