Through the Graduate Center, the University of Passau promotes the publication of excellent qualification theses by granting a publication subsidy in accordance with the Guidelines on the Granting of Subsidies to Promote the Publication of Dissertation and Habilitation Theses. Hereby, the University of Passau fulfills the wish of young scientists to recognize the different publication cultures of dissertations and postdoctoral theses in the different subjects accordingly.
The publication grant of the University of Passau is aimed at doctoral and post-doctoral students who were predominantly members of the University of Passau during the preparation of their dissertation or post-doctoral thesis. It is either a dissertation that has been evaluated with the highest grade at the University of Passau or a habilitation thesis that has been accepted at the University of Passau. The grant amounts to a maximum of 1,500€.
The grant covers:
The university grant is to be used on a subordinate basis. Other grants are to be used for funding first.
The publication grant can only be paid out to the grantees themselves. A direct payment of the publication grant to the publisher, editing or proofreading service, etc. is not possible!
First, take a careful look at the funding criteria and check whether you are eligible for the publication grant.
In order to be eligible for a publication grant from the University of Passau, you must fulfill the following two criteria in particular:
Please read carefully our guidelines of the University of Passau on the granting of subsidies to support the publication of dissertation and postdoctoral theses. Only these are binding. All information on our website is for simplified presentation and summary purposes only.
The grant covers:
but not more than 1,500 euros. The grant from the university is to be used on a subordinate basis. Other grants are to be used for funding first.
The Research Services Division team and the Graduate Center will also provide you with further subject-specific information on university and non-university publication funds.
An application is possible as an online application or by mail. You can submit an application for the publication grant to the Graduate Center office even before the publication is printed and up to three months after the publisher has invoiced you.
If you want to apply directly online:
Clicking the button will automatically take you to the online application form on this page. As part of the online application, you will then be asked to enter your information and upload your attachments at the relevant points.
If you want so send your application by mail:
Please download our application form as PDF now.
At best, fill it out directly on your PC as a PDF form and please print it out on one side. If it is not possible to fill out the PDF form, please print it out on one side and fill it out legibly. Please sign your printed application.
Please attach to your application all the attachments prepared in the previous step as well as the evaluation of your supervisors and send your application to:
