Awards for Junior Academics

Every year, a number of prizes are awarded to graduate students and doctoral candidates who have recently finished their doctorate at the University of Siegen for outstanding scientific achievements, sometimes in cooperation with the region. The exact criteria can be found in the respective guidelines, the table below serves only as an overview.

Please direct alle enquiries to Ms Kathrin L. Wagner

E-Mail: wagner@rektorat.uni-siegen.de
Phone: +49 271 740-4074
Personal Consultant for Students and Junior Faculty of the Prorectorate for Students and Junior Faculty, Diversity, and International Affairs

Call for nominations:

Applications for the

• Award of the District of Altenkirchen
• Award of the Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK) Siegen
• Historian Award of the Dirlmeier Foundation
• Award of the Dirlmeier Foundation
• Award of the University of Siegen for International Junior Researchers

should be sent from 1 April 2025 until 1 June 2025 exclusively in electronic form to: wagner@rektorat.uni-siegen.de. The exact criteria can be found in the respective guidelines.

Please make sure you use the nomination form (in German only).

Award of the District of Altenkirchen

Prerequisites	Focus of support	Endowment and guidelines
graduation from a school in the district of Altenkirchen practical benefit for the economy or cooperation with companies located in the district of Altenkirchen or business- or economy-related structural investigation of issues concerning the district of Altenkirchen	Doctoral, diploma, master‘s, bachelor‘s thesis	2000 EUR. In case of splitting: 2 x 1500 EUR Guidelines (in German only)

Award of the Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK) Siegen

Prerequisites	Focus of support	Endowment and guidelines
particularly outstanding final theses engineering, natural science or economics as subject area practical applicability of the research example of practice-oriented research and technology transfer from university to industry	Doctoral, diploma, master‘s, bachelor‘s thesis	4000 EUR. The award will be split between two theses. Guidelines (in German only)

Historian Award of the Dirlmeier Foundation

Prerequisites	Focus of support	Endowment and guidelines
particularly qualified thesis that opens up a historical perspective in terms of content and methodology	esp. dissertations and habilitation theses	1000 EUR; possibility for separate application for printing subsidies Guidelines (in German only)

Award of the Dirlmeier Foundation

Prerequisites	Focus of support	Endowment and guidelines
particularly qualified thesis	esp. dissertations and habilitation theses	1000 EUR Guidelines (in German only)

Award of the University of Siegen for International Junior Researchers

Prerequisites	Focus of support	Endowment and guidelines
particularly high quality of examination performance Foreign citizenschip	Dissertations	1000 EUR Guidelines (in German only)

Further awards

If you have any questions about the following awards, please get in touch with the contact persons listed::

International Awards

Information on further international awards can be found here.
Contact: Prorectorate for Students and Junior Faculty, Diversity, and International Affairs (prorektorat-ndi@uni-siegen.de)

Wolfgang-Popp-Preis

The Center for Gender Studies Siegen (Gestu_S) awards the Wolfgang Popp award for gender studies to outstanding final theses (master's theses, diploma theses) that deal with topics of gender studies
Contact: Dr Uta Fenske (uta.fenske@uni-siegen.de)

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34th IHK award for excellent theses

Awards for junior researchers