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Children and family

Family room

In September 2010, a family room was opened in Humboldt Graduate School, for use by doctoral candidates, conference visitors, and staff with children. It has a cosy area for children and their minders, with a cot, a sofa, toys, etc., and is equipped with two desks, one with a PC (internet and W-LAN access is available by application).

Location: Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstraße 56, Haus 1, North Wing, 1st Floor, Room 219.

To book the family room and internet/W-LAN access, please contact Humboldt Graduate School Management Office, (030) 2093-1720, hgs-office-please remove this text-@hu-berlin.de.

For members or visitors of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain: to book baby sitters or child minders, please contact Dr. Anne Löchte, anne.loechte-please remove this text-@hu-berlin.de, (030) 2093-1791.

Scholarship holders with children

The Berlin School of Mind and Brain offers financial support to M&B scholarship holders with children.

  • Child support (400 Euro per month for the first, 100 Euro per month for each additional child).
  • Possible scholarship extension of up to 12 months.
  • Alternatively, money-for-time option where basic pay provided for the scholarship  extension can be used as a research subsidy, e.g., for hiring student assistants or to cover the cost for child care.
  • A combination of the scholarship extension option and the money-for-time option is possible.

For detailed information on these regulations, please contact the equal opportunity officer, Dr. Anne Löchte (anne.loechte-please remove this text-@hu-berlin.de).

Support for M&B doctoral students with children

The School offers advice and support for Mind and Brain students with children. For appointments, please contact the equal opportunity officer,  Dr. Anne Löchte (anne.loechte-please remove this text-@hu-berlin.de).

KidsMobil child care service for M&B members

You would like to attend a M&B event, but do not have a babysitter? No problem: The Berlin School of Mind and Brain offers a child care service for its events taking place outside regular child care hours (like lecture series, poster presentations, committee meetings). The service is provided for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral candidates of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain. For more details, download pdf (29 kb).

Humboldt University Family Office

Link to Family Office here