7 new Postdoctoral Fellows for the Zukunftskolleg
On December 13th, the Recruitment Committee held its second meeting to select 7 new 2-year Postdoctoral Fellows for the Zukunftskolleg. On the same day, they chose 14 finalists applying for a 5-year Research Fellowship to invite to the “Workshop on Future Research Directions” on January 23-24, 2014.
In its most recent call for applications (closing date for applications was September 30, 2013), the Zukunftskolleg received more than 100 applications for the 2-year Postdoctoral and 5-year Research Fellowships. In its first meeting on November 8th, the Recruitment Committee chose 18 finalists for the 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships. From these finalists, 7 candidates – representing a wide variety of disciplines – can now be offered a 2-year position. They will start working at the Zukunftskolleg in the course of the following months. We congratulate the successful candidates!