The mentoring program supports women at Faculty 10 as they pursue an academic career. Through individual conversations with an experienced academic, you can discuss career decisions and plan your next steps. The program aims to address structural disadvantages faced by women in academia.
Who can apply: Women at Faculty 10 who are doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers or working towards a habilitation. Bachelor’s and master’s students are cordially invited to participate in the open program.
Applications: Accepted throughout the year via the application portal
Duration: One year at a time
Individual mentoring
The program centres on confidential conversations about questions relevant to your current career stage. These might concern plans for a doctorate, publications, applications or the path towards a professorship. Balancing academic work with family responsibilities can also be part of the discussion.
Your mentor shares experience of academic life and can help you assess expectations and possible courses of action. Your own questions determine what you discuss.
Peer exchange and professional development
The program provides opportunities to exchange ideas with other mentees. You are encouraged to organise meetings, share experiences and make contacts beyond your own subject. You can also suggest topics for workshops and coaching to the mentoring team.
Mentees can take part in professional development opportunities at LMU. A limited number of laptops are available to borrow. After joining the program, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and researchers working towards a habilitation may also apply for financial support.
You can apply to join the program at any time. Admission to the mentoring program and applications for financial support are separate processes.
Finding a mentor
Before applying, approach someone you would like to work with. Alongside shared academic interests, consider their career experience and the questions you would like to discuss. Contact the mentoring team if you have questions about choosing a mentor.
Your mentor must be at a more advanced stage of academic qualification than you.
Preparing and submitting your application
Please submit your application through the online poral. You will need to provide:
The mentoring team can answer questions about your application via the central email address. Once admitted, you also use the portal to submit applications for financial support.
Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and researchers working towards a habilitation who have been admitted as mentees can apply for funding to address individual structural disadvantages. Eligibility for a particular measure depends on personal circumstances and the applicable budgetary and funding rules.
Types of support
Examples include travel grants, assistance from student staff, coaching, childcare and resources such as literature, event materials or printing. Each category is subject to the conditions set out in the funding application guide. The current guide excludes open access publication fees.
Application guide (PDF, 340 KB)
Application deadlines
Applications for student assistant contracts are accepted and decided on throughout the year, independently of these deadlines.
Submitting a funding application
Complete the application form in full. Describe and justify the proposed activity or expense and state the expected costs. Obtain your mentor’s approval in the form before submitting it; an electronic signature is sufficient. Upload the application and any required supporting documents to the portal.
Funding Application Form (PDF, 182 KB)
Following an administrative check, the committee decides on the application. Please allow sufficient time: costs incurred before approval are not automatically reimbursed.
Coaching or seminar
You are required to attend one coaching session or seminar per funding year. Relevant courses are offered by the Graduate Center, the University Women’s Representative and the Center for Leadership and People Management, among others. If several mentees are interested in a topic not covered by these courses, the mentoring program may organise or fund a dedicated workshop.
Annual report and renewal
At the end of the funding year, submit a report of approximately one page through the application portal. Describe the support you received and the coaching session or seminar you attended. Submission by the deadline is a prerequisite for renewing your mentee status and remaining eligible for support.
Next deadline for the annual report: 1 December 2026.
Please send all questions about the program, admission and funding to our central email address Mentoring10@lrz.uni-muenchen.de. This is also the contact address for the program committee and administration.
Program Committee
Prof. Peter Adamson
Prof. Ophelia Deroy
Lorenz Trein
Prof. Laura Valentini
Program Administration
N.N.
Antonia Trieb