Application For Freigeist Fellowships 2019 Is Out; for the Volkswagen Foundation this means a young researcher with a good character, a creative mind, and ability to identify and use freedom, dedicated to overcoming resistance. The Foundation aims to facilitate the implementation of extraordinary research projects and to make a substantial contribution to the establishment of dependable career paths for the upcoming generation of researchers.
Benefits:
Own position (head of junior research group)
Qualification
- Doctorate must have been obtained not longer than four years but at least one year previously (about the date of the defense relative to the deadline of the initiative);
- The Fellowship must be integrated within a university or an extra-mural research institution in Germany;
- Candidates must already have changed their academic environment and moved to a new location – at the latest when starting the Fellowship. A return to the working context of the doctorate will only be accepted under exceptional circumstances;
- A previously completed research sojourn abroad, at the latest integrated with the proposed research project.
Benefits
The ‘Freigeist’ initiative offers freedom for creative thinking, while at the same time providing security for at least 5 years and in the long run the opportunity to establish a career within a scientific research organization or university in Germany.
How to Apply
Visit Freigeist web page.
Deadline: 10 October 2019
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