Ellen Schmidt Program
Habilitation funding for women
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Every year, the MHH provides 250,000 euros to support women in completing their habilitation.
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The program addresses women from all disciplines at the MHH.
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The selected female scientists are given full or partial leave for research.
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For the duration of the funding, the female scientists are formally transferred to the Equal Opportunities Office.
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The Senate Commission for Gender Equality selects the applicants.
Flyer on the Ellen Schmidt Program
Call for applications for the Ellen Schmidt Program
The program will be re-advertised in spring 2025.
Application deadline: 25.04.2025 - 25.05.2025
Please submit your application using our profile form.
- 111 female scientists have been funded since 2004:
- 65 have completed their habilitation and
- 33 a professorship (as of 2025).
These include, among others:
Prof. Dr. Ute Modlich (ESP 2006), Paul Ehrlich Institute Langen
Prof. Dr. Susanne Petri (ESP 2006), MHH, Clinical Department of Neurology
Prof. Dr. Doris Steinemann (ESP 2009), MHH, Institute of Human Genetics
Prof. Dr. Anette Wagner (ESP 2005), MHH, Clinical Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
The namesake - Prof. Dr. med. Ellen Schmidt
1924
born in Freiburg
1943-1950
Studied medicine and chemistry in Düsseldorf
1950
Doctorate in Düsseldorf
Doctor at the Medical Polyclinic in Marburg
from 1965
at Hannover Medical School
1967
Habilitation at the MHH
1971
Appointment as adjunct professor
1974
University lecturer for experimental hepatology
1974-1991
Head of the Research Laboratory of the Department of Gastroenterology
1977-1979
Rector as the first and so far only woman at the MHH
2012 deceased
