Connectionists: „Bridging grant” from the German Society for Cognitive Science (GK) for Bachelor, Master and PhD students

[Constantin Rothkopf]

„Bridging grant” from the German Society for Cognitive Science (GK) for 
Bachelor, Master and PhD students

The German Society for Cognitive Science (GK) would like to support 
students who find themselves in a difficult (emergency) situation caused 
by the Corona pandemic with a bridging grant.

The grant consists of funding for a maximum of three months á 500 € per 
month. The GK is able to offer six to eight grants. The grant is meant 
as financial support allowing to finish the respective degree (Bachelor 
or Master) or providing some financial relief during an important PhD 
thesis phase (e.g. finishing a paper). The selection will be done by the 
members of the steering committee of the German Society for Cognitive 
Science (GK).

The committee will consider all emergency cases as long as they have 
been caused by the Corona pandemic within the context of the studies 
and/or doctoral programme and are sufficiently substantiated with proof.

Target group: The funding is intended for students who are enrolled 
and/or registered in a German university. In particular, only the 
following persons are eligible for funding: (1) Bachelor or Master 
students in subjects belonging to Cognitive Science (e.g. Cognitive 
Science, Philosophy, Psychology, CS, AI, Linguistics, Neuroscience) who, 
ideally, will be able to graduate soon, and (2) PhD students registered 
in one of the subjects belonging to Cognitive Science who are working on 
a cognitive science project. Persons who already received a bridging 
grant from the GK are not eligible to apply.

Paradigmatic cases: A student pursuing a Master degree has fallen behind 
with their master thesis because due to the Corona-pandemic there was no 
constant childcare. The funding could be used to pay for a privately 
organised childcare. Or a PhD student could not finish his or her 
dissertation because data acquisition was delayed due to reduced lab 
capacities. The funding could be used to cover living expenses after the 
contract has expired.

Application and Proof:
Please submit:
- a statement comprehensibly describing applicant’s situation (cases 
with evidence are preferred) and indicating the use of the funding.
- Bachelor and Master students:
-- Enrollment confirmation and transcript of record
-- A letter from the faculty’s/program’s advisor confirming the regular 
continuation of studies, anticipated graduation (within the winter term 
2021/2022)
- PhD students:
-- A short statement from the first supervisor roughly sketching the 
cognitive science related project and describing the project’s progress.

The application shall be emailed with the subject „Application Bridging 
Grant“ to the following email: Chair of the GK, Prof. Dr. Barbara Kaup, 
barbara.kaup at uni-tuebingen.de;
Application deadline: 15.10.2021

-- 
Prof. Constantin A. Rothkopf, PhD
http://www.cogsci.tu-darmstadt.de/
http://www.pip.tu-darmstadt.de/
https://hessian.ai/
https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/~rothkopf/