15 Dahlem Postdoc Fellowships: Freie Universität Berlin 1831 views

Dahlem Postdoc Fellowships provide funding for highly qualified postdoctoral fellows with at least six months of international research experience to conduct their own research within one of the university’s outstanding collaborative research projects. International research stays are supported in order to allow researchers to build up a full year of international research experience by the time they complete their Dahlem Postdoc Fellowship.

Number of fellowships: 15

Duration: Each research fellowship will be awarded for 14 months

Starting date: November 1, 2017

Disciplines:

• Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Natural Sciences
• Life Sciences

Eligibility:

• Applications are welcome from all disciplines and all nationalities
• Applicant must hold a doctoral degree (the dissertation must be submitted and proof must be available by the application deadline)
• Applicant must have completed the PhD degree no longer than 4 years prior to the deadline
• Applicant must have at least 6 months’ international research experience, three months of which must be an uninterrupted stay (applicants who completed both their doctorate and any postdoctoral periods solely in one country, do not meet this requirement).
• Applicants with between 6 and 12 months’ international research experience have to include an international research stay in their project plan, with the aim to give them a full 12 months’ international research experience by the end of their Dahlem Postdoc Fellowship.

Benefits

• annual net salary of approx. 25.600 to 33.400 Euro (depending on previous work experience and marital status)
• Social security and health insurance
• research allowance: 300 Euro for office-based/ 600 Euro for field-trip-based/ 900 Euro for lab-based projects per month
• Travel allowance: up to 6 months at an international research institution
• travel costs when moving to Berlin (One-time)
• fully funded intensive German course

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