Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for excellent early-career scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München

The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a newly established program for excellent early-career scientists (up to 3 years after graduation) at Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health. Talented postdocs who are accepted into the three-year program receive 3-year fully funded postdoctoral positions and can focus on a research project in an institute of the Center.

Helmholtz Zentrum München is one of the world's leading centers in the field of environmental health research. The focus of the Center is on the study of common diseases such as diabetes and lung diseases.

An experienced research mentor and a personal coach will create an individual career plan together with the fellows and prepare them for their next career step in scientific leadership positions. Depending on the fellow's personal career goal, the focus will be on careers in academic research or industry.

In addition to a modular training program for acquiring leadership qualifications, the fellows will receive intensive support for external grant acquisition. If a fellow succeeds in acquiring a grant, he/she will receive additional funding (equal e.g. to half a technician's position) through the program.

The fellows will be integrated into the institutes in international and interdisciplinary research groups. Personal travel grants will enable them to meet up regularly with international colleagues to exchange ideas and to build up international networks. In a step-by-step process, the fellows will develop their own profile and visibility in the respective field of research.

Source: http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/en/news/press-releases/2014/press-release/article/23406/index.html