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H2020COFUND2017–2023

LMUResearchFellows · The LMU Research Fellowship Program: Promoting excellent early-stage postdoctoral researchers at LMU Munich

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2017-10-01 → 2023-09-30
EU contribution
€3,540,000
Participants
28
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

The LMU Research Fellowship Program: Promoting excellent early-stage postdoctoral researchers at LMU Munich

As a leading international research-intensive university, LMU places a major focus on the provision of optimal conditions and reliable career options for junior researchers at all stages of their academic career. To this end, the University extended its successful “LMU Research Fellowship” Program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) grant. As part of the grant, LMU pursued the following objectives: 1) Enhancing the international make-up of the existing Incoming LMU Research Fellowship Program and integrating a mandatory segment of international or cross-sectoral mobility 2) Expanding the program by offering Outgoing LMU Research Fellowships 3) Increasing the number of fellowships offered 4) Developing the quality assurance of the program by establishing a multi-stage selection process based on international peer review 5) Extending the University’s support services The action was directed at early-career postdocs from all fields of research and was designed to support their career development and mobility. Successful candidates managed their own research project with the academic support of an experienced LMU professor and undertook research stays at partner organizations abroad. Fellows received an attractive salary and a substantial budget to cover material and travel expenses for two years (in exceptional cases three years). During their time in Munich, they could make use of the excellent research infrastructure at LMU and benefitted from the wide range of professional training options and support services on offer. • Incoming Fellowships were directed at international postdocs who had completed their doctoral degree within the last three years. Incoming fellows conducted their research at LMU in Munich and were required to undertake a three- to six-month research stay at academic partner institutions abroad or to collaborate with non-academic institutions. • Outgoing Fellowships were targeted at postdocs who had completed their doctoral degree within the last year. This scheme also gave LMU doctorate holders the opportunity to apply for a fellowship. Outgoing fellows initially undertook a 12-month secondment to an academic institution in a country outside the European Union before returning to LMU for a 12-month reintegration phase. LMU has successfully implemented the program, providing optimal conditions for the advancement of the academic careers of outstanding international postdoctoral researchers, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

As a leading European research university, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Muenchen is committed to providing optimal conditions and reliable career paths for early-career researchers. To this end, the University aims to expand its successful LMU Research Fellowship Program, which provides excellent research options and professional training conditions for outstanding international postdoctoral researchers from any field of research. The program gives Research Fellows the opportunity to carry out their own independent research project with the support of an LMU professor. As part of COFUND, the program will be differentiated into an incoming and a new outgoing fellowship scheme and provide additional international and cross-sectoral training opportunities to foster the mobility of Research Fellows. Incoming fellows will be able to undertake secondments of three to six months to international academic partner institutions. Alternatively, they may collaborate with a non-academic partner institution in the Greater Munich area or elsewhere. Outgoing fellowships will be offered to excellent postdocs with a doctorate from LMU in order to promote the scientific exchange with non-EU countries. Fellows will be seconded to an academic partner institution in a Third Country during an outgoing phase of 12 months and will be reintegrated into a department at LMU during their 12-month return phase. As a rule, incoming and outgoing fellowships will be awarded for two years. In exceptional cases, funding for an additional year may be granted for projects whose scope and originality require additional research time as part of 2+1 fellowships. In summary, the expansion of the LMU Research Fellowships will enhance the career development of international postdocs, extend LMU’s regional and international network of collaborations and contribute to the circulation of outstanding researchers and scientific innovations as part of the realisation of the European Research Area.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN · PlaneggCoordinatorGermany
  • Archaelogical Collection of the Bavarian State · BerlinUnknown Region
  • BAYERISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN · MUNCHENGermany
  • BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK · MunchenGermany
  • DEUTSCHES MUSEUM VON MEISTERWERKEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNIK · MunchenGermany
  • Egyptian Museum Munich · BerlinUnknown Region
  • Five Continents Museum (formerly State Museum of Ethnology) · BerlinUnknown Region
  • HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH · NeuherbergGermany
  • KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · LeuvenBelgium
  • MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV · MUNCHENGermany
  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO · TOKYOJapan
  • PEKING UNIVERSITY · BEIJINGChina
  • SORBONNE UNIVERSITE · ParisFrance
  • STAATLICHE NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE SAMMLUNGEN BAYERNS · MunchenGermany
  • State Collections of Antiquities in Munich · BerlinUnknown Region
  • TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY · Tel AvivIsrael
  • THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
  • THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD · OxfordUnited Kingdom
  • THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · OaklandUnited States
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH · EdinburghUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA · BarcelonaSpain
  • UNIVERSITAT ZURICH · ZurichSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG · StrasbourgFrance
  • UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY · Gif-Sur-YvetteFrance
  • UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT · UtrechtNetherlands
  • UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM · AmsterdamNetherlands
  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Zhejiang University · HANGZHOUChina

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union