Fellowships & Exchange

HZI promotes scientific exchange with national and international partner institutions. These collaborations are a defining feature of the cutting-edge research conducted at our center.

Helmholtz Global Fellow Program

The Helmholtz Global Fellow Program is designed to support scientists in the early to mid-stages of their careers, as well as engineers and technical staff from abroad, who have demonstrated outstanding performance. It aims to help them gain greater scientific independence and further develop their professional profiles at HZI. Part of the program is the funding of a stay of up to two years.

Prerequisites:

For researchers: Your current position should correspond to the levels ‘R2 – Recognized Researcher’ or ‘R3 – Established Researcher’ according to the European Commission’s research profile descriptions. Scientists holding a full professorship are not eligible. Outstanding achievements must be clearly documented.
For technical staff: You are eligible if you possess a high level of technical expertise and have made exceptional contributions to technical developments in your field.
Your expertise is highly relevant for our current scientific portfolio.
International focus: The program targets international talent. In accordance with the mobility criteria of the program, this opportunity is open to individuals who are currently working outside Europe at renowned foreign research institutions and who have not lived, studied, or worked in Germany in the recent past. This includes not holding German citizenship, not having completed school education or obtained university entrance qualifications in Germany, and not currently being employed or conducting research in Germany.

Interested?

Please contact Birgit Grün, Scientific Strategy Unit