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This information session is aimed at advanced Phd students and researchers at the beginning of their postdoc phase. During the event, we would like to give you an overview and orientation on the current funding lines for the postdoc phase. This concerns funding programmes for work at the UBT as well as funding for research abroad.

We will give you a brief overview on German and European funding institutions as well as funding from the state of Bavaria and relevant foundations. In particular, we will look at:

• Individual research grants of DFG
• Walter Benjamin programme
• Emmy Noether programme
• Heisenberg programme
• Research projects of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
• Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship
• Feodor-Lynen postdoctoral fellowship
• International junior research group in the Elitenetzwerk Bayern
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowship
• ERC Starting Grant

Qualification Goals

• Awareness of possible postdoc funding opportunities
• Knowledge about eligibility of specific programmes
• Information on support options and contact persons
• Knowledge and awareness of the need to strategically plan the postdoc phase

This workshop is part of the qualification program of the WiN Academy / UBTGS.

For more information about registration please see the website of the WiN-Qualification Program.

Contact:
Dr. Immanuel Zitzmann / Immanuel.Zitzmann@uni-bayreuth.de / Tel. 0921-55-7784, UBT Office of Research Support