Are you coming to the end, or have just finished with your studies, and are thinking about doing a doctorate in the humanities or social sciences at JGU?

Then why not apply for a GSHS junior membership? As a junior member, you will receive access to exclusive advisory services, workshops and funding options to set you on the road to a successful doctorate.

General conditions

• Application for master’s degree students from the 4th semester (or comparable level of study) or graduates of a master’s or comparable degree progamme
• Duration: 1 year (extensions are possible, e.g. in the event of illness or family leave)
• Switch to full GSHS membership as soon as you are accepted as a doctoral candidate at JGU

Application documents

• Junior membership application form
  fill out and submit electronically
• Degree certificate (master’s degree, state examination, etc.), or alternatively for ongoing programmes of study: transcript of records
  by e-mail to the GSHS office
• informal recommendation from a JGU lecturer for GSHS junior membership
  e-mail from the person concerned to the office is sufficient

If you have applied for a research proposal scholarship, or would like to apply soon, you do not need to submit certificates or the recommendation separately, as these will already have been included in your application documents for the research proposal.

The GSHS will ensure you receive the best possible support for a successful doctorate and the subsequent transition to your new career. Choose from our extensive range of services!

General conditions

• Not time-limited
• For all doctoral candidates registered at JGU who are pursuing a doctoral project in the humanities or social sciences (for our range of subjects, see Mission Statement).

Application documents

• Full membership application form
  fill out and submit electronically
• Proof of registration as a doctoral candidate or of enrolment as a doctoral student
  by e-mail to the office
• Supervision agreement
  by e-mail to the office
  The supervision agreement can be submitted at a later date.

You are doing your doctorate at another higher education institution but are also involved in teaching and research at JGU? Then you have the option of becoming a GSHS guest member.

General conditions

• Not time-limited
• If you are a doctoral candidate at another higher education institution who is visiting JGU or involved in teaching/research at JGU.
• You will have no voting rights in the general meeting and no eligibility for election to the doctoral candidate representatives group, no financial grant is possible

Application documents

• Guest membership application form
  fill out and submit electronically
• Proof of acceptance/registration/enrolment at another higher education institution in Germany or abroad
• Informal recommendation of a JGU lecturer for GSHS guest membership
• If necessary, further proof of your guest status – the GSHS office will be happy to advise you

• Access to all GSHS workshops
• Advisory service for doctoral candidates
• Establishment of and participation in research groups
• Grants for Short stays abroad (not for guest members)
• Voting rights in the GSHS General Meeting, eligibility to represent doctoral candidates in the GSHS Executive Committee (not for guest members) and the opportunity to contribute your ideas

• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Advisory service for prospective doctoral candidates and postdocs
• Participation in selected workshops (subject to availability)

You should use the benefits of GSHS membership in a way that is best suited to your doctoral project and your academic and personal development. There is no fixed programme at the GSHS that you have to attend. You decide for yourself when and which services you make use of.

Membership of the GSHS is free of charge. This also applies to all services, unless expressly stated otherwise in the announcement. Please refer to the General Terms and Conditions.

By applying for GSHS membership, you commit yourself to the principles of good research practice applicable at JGU.

The approval of funding (research proposal scholarships, short stays abroad, etc.) may be accompanied by further obligations (e.g. attendance at certain events, reporting obligations, etc.). You will receive information on this in the approval notification.

Otherwise, membership is not associated with any obligations.

You can terminate your membership at any time. The possibility of obtaining funding ends when membership ends. If you have any questions, please contact the office.

Your supervisors, your faculty/rectorate or other offices at the university will only be informed on whether you are a member or not, and if so, which services you use, with your consent. Exceptions to this include the forwarding of event registrations to those persons and institutions involved in the organisation of events or, in the case of funding applications and reports in connection with funded projects, to those persons and institutions involved in the selection, approval and management of the funding. The latter also applies if you apply for funding from several university-internal funding bodies for one and the same project. You can find more information in our data protection statement.