Research Opportunities
University of Konstanz, Germany
Deadline: October 15, 2018
The Zukunftskolleg is an Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Konstanz for the promotion of outstanding early career researchers in the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. It forms a platform for interdisciplinary discourse between researchers in Germany and abroad, and provides them with resources for obtaining extramural funding. Researchers at the Zukunftskolleg perform research without administrative constraints and have the freedom to engage in meaningful exchange with other up-and-coming colleagues and with distinguished senior researchers.
The Zukunftskolleg offers:
- Three 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships for all those in the early stage of their academic career who plan to develop and implement an independent research project. The target group consists of researchers at the postdoctoral level, who are open-minded, risk-taking and intellectually gifted, so that they can reasonably be expected to take up leading roles in academia;
- Two 5-year Research Fellowships to promote researchers with significant work experience at the postdoctoral level aiming for a career in academia. The Fellows build their own academic identity by leading an independent research group at the University of Konstanz. These fellowships are available to researchers characterised by a strong and creative mind, an ability to think and communicate beyond their own disciplines, regardless of their nationality.
Both Fellowships are open to researchers from all fields represented at the University of Konstanz.
Find more information on eligibility requirements, application and selection process on the Institute's website
University of Erfurt, Germany
Deadline: October 1, 2018
The Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt) at the University of Erfurt is a highly ranked international research centre. Its ‘Weberian’ research programme combines historical, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives with an interest in normative issues in the social sciences. It has a focus on contemporary social challenges, especially those arising in connection with (religious) plurality, cultural diversity and social processes of acceleration and growth. Within its fellowship programme “MWK-FELLOWS" the Max-Weber-Kolleg offers (up to) 10 Fellowships for experienced researchers.
University of Freiburg, Germany
Deadline: September 15, 2018
The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) at the University of Freiburg is announcing its sixth call for applications for the FRIAS COFUND Fellowship Programme (FCFP) and invites outstanding international senior and junior researchers from all disciplines and nationalities to apply.
Fellowships of 3 to 10 months in the senior scheme and of 12 months in the junior scheme may be applied for. Conditions are internationally competitive. All fellowships will be awarded through a highly competitive, strictly merit-based selection process. The FCFP is co-financed by the EU’s Marie S. Curie Actions COFUND Programme.
Bielefeld University, Germany
Open for applications all year long.
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF)'s Cooperation Groups (CGs) are concerned with interdisciplinary research projects and spend a shorter to medium-long period of time for one continuous or several compact research stays at the ZiF. There is a much organisational flexibility in order to match the needs of the respective research project as closely as possible. Possible formats include:
- intensive cooperation of two fellows for several weeks („research in pairs“);
- cooperation of a group of fellows (ca. 4 to 6) for several months;
- shorter compact stays of a group for a longer period (e. g. 4 to 6 meetings over a period of 2 years).
Financial support may be granted – depending on the format – up to 100,000 €.
Read more about the Cooperation Groups fellowships and how to apply