International Max Planck Research School for Infectious Diseases and Immunology
International Max Planck Research School for Infectious Diseases and Immunology
We are pleased to announce the following three calls for applications. Enclosed are posters with detailed information.
The Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) is seeking 2-3 postdoctoral researchers through its Advanced Postdoc Program. Under this program, successful applicants will conduct research in the laboratories of IFReC principal investigators. For more information, please visit:
https://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/lp/apd/
Inquiry:
Kahori Ikeda, Email: recruit@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp
WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka
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The Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) is recruiting two Associate Professors through its Young Lead Researcher (YLR) program. This program aims to nurture promising young researchers into internationally competitive and independent scientists. During the five-year employment period, successful candidates will have the opportunity to establish their own research groups and develop original research projects. For more information, please visit:
https://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/recruit/#sec02
Inquiry:
Akihiko Takagi, Email: ifrec-office@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp
WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka
The Division of Microbiology and Immunology at Center for Infectious Diseases Education and Research (CiDER) is establishing a second independent research laboratory under the mentorship of Professor Gabriel Nuñez. We are seeking one highly promising young researcher to conduct cutting-edge research in infectious disease as a Specially Appointed Associate Professor (full-time). For more information, please visit:
https://cdn.cider.osaka-u.ac.jp/2025/06/20250530_recruitment_EN.pdf
Inquiry:
Masako Hiroi, Email: kansensyo-soumu@office.osaka-u.ac.jp
Center for Infectious Diseases Education and Research, The University of Osaka
The Joachim Herz Foundation offers support to up to 80 scientists from the fields of business administration, economics, life sciences and materials science who are working on interdisciplinary research projects in the field of “Resources of the Future” and are motivated to further develop the transfer potential of their research.
The funding is aimed at researchers in the early stages of their careers – including doctoral students, postdocs and junior professors – working on interdisciplinary research topics of social relevance in the field of “Resources of the Future”. Depending on the discipline, this connection can be established in different ways. It is important that the projects already show transfer potential, even if concrete transfer goals are not yet or only slightly developed. In addition, researchers must be employed at a university or non-profit research institution in Germany at the time of application or their research must be otherwise funded there.
Fellows receive funding of up to 15,000 euros for two years. The funding can be used flexibly, e.g. for travel costs and participation fees for research stays, conference visits, further training or other research-related events (including fellowship meetings), for the acquisition of special aids (e.g. hardware or software), data acquisition or collection, for measures to further develop the transfer potential, or for organizing scientific conferences and for activities in science communication.
Successful applicants can also apply for additional funding of up to 3,000 euros for equal opportunities. This is intended to make it easier to reconcile work and family life, for example when looking after children or caring for relatives.
Applications can be submitted from March 17 to May 16, 2025. For additional information, please visit https://www.joachim-herz-stiftung.de/en/research/add-on-fellowships-for-interdisciplinary-science-and-transfer (also source of information).
The ZEIT-Verlag is calling for applications for its ZIA (Arabic “the shiny one”, Latin “the seed”) fellowship program. The one-year program (language: mostly German) intends to support female and female-presenting scientists in their professional and personal development. Fellows will be given the opportunity to build networks with their co-fellows and with role models from academica, research, industry and the public sector in order to strengthen the fellows’ profiles and potential within academia.
Eligible to apply are students about to finish their bachelor / master studies, (future) PhD students, postdocs and junior professors.
Applications are accepted until 31 August 2025. The program will start in October 2025 with a digital kick-off event. The first in-person meeting will take place in form of a networking event during Berlin Science Week, another event will take place during the Falling Walls Conference. There will be workshops and digital events throughout the year.
For additional information, please visit https://zeitfuerx.de/forschung/fellow-werden/ (also source of information).
The Elsa-Neumann-Scholarship provides funding for doctoral researchers at the four Berlin universities. Scholarships can be awarded either as full scholarships to prepare a doctoral thesis (up to 36 months) or as completion scholarships for advanced doctoral research projects (maximum 12 months).
To have a chance of success, an applicant’s academic performance must be far above average, which is usually demonstrated by the final grade of their university degree(s). The doctoral project must be expected to make an important contribution to the candidate’s field of research. Applicants are only eligible for an Elsa Neumann scholarship if they have not yet received public funding for their doctoral project.
There are two regular application periods every year: in April (scholarship then starts in October) and in November (scholarship then starts in April).
The next round of applications runs from mid-September to mid-November, 2025.
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants are $150,000 research grants given annually to support promising researchers applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases.
Researchers 35 years of age and under are eligible (also doctoral researcher)
More information:
https://www.michelsonmedicalresearch.org/michelson-prizes-next-generation
Full application details:
https://michelsonprizes.smapply.org/protected/nr/Z5wCQ/Michelson_Prize_Program_Structure_2025_NOqRVtY.pdf
Die Ausschreibung des Deutschen Studienpreises der Körber-Stiftung richtet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen aller Fachrichtungen, die im Jahr 2024 eine exzellente Dissertation von besonderer gesellschaftlicher Bedeutung vorgelegt haben. Mit drei Spitzenpreisen von je 25.000 Euro gehört er zu den höchstdotierten deutschen Nachwuchspreisen. Den Alumni stehen zudem vielfältige Förderangebote offen – vom Mentoring für die Wissenschaftskarriere über einen Konferenzmittel-Fonds bis zur Teilnahme am Max-Planck-Programm für Startup-Gründungen.
