Support of women and families from the SFB1403
Application for "helping hands" (student assistant)
Who can apply:
Members (PhD students, Postdocs, Junior Group Leaders) of the SFB 1403 who
- are parents of young children and currently have increased childcare responsibilities, or
- are responsible for the care of dependent family members, or
- experience comparable care-related burdens that significantly limit their research capacity.
What can be funded:
The employment of a student assistant for up to 10 hours per week for the first 6 months of a 12-month contract to provide support in the lab or in other project-related tasks. The remaining 6 months need to be financed by the PI. The scope and duration must be appropriate to effectively relieve the applicant from routine duties while ensuring efficient use of funds, in accordance with DFG guidelines.
Please note: The student helper should not be involved in other projects and it is not allowed to fund a Bachelor/Master thesis with family support from the SFB 1403.
How to apply:
Please complete the attached application form and send it to sfb1403-office
uni-koeln.de
All requests will be reviewed confidentially by the Gender Board of the SFB 1403. Please note that the number of positions is limited, and allocation will depend on the available budget.
Please contact the SFB 1403 office to request these fellowships.
Documents for "helping hands"
Student Assistants
Scientific Assistants with a Bachelor Degree (WHB)
Scientific Assistants with a Master degree (WHK)
FAQ
Coaching and mentoring
Career development and skills enhancement courses: The SFB 1403 strongly encourages female co-workers to take part in courses, individual coaching and mentoring programs, for which the SFB provides financial support.
Parent-child room and Kids-box
Parent-child room:
In the CECAD Research Centre is a parent-child room is available for all groups of the SFB 1403. This room is furnished with a fully equipped desk, beds and playing areas for children and is intended as a special room where scientists – both mothers and fathers – can stay with their children, especially when returning to work after parental leave or in all other cases of need, e.g. when day-care facilities are closed, babysitters are not available etc.
When parents want to bring their children's to the office, they don't have to bring all the "child room equipment" from home. The SFB1403 lends basic equipment so that you can set up mobile children's room equipment in your office without any effort.
The so-called KidsBox is a cabinet that - once opened - offers everything parents need when a short-term childcare bottleneck and an important professional task make it necessary to take the child to the office. It can be moved to your workplace and equipped for babies and children up to 8-9 years. The KidsBox can also be opened for a protected area for breastfeeding and changing.
To borrow the KidsBox, please contact the office of the SFB1403: sfb1403-officeuni-koeln.de
If you no longer need the Box, please return it to the pick-up location.
It contains (amongst others):
- a travel bed (also be used as a playpen)
- a folding mattress and sleeping mat for crawling and playing on the floor (please bring your own pillow, blanket, or fitted sheet for - hygiene reasons).
- a child seat for docking to your own desk
- Stool and table for small children
- various toys and painting items
- a changing mat
- disinfection and first aid equipment
- books and much more (for small children)
- equipment for school children in grades 1/2
Day care facility
The SFB will co-finance after-hour childcare at the backup service of the “Kinderhaus” Paramecium for children of SFB-associated researchers. Moreover, babysitters will be organized during retreats or other SFB meetings to allow participation of parents with small children.