Zukunftskolleg two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship
Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz
Who can apply: You must hold a doctoral degree granted between 30 September 2024 and 1 October 2026. Earlier graduation dates may be accepted for maternity or paternity leave, or for working contracts outside academia. You must not hold a permanent professorship, nor a habilitation or equivalent (venia legendi); candidates who… What is funded: Four two-year fellowships at the Zukunftskolleg, the University of Konstanz Institute for Advanced Study for early career postdoctoral researchers. The downloadable call text (reference 2026/138) advertises them as full-time positions at German public-sector pay grade E 13 TV-L, and says the post can in principle be… Deadline: 12 October 2026. Round: The 2026 call, for four fellowships with a preferred start date of 1 April 2027. Applications are assessed in two stages by international reviewers and candidates hear the outcome around mid-February 2027..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, official page.
Who can apply
- You must hold a doctoral degree granted between 30 September 2024 and 1 October 2026. Earlier graduation dates may be accepted for maternity or paternity leave, or for working contracts outside academia. You must not hold a permanent professorship, nor a habilitation or equivalent (venia legendi); candidates who already hold their own position funded by another programme are eligible if that funding can be transferred to Konstanz. Your proposed project has to tie in with a discipline represented at the University of Konstanz and you should name two potential local hosts, though you do not have to contact them first. Fellows must live in or near Konstanz. No nationality or residence restriction is stated anywhere in the call, and the working language is English. The application is a one-page letter of motivation, a five-page research proposal including references, a CV, a writing sample of at most 30 single pages and two reference letters; exceeding the page limits on the motivation letter, the proposal or the writing sample makes the application ineligible.
Stage dates
Deadline 11:00 CET. Everything except the reference letters goes through the online application portal; the two referees may e-mail their letters directly to [email protected] by the same deadline.12 October 2026
Candidates are informed around mid-February 2027; no exact date is published.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.