Aim “Through the initiative “Global Minds in DFG Consortia”, the DFG offers consortia funded under the programmes Collaborative Research Centres (CRC and CRC/Transregio) and Clusters of Excellence (EXC) the opportunity to recruit highly qualified, experienced researchers currently working abroad who are seeking to continue their careers within the German research system, in accordance with the Global Minds Initiative Germany initiated by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). […] Funding is intended for the recruitment of researchers who have been working abroad for at least three years at the time of proposal submission.”
Target Group universities in Germany that are currently the applicant universities of an active Cluster of Excellence or Collaborative Research Centre
Duration up to 5 years
Funding up to € 3.5 million (“Professorships” module) | “Mercator Fellows Global”
