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University of Bayreuth Junior and Senior Fellowship Programme 2020 – Open to all Disciplines

Applications is being invited from suitable qualified candidates for the University of Bayreuth Junior and Senior Fellowship Programme 2020. The application is open for all disciplines.

The University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt” promotes excellent research at the University of Bayreuth (UBT) and advances the inter­nationalisation of research and networking with the best universities worldwide.

Effective immediately, the Centre is offering fellowships for the year 2020 – open to all disciplines.

Junior fellowships

award sum: € 30,000 (up to six years of post-doctoral experience)

Senior fellowships

award sum: € 50,000 (more than six years of post-doctoral experience)

All Fellows will have the awarded sum at their disposal for covering all costs of project realisation.

International Excellence – Programme Goals

The Centre supports academic exchange across existing boundaries: between disci­plines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers. Further­more, the Centre engages in activities opening the research community to society and politics. Successful appli­cants will become Fellows at the Centre and profit from the lively research environment of the university and its seven faculties. Appli­cants are encouraged to learn about the University of Bayreuth’s focus areas and research strengths.

Experience Bayreuth – Collaboration with Local Host

We invite the fellows to carry out their own research projects in Germany in cooperation with a local host at the UBT. Prior to submission of the application, applicants are required to identify a host in Bayreuth with whom they aim to carry out their research project. The local hosts provide their fellows with modern office and lab space and an up-to-date infrastructure. Applications are welcome from all disciplines. The total support period of approximately three to six months can be divided into several stages.

University of Bayreuth Junior and Senior Fellowship Candidate Requirements

We award the fellowships to individuals from abroad with challenging and innovative research projects of top academic quality through a highly competitive, strictly merit-based selection process. The all-important selection criteria are the academic excellence of both the applicant and the cooperative project. For more information on the application and selection process (required documents, guidelines on eligibility, evaluation criteria, timeline and stages of the selection process) see Application Guidelines for Fellowships.

Application Deadline

Please submit your complete application via e-mail to humboldt-centre@uni-bayreuth.de (one PDF file, max. 30 MB) by November 15, 2019.

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