Support for Early-Career Scientists (W)

Excellence in research is the central goal of our support for early-career researchers. We provide targeted support and guidance to early-career scientists along their career paths – from the doctoral phase, through the postdoctoral stage, to taking on scientific leadership roles in research and academic structures.

Through international cooperation, practical orientation, and the diverse career paths of many early-career researchers in business, industry, and society, our support for young researchers actively contributes to the innovative strength and knowledge transfer of Forschungszentrum Jülich.

International mobility, active networks, and strategic partnerships enhance the global visibility of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Our early-career scientists act as active ambassadors within the international scientific community and bring valuable insights back to FZJ.

We identify and support the talents that best contribute to the profile, needs, and mission of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Together, we shape a clear balance between opportunities for development and targeted retention.

We create excellent research conditions and supportive structures that make scientific career paths at Forschungszentrum Jülich both attractive and predictable, while also providing space for individual development and a healthy work-life balance.

A diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, and research approaches strengthens the innovative power of our science. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are firmly embedded in our support structures – as essential prerequisites for excellent and internationally competitive research.