Junior Research Groups

With the Helmholtz Junior Research Groups, the Helmholtz Association supports the early independence of young scientists and offers them a reliable career perspective. This programme is designed to provide outstanding working conditions in a research-oriented environment for the best foreign and domestic junior researchers. It is aimed at junior employees who have completed their doctorates within the past two to six years.

Further information can be found here.

The Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) offers outstanding young scientists the opportunity to qualify for a university professorship by independently leading a junior research group over a period of six years. Postdocs and junior professors with fixed-term contracts who are in the early stages of their scientific careers (usually up to four years after completing their doctorates) are eligible to apply. Junior professors who have received a positive interim evaluation are no longer eligible for the program.

For further information, visit the DFG website.

ERC Starting Grants support aspiring research group leaders who want to establish a well-equipped research team and conduct independent research in Europe. The programme is aimed at promising researchers with proven potential to become independent leaders of a new and excellent research team. It is aimed at junior employees who have completed their doctorates within the past two to seven years.

Further information can be found here.