Duties of the board

In particular, the board

• is responsible for fulfilling the tasks described under § 2 of the GFA regulations,
• decides on the use of resources directly assigned to the graduate school,
• is responsible for the materially appropriate and legally correct management of funds,
• develops and determines the strategic alignment of the graduate school,
• approves the annual financial statement,
• decides on the inclusion of doctoral programmes,
• decides on special funding of interdisciplinary or excellent doctoral programmes,
• decides on the award of funds,
• passes resolutions on measures aimed at quality assurance within the graduate school,
• prepares the rules and standards to ensure lasting quality assurance in doctoral studies,
• designs and implements measures to promote junior researchers and foster gender equality/equal opportunities, diversity and family-friendly policies,
• and decides on the inclusion or exclusion of members or fellows.

For more detailed information on the board, please consult § 5 of the GFA regulations.