The Hector Pioneer Fellowship is offered by the Zukunftskolleg in collaboration with the Hector Stiftung II and is dedicated to extraordinary post-doctoral researchers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
Study areas:
- Chemical Biology and Ecology
- Molecular Nanotechnology and Materials Science
- Decision Sciences
Duration: 5-year
Funding: annual research allowance (for funding research assistants or equipment; start-up, consumerables and travel costs; at least 50,000 € or an equivalent
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicant must hold PhD degree (PhD thesis submitted and defended) and have acquired a maximum of 4 years of postdoctoral research experience
- Applicant must not hold a permanent position in academia, a professorship, or have a habilitation or equivalent.
- Applicant must propose a research project that ties in with one of the STEM disciplines and ideally with one of the academic focus areas of the University of Konstanz.
- Applicants must contact potential guides (Local Hosts) among the researchers at the University
- Applicants with their own position funded by another program, which can be transferred to Konstanz, are also eligible.
Applications:
- Applications to be submitted via the online application portal. The following documents are required to submit the application:
- Complete application form
- Motivation Letter (1 page max)
- Project Outline (5 pages max)
- CV
- Copies of all relevant degree certificates
- Writing Sample (30 pages max)
- Two letters of reference
| Quick Overview————- | |
| Organization | University of Konstanz |
| Fellowship Level | Postdoctoral |
| Country | Germany |
| Subject areas | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics |
| Fellowship amount | 50,000 € |
| Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
| Deadline | Varies |
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