Einsendeschluss für die aktuelle Ausschreibung ist der 1. März 2025.
Die Dissertation kann in englischer Sprache verfasst sein, der eingereichte Beitrag jedoch ausschließlich auf Deutsch.
Alle Informationen zur Teilnahme finden Sie hier.
Each year, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers for a minimum period of three months up to a maximum of one year. European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan whereas Japanese Fellows are expected to do their research in Europe.
The foundation supports all fields of research. There are no limitations or restrictions. Applicants do not have to be currently enrolled or employed at the time of applying.
Canon Fellows from Europe are free to choose their host institutes and hosts in Japan. The same freedom is given to Japanese Canon Fellows coming to Europe. Canon Foundation Research Fellowships may be applied for when an agreement on co-operation and on a research plan has been reached between the guest researcher and the proposed host institution.
Applications can also be submitted by members of commercial, industrial, governmental or professional organisations.
All Europeans are eligible to apply (including UK, Israel, Turkey, Balkan and Baltic countries).
Applicants should have obtained at least a Master’s or PhD degree within the last ten years of applying to the Canon Foundation. They will also consider candidates who obtained their qualification more than ten years ago as long as they provide further supporting information in their application. Priority is given to applicants going to Europe and Japan for the first time rather than those planning to prolong their stay abroad.
The next application deadline will be 15 September 2025 for applications starting between January and December 2026.
Financial support for Research Fellows can reach up to 30,000 Euros per year and pro-rata for different periods. The Research Fellow can decide what costs the grant can be used for. Examples are living costs, travel, insurance, research costs, books, etc. There are no restrictions.
The average success rate is around 10%. Funding decisions are based on the quality of the research plan, the reference letters and the host confirmation. The success rate is not influenced by gender, age and nationality.
For additional information, please visit https://www.canonfoundation.org/programmes/research-fellowships/ (also source of information).
Your competition entry should be an article or infographic about your research work, in which you summarise the results of your dissertation in a way that is generally understandable, clear and exciting for an audience with a certain level of general knowledge but without any relevant prior knowledge.
Institute Directorates can now nominate outstanding female postdocs for participation.
The successful program “Sign Up!” will start again in January 2026. It offers female post-doctoral researchers of the MPS the opportunity to participate in a high-quality career training. The program supports them in their career and leadership development and prepares them for leadership roles in the scientific community. As of now, the Institute Directorates can nominate female scientists at postdoctoral level for participation. Please get in touch in case you want to get nominated.
Sign Up! For Your Career supports excellent female academics in the early postdoc phase on their career path as academics: Where do I stand in terms of my academic portfolio? Where do I want to go? What strengths does my profile have? Which areas of development need more attention? How do I combine my stay abroad with my partnership/family? Which next postdoc station makes sense for my long-term career goal and are my scientific ambitions compatible with my ideas about my life balance?
Who can participate?
Up to 20 post-doctoral researchers can be selected for the program Sign Up! For Your Career.
Candidates should
What does the program offer?
The program includes four seminar modules of 2 to 3 days, offering personal skill training and providing information on scientific careerbuilding. Discussions with alumnae of the program who are now top scientists, will give participants first-hand insights about the opportunities and challenges lying ahead.
The seminar modules will focus on the following areas:
Sign Up! For Your Career starts with a face-to-face module from February 23rd – 25th 2026, followed by an online seminar from March 24th – 25th 2026. The second face-to-face module will take place from June 15th – 17th 2026, the third and last face-to-face module will take place November 9th – 11th 2026. The face-to-face modules take place at the Harnack Haus in Berlin (unless a virtual implementation is necessary due to a pandemic or other reasons).
The Caroline von Humboldt Award (CvH Award), endowed with 15,000 Euros, is awarded annually to a female junior researcher from Germany or abroad. Professors from universities or non-university research institutions in Germany or abroad can nominate candidates. Unfortunately, nominations by professors within the HU are not possible. The prize money is intended to enable the award winner to carry out a research project as part of a research stay at the Humboldt University (“Scientist in Residence”).
The CvH Prize is open to (international) young female scientists whose doctorate was awarded no longer than seven years ago (plus 2 years per child if applicable) and who do not hold a full professorship. Proposals for the award must be submitted by professors from university and non-university research institutions as well as universities of applied sciences. In addition, the written consent of the junior researcher to be included in the respective research project or at the respective chair of Humboldt-Universität must be enclosed (please note: a research stay at Charité is not possible).
Applications can be submitted until May 18th, 2025. For additional information, please check https://chancengerechtigkeit.hu-berlin.de/en/ausschreibungen/caroline-von-humboldt-preis-2025.