ZUKOnnect Fellowships 2025 for Early-career Researchers from Africa, Asia & Latin America (Funded)

Deadline: February 1, 2025

Applications are open for the ZUKOnnect Fellowships 2025. The Zukunftskolleg Konnect Fellowships assist early profession researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America who’re related to one of many 13 departments on the University of Konstanz.

As a ZUKOnnect Fellow, you should use this time to increase your analysis networks and to get to know the analysis setting on the University of Konstanz whereas maintaining your place at home. As these fellowships can construct a primary bridge to the German and European educational system, we additionally encourage doctoral college students of their final 12 months to apply. The Zukunftskolleg is not going to supply employment contracts for ZUKOnnect Fellows.

The Zukunftskolleg is an Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). It affords fellowships in addition to a various assist community to advertise the independence of early profession researchers. Researchers on the postdoctoral degree can work with minimal administrative constraints and benefit from the freedom to have interaction in significant trade with different up-and-coming colleagues in addition to with distinguished senior researchers. Researchers within the humanities, social and pure sciences come to Konstanz from world wide to carry out first-class analysis. The Zukunftskolleg is a keystone within the University of Konstanz’s institutional technique and the University of Konstanz is considered one of Germany’s eleven Universities of Excellence.

Responsibilities

• You will dwell in Konstanz or close by all through the on-site ZUKOnnect Fellowship (the Welcome Centre on the University of Konstanz will assist you with all organizational elements of relocating to Konstanz).
• You will actively contribute to the interdisciplinary dialogue on the Zukunftskolleg throughout weekly Jour fixe conferences (within the semester).
• You will work together with fellows and researchers in related departments on the University of Konstanz.
• You will give a presentation in a seminar or a public lecture.
• You will acknowledge the Zukunftskolleg’s assist in any publications ensuing from the keep.
• You will write a brief report in your actions and achievements (inside 6 months of finishing your ZUKOnnect Fellowship).

Benefits

• During the on-campus analysis keep, a stipend of €1,300/month for doctoral college students and €2,000/month for postdoctoral researchers (following DAAD pointers).
• Standard bills for one economy-class journey to Konstanz and again.
• The probability to take part in occasions organized by the Zukunftskolleg.
• Access to library sources.
• Access to IT providers.
• Access to analysis assist providers (by way of Research Support).
• as much as €750 analysis allowance upon request
• Research Return Visit by a member of University of Konstanz to your home establishment upon request.
• ZUKOnnect Fellows will profit from a digital affiliation extending the full interval to 12 months. The digital affiliation might be supported with as much as €900 (lump sum).
• German language course (on-line and on web site to be confirmed for 2025).
• Career Kit Plus – weekly sequence of seminars and workshops supplied by the University of Konstanz workers members or exterior trainers (e.g. open entry, good apply in educational writing, profession views, funding alternatives, but additionally sight visits and different encounters) Programme for 2025 to be confirmed.
• “Fellows go Local” – ZUKOnnect conferences with fellows, workers, PhD college students on the town, serving to to regulate within the native area supported by the Universitätsgesellschaft Konstanz.

Eligibility

• You had been born AND work in a rustic in Latin America, Asia or Africa.
• You maintain a doctorate (max. 2 years, doctoral diploma granted after 15 February 2023) OR are a doctoral scholar in your ultimate 12 months.
• Your doctorate was/ goes to be accomplished at a college in Latin America, Asia or Africa.
• You don’t maintain a everlasting professorship, nor do you might have a habilitation or equal qualification (Venia legendi).
• Your analysis venture ought to tie in with one of many disciplines represented on the University of Konstanz.
• Track A: You ought to identify a researcher on the University of Konstanz with whom you propose to collaborate (no have to contact particular person(s) upfront!).
• Track B: Nomination by one (Junior) professor of the University of Konstanz
• Preference might be given to candidates who plan to workforce up with considered one of our present Zukunftskolleg Fellows or throughout the Cluster “Politics of Inequality” or “Collective Behaviour”.
• Preference might be given to fellows from nations not represented in our neighborhood

Application

Submit your utility paperwork in English as separate PDF information by way of the web utility portal. The reference quantity is 2024/230. Applications ought to embrace:

• A letter of motivation (together with your targets for the analysis keep on the Zukunftskolleg and a proof of how your analysis ties in with the analysis panorama on the college; most 2 pages)
• Short abstract of your ongoing analysis venture (most 3 pages incl. references)
• An in depth work and time plan for your on-campus analysis venture on the Zukunftskolleg (most 2 pages)
• Your curriculum vitae
• Relevant certificates (doctoral certificates OR a letter from your doctoral supervisor confirming the standing of your doctoral thesis)
• Track A: One educational letter of reference, on official letterhead paper and signed by the respective reviewer
  Track B: Nomination Letter by Konstanz (junior) professor might be despatched on to the Zukunftskolleg

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to ZUKOnnect Fellowship.