Global Challenges for Women in Math Science
The program Global Challenges for Women in Math Science aims to promote and demonstrate the excellency of female mathematicians, as well as support the development of international contacts and cooperations. There are two award categories, each with different levels - the Achievement Awards and the Entrepreneurial Awards.
Achievement Awards
The best mathematics female students at the levels Bachelor and Masters receive a prize in the form of financial support for enhancing mathematical education or presenting research results.
These awards are granted on the basis of the students' grades and will be selected by the students service office. The chosen students will be contacted in November each year.
Female Bachelors' Students
The best female students in Bachelors' program recieve:
- 1st Year: Book or software
- 2nd Year: Refund for a software course
- 3rd Year: Refund for an international Summer School for Bachelor students
Female Masters' Students
The best female students in Masters' program recieve:
- 1st Year: Refund for a workshop or an international Summer School
- 2nd Year: Refund for an international conference
Contact

Prof. Claudia Czado
Speaker
Room PR 2.01.17
+49 (0)89 289 17428
cczado (at) ma.tum.de

Dr. Isabella Wiegand
Coordinator
Room MI 03.12.018
+49 (0) 89 289 17043
iwiegand (at) ma.tum.de
Entrepreneurial Awards
Every year, we also award the Entrepreneurial Awards to female and male lecturers as part of the Global Challenges for Women in Math Science. Doctoral candidates can apply for the Junior Level; Post-docs, Professors and other faculty members can apply for both the Junior and Senior levels suitable to the described objectives. The awards to which female, male and diverse candidates may apply are marked "(m/f/d) ".
Junior Entrepreneurial Awards
Doctoral candidates can receive the following awards:
- Presentation of research results at an international conference
- Research stay at an international research institution
- Research stay at the TUM Department of Mathematics
- Invitation of a female mathematician for a short research stay of max.1 month to the TUM Department of Mathematics (m/f/d)
- Financial support for an international female doctoral candidate (m/f/d)
- Organization of and participation in scientific events held online
Senior Entrepreneurial Awards
Postdocs, Professors and other members of the Department can apply for these prizes:
- Research stay at an international research institution (max. 2 months)
- Invitation of an international female mathematician for a research stay of max. 2 months (m/f/d)
- Financial support for an application to an international granting agency
- Organisation of a workshop for female mathematicians (m/f/d)
- Organization of and participation in scientific events held online
We look forward to receiving your application for the Entrepreneurial Awards of the Global Challenges for Women program in Math Science. Send your documents by e-mail to Prof. Claudia Czado.
Application
Documents
- CV
- Project description and motivation (1-2 pages)
- Invitation letter and guest researcher's CV (if applicable)
- Conference or workshop program (if applicable)
- Reference letter
- Budget plan with estimated costs
Deadline
Applications must be submitted by 1 February 2021. The selection is made before the Christmas Holidays.
Details
Detailed information can be found in the project concept.
News about Women in Math
Karen Uhlenbeck - first woman to win the Abel Prize
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2019 to Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin, USA “for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics.”
Movie: Journeys of Women in Mathematics

Watch the final version of the film "Journeys of Women in Mathematics".
It brings together and documents both the successes and barriers for women in mathematics from an international perspective, told in the words of the women themselves. It profiles women mathematicians from around the world, speaking about their research, the mathematical aspirations of women in their region and how the international mathematics community could support these.
In the first part of the film Neela Nataraj from India, Aminatou Pecha from Cameroon and Carolina Araujo from Brazil, are featured at their home institutions in their respective countries. The second part of the film was shot at (WM)^2 where Carolina, Neela and Amina attended. It shows the lively and diverse atmosphere of the event and contains short interviews of six women from various Latin American countries.