The Office of Research Support Services offers comprehensive support in all matters relating to research. This offer also includes interdisciplinary advice on the application of gender-differentiated third-party funded projects in the department of funding advice (Head: Dr. Heike Wulfert) .

Your funding advisor will be happy to help you in this regard! The contact persons of the Grants Services for the different departments can be found on the website of the Office of Research Support Services.

The Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer (CET) helps with the transfer from research to business and society and supports those interested in founding a company with the implementation of their business ideas. This also includes the transfer of results of gender-differentiated research with (market) potential into economy and society and the support of Female Founders in start-up consulting as well as with a special workshop program.

You are welcome to contact Dr. Christoph Besenfelder (Head of the Innovation and Transfer Management Team: christoph.besenfeldertu-dortmundde) or Kim Phuong Pham (Founder Consulting: kim.phamtu-dortmundde) for more information.

The data protection staff in the Office of Central Services support researchers at TU Dortmund University in all questions concerning the complex field of data protection. This service also includes individual consultations on the handling of gender-differentiated data collected in the course of research projects.

You are welcome to contact the data protection officer of TU Dortmund University and his team (datenschutzbeauftragtertu-dortmundde) for this purpose. Early consultation is expressly recommended.

A related but quite different question is the issue of equality and diversity in the science system. The Staff Unit Equal Opportunities, Family and Diversity as well as the central and decentralized Equal Opportunities Officers  at TU Dortmund University will be happy to provide you with information and advice.