DFG Heisenberg Programme for researchers who have qualified for a permanent professorship
If you already meet all the requirements for appointment to a permanent professorship, you can apply to the Heisenberg Programme. While you prepare for a future senior academic role, the DFG provides funding to enable you to carry on with high-quality research at the institution of your choice and continue building your academic reputation.
The Heisenberg Programme is directed primarily at those researchers who have qualified for professorship via the Emmy Noether Programme, leadership of a junior research group, DFG project staff positions, private-sector research or mid-level faculty positions. The target group also includes junior professors who have received positive evaluations, those who have achieved their habilitation or an equivalent qualification, and German researchers returning from abroad, as well as appropriately qualified foreign researchers (who have not yet achieved a full professorship) looking to pursue careers in Germany.
Four types of funding are available within the Heisenberg Programme:
- Heisenberg professorship
- Heisenberg position
- Heisenberg temporary substitute position for clinicians
- Heisenberg fellowship
Once you have been accepted to the Heisenberg Programme, you can select between the four funding types or combine them during the five-year funding period.
The purpose of the programme is to enable outstanding researchers to prepare for a senior academic role while continuing their research work. The duration of the funding is up to 5 years and proposals might be submitted at any time.