Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) biannually provides funding for scholarships for doctoral students. The funding comes from the Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Start of the funding for this call is in the summer semester in April 2026.
Announcement of graduate scholarships for doctoral candidates according to the Graduate Promotion Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (in German):
An der Universität, wie auch im Rahmen von allgemeinen Forschungsförderrichtlinien ist in letzter Zeit eine explizite Forderung, über transferorientierte Projekte gesellschaftliche Wirkungen zu erzielen, zu verzeichnen. So sind viele Projekte, Kooperationen Methoden des Transfers und der Translation in den verschiedenen akademischen Disziplinen entwickelt worden. Dabei ist aber noch nicht geklärt, wie im Einzelnen wissenschaftliche und praxisbezogenen Ansprüche vermittelt und bearbeitet werden.
Hier möchte der Workshop vom AK “Uni im Kontext” einen Auftakt leisten. In einem kleinen Rahmen können Studierende und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:innen die Möglichkeiten bekommen, über stattfindenden Transfer, deren Verwicklungen und Zwänge, aber auch Entwürfe und Visionen zu politischen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen beizutragen, reflektieren. Damit möchte der AK einen ersten Schritt tun, um die neu entstandenen Transfertätigkeiten zu umreißen und überblicken zu können.
Thema: „Wissenstransfer – für wen? Gemeinsam, kritisch und interdisziplinär das eigene Forschen reflektieren“
The Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the third funding period for the integrated Research Training Group (iRTG), which is part of the collaborative research center SFB/TRR 227 “Ultrafast spin dynamics”.
The SFB/TRR 227 is jointly operated by the two speaker universities MLU and FU Berlin. Partner institutions are the TU Berlin and the University of Potsdam as well as the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Physics, the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien.
Read more at press release 143/2025 of November 21, 2025 (in German) of MLU.
About iRTG of SFB/TRR 227
Integrated Research Training Group “Ultrafast spin dynamics (SFB/TRR 227)” spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Wolf Widdra, coordinator: Dr. Britta Anstötz (funding 2018-2029) (link)
Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst stellt im Jahr 2026 Mittel für die Auszeichnung einer/eines internationalen Studierenden oder Promotionsstudierenden der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg zur Verfügung.
Mit dem DAAD-Preis sollen besondere akademische Leistungen und bemerkenswertes gesellschaftlisches oder interkulturelles Engagement gewürdigt werden.
The next PhD Round Table will take place on November 6, 2025 at 7.30 pm at Colonne Morris. As always, PhD students, postdocs, and their partners are very welcome. It is the perfect place to meet new people and chat about life and work in Halle.
The doctoral representation council invites all PhD-Students of the MLU Halle-Wittenberg to join the annual Get-Together in the winter semester. Share your stories, your struggles and secret weapons (for finishing your PhD-thesis) and enjoy some drinks with Your PhD-representatives.
Where: SSR (Selbstverwalterer Studierendenraum), Adam Kuckhoff-Str. 34a, Halle (Saale) (Steintor Campus) (openstreetmap)
The next PhD Round Table will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7.30 pm at Irish Fiddler. As always, PhD students, postdocs, and their partners are very welcome. It is the perfect place to meet new people and chat about life and work in Halle.
Are you a female student, doctoral researcher, or postdoctoral researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg? Are you interested in pursuing a career in academia or in research outside the university? Do you want to shape your career path with independence and practical solutions, while networking with other female researchers?
Great goals are best achieved together. Register by October 31, 2025.
This survey is aimed at doctoral candidates at MLU and is intended to tailor the planned Welcome Day 2026 as well as other support services to your specific needs. Your insights, experiences, and wishes are crucial for the planning and implementation. The Welcome Day 2026 is organized by InGrA (International Graduate Academy), which supports doctoral candidates throughout their doctoral journey.
How can the overall supervision of doctoral students at universities in Saxony-Anhalt be improved? What new concepts are there? What can be learned from doctoral programs abroad? And: What services do postdocs need in order to develop their own academic profile? The new project “Hochschulnetzwerk der Graduiertenakademien in Sachsen-Anhalt” at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) is addressing questions such as these. The aim is to develop new offers and concepts for the doctorate of early career researchers at universities in Saxony-Anhalt. MLU is receiving around 1.6 million euros from the European Social Fund Plus and the state of Saxony-Anhalt for this purpose. (from press release 089/2025 from July 16, 2025 (in German))
