Support for Early Career Scientists

Early career scientists make an important contribution to scientific progress through their commitment and innovation. One of our key ambitions here at Forschungszentrum Jülich is to provide tailored support and conditions for you as graduates, doctoral researchers, postdocs and Young Investigator Group leaders to enable you to achieve excellence.

The promotion of young talents in science is key to the Forschungszentrum Jülich. We complement a centre-wide support for early career researchers with programmes of excellence and counseling on funding opportunities. Our measures and funding programmes are oriented towards the guiding principles of diversity and inclusion, innovation and networking as well as excellence and therefore contribute to internationalizing Forschungszentrum Jülich and promotion of early career scientists.

Centre-wide support for Early Career Researchers

JuDocS - Jülich Center for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors

JuDocS supports you as a doctoral researcher or supervisor through onboarding, qualification opportunities, project monitoring, and counselling while fostering high-quality standards.

Career Center and Postdoc Office

The Career Center & Postdoc Office offers you as a PostDoc or doctoral researcher insights into career development opportunities and perspectives inside science and outside of science.

Programmes of excellence

Young Investigator Groups

We facilitate excellent young investigators to start their own group with us and accompany you while gaining first leadership experience – from funding counselling to comprehensive support.

Young Excellent Scientist Program (YESP)

With the YESP we promote you as an outstanding, aspiring early career researcher in qualifying for a leading position in academia through counselling and networking, increasing your visibility.

Jülich Excellence Prize

Since 2009, the Jülich Excellence Award has honoured outstanding young scientists for exceptional achievements during their doctorate and early postdoc phase.

Programme for initial university appointments

With this programme we promote excellent women scientists for a first professorial appointment at a university, a continuative step in establishing yourself in academia.

Counseling on funding opportunities

Innovation and networking

Collaborative doctoral projects

With doctoral projects, interconnecting supervisors from two institutes or institute divisions with a joined doctoral candidate, we envision to bridge scientific topics and POF programmes, while creating links between domains and methods in interdisciplinary doctoral projects.

HiDA Researcher Grants

If your research has a strong link to the (applied) data and information sciences apply for a HiDA Researcher Grant and visit FZJ for a short-term research stay funded by the Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HiDA).

JUICE – Jülich Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate Program

Transforming research into real solutions, products, or applications is challenging, yet innovative. The JUICE program prepares you to realize and market your research's enterprise opportunities.

InnoSuper – Innovation by Supervising

InnoSuper is a three-part training program for supervisors of young scientists. It will teach you to enhance your team's transfer potential and position yourself as a driving force in research and development.

Performance assessment within our programmes is based on the DORA principles. Transparent processes and criteria are essential for an equal opportunity and diversity-sensitive selection and funding practice. In addition to quantitative indicators, we also consider qualitative criteria wherever possible.

Contact

Support for doctoral researchers

Do you want to know how to join for a PhD? Or learn about qualification workshops during your PhD? Do you need counselling in a supervision conflict? - contact our support for doctoral candidates.

Dr. Natascha Haase

Referentin für strukturierte Doktorandenförderung und JuDocs Gremienarbeit und Kommunikation

• Corporate Development (UE)

Building 15.3 /
Room 2015

+49 2461/61-3450

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Support for postdocs

Are you lacking insights into career opportunities after your PhD? Do you think about qualifications for your next career step? – Contact our support for postdocs or visit the Career Center & Postdoc Office.

Dr. Katharina Klein

Referentin für wissenschaftliche Nachwuchsförderung - PostDocs

• Corporate Development (UE)

Building 15.3 /
Room 2062

+49 2461/61-85377

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Support for Young Investigator Group Leaders

Would you like to establish your own Young Investigator Group (YIG)? What kind of support is provided for established Young Investigator Group Leaders? – Contact our YIG support.

Anne Korfmacher

Ansprechpartnerin für Nachwuchsgruppen/ Contact for Young Investigator Groups

• Corporate Development (UE)

Building 15.3 /
Room 2062

+49 2461/61-96930

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University cooperations

Would you like to know which universities we collaborate with closely? Do you need insights into joined professorial appointments? – Take a look at our overview on University collaborations.

Dr. Melanie dos Santos Mendes

Fachbereichsleitung Nationale & Internationale Beziehungen (UE-B)

• Corporate Development (UE)

Building 15.3 /
Room 4015

+49 2461/61-96420

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