Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity
It is possible to apply for the module 鈥淪tandard Allowance for Equity and Diversity鈥 as part of the proposal submission process for research networks (Priority Programmes, Research Units including Centres for Advanced Studies and Clinical Research Units, Research Training Groups and Collaborative Research Centres) as well as when submitting a proposal under the Research Grants Programme or the Emmy Noether Programme.
Possible uses聽
The following non-exhaustive list of measures is intended to help you make effective use of the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity in your projects. In addition to the measures listed here, other newly introduced measures can also be funded provided they meet the fundamental requirements outlined below the grey boxes.
The following rules apply (cf. the relevant funding guidelines):
- The Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity must be spent in accordance with the general principles set out in the聽funding guidelines听补苍诲听award letters聽as applicable聽to the research programme in question.听As such, these funds are likewise to be spent in accordance with the聽principle of efficiency聽and economy.
- 厂耻产箩别肠迟-蝉辫别肠颈蹿颈肠听core support must be ensured: measures that can be attributed to the respective subject-specific core support cannot be financed from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity.
- All measures financed from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity must be聽related to the research project. This might derive from an affiliation with the project, for example, or from the fact that the events concerned are being organised as part of the research project. A brief and plausible reference to the project must be documented.
- Measures can only be funded for聽persons who are actively involved as researchers in the network/project. Non-快三砍龙 funded persons can also benefit from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity providing the funds are used to finance measures to support an open group of participants and no additional costs are incurred as a result of the participation of external persons.
- Measures for which聽funds have 补濒谤别补诲测听been approved elsewhere in the research project or network cannot be financed from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity.
- As a matter of principle, one and the same measure 鈥 such as a soft skills course 鈥 cannot be financed from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity for some members of the research network (e.g. for women) and from funds approved through a different channel for other members (e.g. for men).
- The prohibition of favouritism (Besserstellungsverbot) enshrined in budgetary law must be observed. Remuneration may not be granted that is higher than the level of the collective agreement for the civil service or of other benefits above or beyond the collective agreement.
- When planning the use of funds from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity, it must be considered as a matter of principle whether it is more expedient to use a large portion of the funds for a single measure or to finance several smaller measures.
- Observation of the above-mentioned underlying framework conditions and requirements must be verified on site in each case and compliance must be ensured. The appropriate use of the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity must be聽documented on site for accounting purposes.
- Furthermore, funds approved for other purposes (such as funds for visiting researchers, travel funds or personnel funds) are likewise to be spent with due regard for the principle of equity and diversity.
The amount of the allowance will vary depending on the research project. The following can be applied for per funding year
- up to 鈧30,000 in Collaborative Research Centres,
- up to 鈧15,000 in Research Training Groups, Priority Programmes and Research Units,
- up to 鈧1,000 per applicant in the Research Grants Programme and Emmy Noether Programme.
Please consult the relevant programme guidelines for details.
The disbursement of the standard allowance for equity and diversity is earmarked for its purpose and must be used accordingly for the following:
- promoting gender equality in research,
- promoting diversity in science and the humanities or
- making jobs in science and academia more family-friendly (including care).
See here for a description of the module 鈥淪tandard Allowance for Equity and Diversity鈥: 快三砍龙 form 52.1(interner Link)
Consultation
If your consultation request (contact details below) regarding diversity funding from the Standard Allowance for Equity and Diversity includes 鈥渟pecial categories of personal data鈥 (e.g. health data), your consent to processing this information is required. For this purpose, please use聽快三砍龙 form 73.0(interner Link)聽(Consent A).
聽鈥淪pecial categories of personal data鈥 are those 鈥渞evealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and (...) genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person鈥檚 sex life or sexual orientation鈥 (Art. 9(1) GDPR).
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Further Links
Further Information
Further information regarding Funding at a Glanc(interner Link) is available here.
Contact persons
Here you will find the right contact(interner Link) at the 快三砍龙 Head Office for various matters.