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Ap­point­ment Ac­ce­le­ra­tor

The program pro­vi­des top-up funds for German uni­ver­si­ties to ex­pe­di­te their ap­point­ment nego­tia­ti­ons with pro­mi­sing scho­l­ars from around the world. 

The program is for
out­stan­ding scho­l­ars from abroad
Amount
up to €400,000
Eli­gi­bi­li­ty
German uni­ver­si­ties
Dead­lines
Spring 2025

Ob­jec­tive

The program pro­vi­des top-up funds for German uni­ver­si­ties to ex­pe­di­te their ap­point­ment nego­tia­ti­ons with pro­mi­sing scho­l­ars (in the R3 career stage) from around the world.

Funding

Uni­ver­si­ties can apply for funding of up to €400,000 if their own funds are not suf­fi­ci­ent to con­clu­de the ap­point­ment nego­tia­ti­ons suc­cess­ful­ly. The maximum amount of funding that can be applied for may not exceed the costs of staff and equip­ment pro­vi­ded by the uni­ver­si­ty ex­clu­si­ve­ly for this pro­fes­sor­ship. The uni­ver­si­ties are free to use the Foun­da­ti­on's funds for staff ex­pen­ses and equip­ment as well as on­boar­ding and dual-career mea­su­res. The funds must be spent within the first four years of the tenure track period.

Who is eli­gi­ble?

All German uni­ver­si­ties cur­r­ent­ly in nego­tia­ti­ons to appoint a pro­mi­sing in­ter­na­tio­nal aca­de­mic to a tenure track pro­fes­sor­ship are eli­gi­ble to apply. Each uni­ver­si­ty can submit one ap­p­li­ca­ti­on per call. Ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons can be sub­mit­ted for can­di­da­tes who hold a doc­to­ra­te and have been working outside of Germany for at least three years at the time of ap­p­li­ca­ti­on.

Ap­p­li­ca­ti­on pro­ce­du­re

Four steps to funding

Time from sub­mis­si­on to de­cisi­on: max. three months

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Application

Ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons can be sub­mit­ted via the Foun­da­ti­on’s web portal. Please check the program in­for­ma­ti­on avail­ab­le below for further details.

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Formal check 

The Foun­da­ti­on will carry out a first formal check (in­clu­ding the budget plan). 

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Selection

Funding is awarded on the basis of (a) the reviews sub­mit­ted by the uni­ver­si­ties and (b) an ex­ter­nal as­sess­ment of the pro­po­sed on­boar­ding and dual-career mea­su­res

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Decision

The Foun­da­ti­on will an­noun­ce its de­cisi­on no later than three months after the ap­p­li­ca­ti­on dead­line. 

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