You can now apply for the Hector RCD Award
Application period: 01.09. – 31.10.2024
Founded in 2013, the Hector Fellow Academy (HFA) is a young academy of sciences in the fields of natural and engineering sciences as well as medicine and psychology. It offers a platform for networking, interdisciplinary exchange, and mutual inspiration to the laureates of the Hector Science Award. In addition, the Academy supports promising young researchers.
By awarding the Hector Research Career Development Award, the Hector Fellow Academy (HFA) enables W1 assistant professors – with or without tenure track – and junior research group leaders at German research institutions to further strengthen their independent research and to include them as temporary members in the HFA.
The HFA pursues the following objectives with the Award:
- Active promotion of researchers on their way to a professorship at an early stage of their career
- Expansion of the scientific exchange in the HFA
- Building new opportunities for cooperation between Hector Fellows and the Awardees
Extent of Funding
✓ 25,000 € flexible personal research funds
✓ Funding of a doctoral position (according DFG funding scheme) and material expenses in the HFA up to 4 years (9,500 €/a)
✓ Membership in the Hector Fellow Academy for five years
Find out more: https://hector-fellow-academy.de/en/career-development/application/