Job: ZIF Marie Curie 5-year Research Fellowships
The University of Konstanz, with its "Institutional
Strategy to promote Top-Level Research," has been receiving continuous
funding since 2007 within the framework of the Excellence Initiative by the German
Federal and State Governments.
The Zukunftskolleg is a central scientific institution of
the University of Konstanz for the promotion of young researchers in the
natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, and is an integral component
of the institutional strategy "Model Konstanz - Towards a Culture of
Creativity." The Zukunftskolleg forms a platform for interdisciplinary
discourse between distinguished researchers in Germany and abroad, and provides
them with resources for obtaining extramural funding.
The Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz offers
up to
six (6) ZIF Marie Curie 5-year Research Fellowships and
four (4) Zukunftskolleg Research Fellowships
(any discipline represented at the University of
Konstanz) (Salary Scale 14 TV-L)
to develop and implement individual research projects.
The Marie Curie call for applications is part of the Zukunftskolleg Incoming
Fellowship Program (ZIF) and is financed by the Seventh Framework Program (FP7)
Marie Curie Actions - People (co-funding of regional, national and
international programs), the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the
University of Konstanz. The rules and ethical principles for the FP7 and the
DFG guidelines apply.
Research Fellowships are available to researchers
regardless of their nationality and field of research.
The Fellowships will begin on June 1, 2014, and end on
May 31, 2019.
The Zukunftskolleg provides a professional infrastructure
and an appropriate workplace for conducting research. Fellows have the
opportunity to benefit from a variety of career development measures, including
the University of Konstanz's Academic Staff Development and Research Support
offices. Fellows may nominate recognized experts in their field of research as
senior Fellows, who will be invited to Konstanz for a research stay of one to
nine months. Each Fellow receives Start-up Funding and a Research Allowance.
Furthermore, a pool is available for funding cooperative projects, research
assistants, travel, and equipment purchases. Each Fellow is a member of both a
university department and the Zukunftskolleg. A Mentoring Committee supports
each Fellow in her / his career development. This committee consists of an
experienced researcher from the Fellow's research field within the university
department, as well as an advanced Research Fellow of the Zukunftskolleg.
The target group consists of excellent researchers with
significant work experience at the postdoctoral level, leadership abilities,
and a capacity for teamwork, so that they can reasonably be expected to take up
leading roles in academia and European research and innovation policy.
Applicant Requirements for this Fellowship include:
- Candidates must be in possession of a doctoral degree;
- Candidates must not hold a permanent position, a
professorship, or have an habilitation or equivalent (Venia legendi);
- Candidates must already have secured a research grant
of at least
50,000 EUR or an equivalent amount of funding to be used
for their research while at the Zukunftskolleg;
- Candidates with their own position funded by another
program, which can be transferred to Konstanz, are also eligible;
- Applicants must propose a research project that ties in
with a discipline represented at the University of Konstanz;
- All ethical issues raised by a proposed project (if
applicable) must be described in the project outline. The candidate should
explain how these will be addressed, so as to conform with national and, for
Marie Curie Fellowships, Seventh Framework Program (FP7) ethical principles.
For advice, please see the CORDIS website on ethics
(http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ethics_en.html)
and contact the Zukunftskolleg office. If a proposed project that has passed
the peer review stage raises any ethical issues, it is forwarded for review by
the University of Konstanz Ethics Committee.
Please note that for the Marie Curie Fellowships, funding
from other EU sources (such as ERC grants) is not eligible (double funding is
not allowed by the EU).
Additionally, applicants for a Marie Curie Fellowship
must fulfill the mobility rule:
- Applicants must not have had their main residence in
Germany for more than 12 months during the three years prior to the application
deadline;
Fellows have an opportunity to teach. They are expected
to participate actively in the regular weekly meetings of the Zukunftskolleg
and to have their place of residence in Konstanz.
Fellows are selected on the basis of their academic
excellence, the quality and topicality of their research project outline,
personal aptitude with regard to leadership and team skills, and
interdiscipli-nary interest. International experience in teaching or research,
and a strong interest in interdis-ciplinary topics are desirable.
Applications are evaluated in a three-stage process:
1. Eligibility check and pre-selection based on the
written application; 2. Further selection based on independent peer reviews; 3.
Personal assessment of the remaining candidates by the Recruitment Committee in
the interdisciplinary Workshop on Future Research Directions, to be held at the
University of Konstanz in January 2014.
Candidates will be informed of the final decision and the
evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of their applications approximately
one week after the workshop.
More information on the Zukunftskolleg and current
Fellows, as well as a special section devoted to the application and selection process
(online application process, required documents, guidelines on eligibility,
evaluation criteria, the timeline and the stages of the selection
process) are available on our website at:
The University of Konstanz encourages disabled persons to
apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact + 49
(0)
7531 / 88 - 4895).
The University of Konstanz encourages researchers to
resume their careers after any interruptions, as extra-academic experiences are
respected and appreciated as potentially beneficial to the community of
Fellows.
The University of Konstanz is an equal opportunity
employer that tries to increase the number of women in research and teaching.
The University of Konstanz has been certified to be a
family-friendly institution by the Hertie Foundation. The University is
committed to further the compatibility of work and family life.
The University of Konstanz offers a "Dual Career
Couples Program."
Information can be obtained from: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/dcc .
All applications and supporting materials must be
submitted in English via the Online Application Platform at:
The required documents include a completed application
form, a letter of motivation, research propo-sal, curriculum vitae, a writing
sample, and two letters of reference.
Applicants are encouraged to check their eligibility
before submitting their proposal.
The deadline for applications is September 30, 2013.
Nani Clow,
e-mail: n.clow@uni-kn