The Dahlem Research School (DRS) is the Center for Junior Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin – a place of intellectual excitement and world-class research that offers an extraordinary array of disciplines. Starting in 2011, Dahlem Research School has launched a fellowship program for postdocs to integrate them into the university’s research networks in an early phase of their career. As part of the university’s institutional strategy, its purpose is to reinforce the international dimension of Freie Universität’s research by supporting highly-qualified postdocs from abroad. 

The COFUND Program – co-financed by the Marie Curie program of the European Union – provides funding for outstanding international postdoctoral fellows to conduct their own research project. 

It supports promising junior researchers in their further academic career development through

At the end of the funding period, COFUND fellows are expected to apply for further funding for a subsequent research project at Freie Universität Berlin.

For this purpose, Dahlem Research School offers

Starting in April 2013, each research fellowship is awarded for fifteen months to support postdocs carrying out a research project in one of Freie Universität’s Excellence Programs. We invite postdocs to propose their own project plan based around the research areas of one of the participating Excellence Programs. 

The fellows will be employed via full employment contracts according to the current collective agreement for the public sector of Berlin, carrying social benefits such as pension and social security, but also subject to normal taxes. In addition to their net salary of 22,700 to 29,400 Euro (depending on experience and marital status) they will receive

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2012 

Incomplete applications and applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. 

For application details please go to http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/promovieren/drs/drs_fellowships/cofund_program/cofund_call/index.html.