The DBU uses the expertise of external experts for the written review of grant applications. Funding decisions are made by a selection committee composed of professors from various disciplines and appointed by the Secretary General of the DBU.
Scholarship applications thus go through a multi-stage selection process. First, we evaluate which applications are suitable for external professional review based on professional criteria and the applicant’s personal qualifications. Otherwise, the committee, which consists of alternating representatives of the selection panel, will decide on rejection without peer review.
After evaluation of the review, the applicants with the most promising doctoral projects will be invited for an interview. This interview is conducted with the selection committee in German and takes place annually in May or October (for applications received by January 15 or June 15). After a 10-minute presentation on the PhD concept, open questions will be discussed, especially with regard to objective, choice of methods and environmental reference. In addition to scientific quality, the personal commitment of the applicant also plays a role in the decision-making process.
Selection Panel:
Prof. Dr. Uwe T. Bornscheuer
University of Greifswald
Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis Working Group
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus
Albert Ludwig University Freiburg
Professorship for Silviculture
Prof. Dr. Klaus Eisenack
Humboldt University Berlin
Faculty of Life Sciences
WG Resource Economics
Prof. Dr. Nicola Fohrer
Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
Institute for Nature and Resource Conservation
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig
Department Ecological Systems Analysis
Prof. Dr. Doris Fuchs
Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster
Institute for Political Science
Prof. Dr. Christiane Hipp
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Vice President
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Holzhauer
Westphalian University
Center for recycling technology
Prof. Dr. Melanie Jaeger-Erben
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Department of Sociology of Technology and the Environment
Prof. Dr. Burkhard König
University of Regensburg
Institute for Organic Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Faculty of Law
Chair of German and Foreign Public Law, Public International Law and European Law
Prof. Dr. Ilona Leyer
Geisenheim University
Institute for Applied Ecology
Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel-Riedl
University of Osnabrück
President
Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
Prof. Dr. Regina Palkovits
RWTH Aachen
Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Joachim Peinke
University of Oldenburg
Institute of Physics
Prof. Dr. Michael Schlömann
TU Freiberg Mining Academy
Interdisciplinary Ecological Center
Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr
Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy
Department Structure and Dynamics of Energy Materials
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schulz
University of Koblenz-Landau
Institute for Environmental Sciences
Prof. Dr. Alexander Siegmund
Heidelberg University of Education
Geography department
Prof. Dr. Maren Voß
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
Section Biological Oceanography
Prof. Dr. Markus More
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig
Department of Stream Ecology
Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal
Georg-August University Göttingen
Heisenberg Professorship for Functional Agrobiodiversity
Prof. Dr. Nicole Wrage-Mönnig
University of Rostock
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Professorship Grassland and Forage Science