Advanced Professorship
Support for German universities in appointing and onboarding international leading researchers
Objective
Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft’s Advanced Professorship program supports German universities in appointing and onboarding international researchers in the R4 career stage. The grant offers researchers the opportunity to conduct research supported by excellent material and personnel resources, and provides funds for onboarding and dual career measures.
Funding
Universities can apply for up to €1.6 million for up to four years, provided they guarantee to finance the professorship to a comparable level at the end of the funding period.
The funds can be used to pay for the salary, personnel, material expenses and investments, as well as onboarding and dual career measures. The Foundation will make 10% of its share of the funding available to the researcher as unrestricted research funds.
A total of up to ten million euros is available annually for all of the foundation's funding programs.
Who is eligible?
All German universities are eligible to apply. The professorship appointment can be for an existing professorship (to fill a vacancy or in anticipation of an upcoming vacancy), or for a new W2 or W3 professorship. Universities can also apply if they plan to offer the candidate a visiting professorship to start with. In this case, the university must present its plans for the subsequent appointment to a permanent professorship. Applications can also be submitted for visiting professorships for researchers at the end of their academic careers.
Candidates must have been working outside of Germany for at least three years at the time of application. To be eligible to apply, the university must have completed an internal selection procedure or be planning a direct appointment. In the case of a visiting professorship for a candidate at the end of their academic career, there must be a direct scientific link to one of the university’s research focus areas. Universities that have already made an offer of a professorship may still apply, provided the offer has not yet been accepted.
