Add-on Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Life Science

    We support up to 50 doctoral students in their interdisciplinary research.

    Add-on Fellow Alissa M. Drees (Doctoral candidate (Biochemistry) at the University of Hamburg

    Funding

    Who is the funding aimed at?

    The funding is aimed at PhD students and postdocs working on interdisciplinary research questions at the interfaces between life sciences and physics, computer science, mathematics, engineering and related research fields. For example, biologists can immerse themselves in mathematics and modelers in the life sciences.

    What does the promotion look like?

    With the Add-on Fellowship, postdocs and doctoral students receive financial support of up to 12,500 euros over a period of two years. In addition, we support the work-life balance of fellows with children with up to 3,000 euros. The funding can be used flexibly and individually.

    For example, for:

    • Participation in research stays, conference visits, further training or events.
    • Acquisition of special tools (e.g. hardware or software)
    • Data acquisition or collection
    • Science communication activities
    • Participation in fellowship meetings

    Application

    Requirements

    PhD students and postdocs who are employed at a university or non-profit research institution in Germany or whose research is otherwise funded there (e.g. via a full scholarship) are eligible to apply.

    Downloads:

    Application documents

    All documents must be submitted online:

    • Completed application form
    • Letter of motivation (max. 2,400 characters incl. spaces)
    • Curriculum vitae
    • Short description of the research project (max. 3,200 characters incl. spaces)
    • Statement of the group leader/supervisor on the need for the scholarship and on the support of interdisciplinary continuing education
    • Proof of academic achievement (copies of degree certificate / transcript of records and possibly doctoral certificate)

     

     

    The application phase lasts until June 4th.

    Apply now

    Contact

    Dr. Philipp Giesemann
    Project Manager Dr. Philipp Giesemann +49 40 533295-70
    Karin Liau
    Project Manager Karin Liau +49 40 533295-97

    Who we promote

    Barbara Huber, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology

    Barbara Huber is one of our Add-on Fellows. At the Max Planck Institute, she is investigating how people used plants in the past. To do this, she extracts aromas from archaeological finds.

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    overview of all funded scientists

     

     

    Jury 2024

    • Rudi Balling (Bonn)
    • Katharina Baum* (Potsdam)
    • Jan Baumbach (Hamburg)
    • Marcel Bermudez* (Münster)
    • Stefan Borgwardt (Lübeck)
    • Susanne Brakmann (Dortmund)
    • Anna-Marie Finger* (San Francisco/Kopenhagen)
    • Martin Fischer* (Jena)
    • Dhana Friedrich* (Wuppertal)
    • Stephan Grill (Dresden)
    • Hanspeter Herzel (Berlin)
    • Linnea Hesse* (Hamburg)
    • Michael Heymann* (Stuttgart)
    • Arjen Jakobi* (Delft)
    • Lars Kaderali (Greifswald)
    • Andreas Kist* (Nürnberg)
    • Edda Klipp (Berlin)
    • Xenia Kobeleva* (Bochum)
    • Andreas Kremling (München)
    • Nico Lachmann* (Hannover)
    • Alexander Löwer (Darmstadt)
    • Kay Katja Nieselt (Tübingen)
    • Matthias Rarey (Hamburg)
    • Fred Schaper (Magdeburg)
    • Constanze Schmidt (Heidelberg)
    • Carolin V. Schneider (Aachen)
    • Andreas Schuppert (Aachen)
    • Petra Schwille (Martinsried)
    • Oskar Staufer* (Saarbrücken)
    • Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Bonn)
    • Jens Timmer (Freiburg)
    • Matthias Wilmanns (Hamburg)
    • Marietta Zille* (Wien)

    *Alumni of the Add-on Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Life Science.

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