ORIGINS Fellowships

To foster the advancement of young academics and women in science, ORIGINS offers two postdoc fellowships: the ORIGINS Fellowship and especially for women, the Vera Rubin Fellowship. Both fellowships are aimed at highly qualified PhD graduates (within 5 years of receipt of their PhD) who show promise to conduct independent and interdisciplinary research within the ORIGINS research community. Qualified women can apply for both fellowships. Both theoretical and experimental work are possible. There are three calls for applications in the current funding period: 2020, 2021 and 2022.  The last call will be started in September of 2021. 

ORIGINS Fellows can choose from a wide range of research at the ORIGINS Cluster and can work with leading scientists in their field of interest at the various institutes within the framework of ORIGINS.

The Fellowships offer:

• 3 year full-time position with a pay scale of public service organizations (TV-L E14)
• Travel budget of 5,000 EUR/year
• ORIGINS PI status – eligible to apply for additional ORIGINS funding, for example in the framwork of Seed Money and the Guest Program
• Initial equipment
• Opportunity for independently-driven and independently-responsible research 
• Excellent cooperation partners, so to speak "at the door"