DRS Postdoc Fellowships

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.

The aim of the DRS is to increase the awareness of the needs of doctoral candidates and postdocs in general and to implement sustainable structures to support them systematically. The two core elements of DRS are a professional development program tailored to junior researchers at different career stages and a fellowship program for outstanding postdocs.

The DRS Postdoc Fellowship Program aims to integrate postdoctoral researchers into the university’s interdisciplinary and international research networks in an early phase of their career. It provides funding for outstanding postdoctoral fellows to conduct their own research project.

In addition, it supports the fellows through

• integration into excellent research groups and facilitation of new co-operations in a stimulating research environment
• development of teaching and leadership skills
• professional guidance on obtaining research funding.

DRS HONORS Fellowships

for junior researchers who have recently completed their doctoral studies/ have recently submitted their dissertation in one of the DRS doctoral programs. Duration: maximum 12 months.

DRS COFUND Fellowships

for junior researchers from abroad and from all disciplines with a completed doctorate and a maximum of 6 years postdoc experience. For a COFUND-fellowship we expect researchers to propose their own research project. Duration: 15 months.

DRS POINT II Fellowships

for junior researchers from abroad and from all disciplines with a completed doctorate and a maximum of 6 years postdoc experience. The postdoctoral fellows work in defined research projects. Duration: 18 months.

DRS REGAIN Fellowships

for junior researchers from all disciplines with international research experience, at least one German degree (Abitur, BA/BSc, MA/MSc, PhD/Dr) and a maximum of 6 years postdoc experience. The postdoctoral fellows work in defined research projects. Duration: 18 months.