Junior research groups (R3)

Research groups led by Early Career Researchers, i.e. postdocs at a relatively early career stage (R3), are an important instrument for promoting innovative research and scientific careers. We show you which junior research groups are supported at Humboldt-Universität.

Emmy Noether Junior Research Groups

The Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation offers outstandingly qualified scientists in early career phases the opportunity to qualify for a university professorship by independently leading a group over a period of six years.

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm06/2025 - 06/2028

Organoxenon Compounds as Versatile Oxidizers in Organometallic Chemistry (OrgXeMet)

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Alberto Perez Bitrian

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm07/2024 - 06/2027

Dragonics

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Nakib Haider Protik

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm06/2024 - 05/2027

Sound System Epistemologies: Knowledge & gender in practice

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Stefanie Alisch

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm04/2024 - 03/2030

A comprehensive platform for sustainable biosynthesis of rare natural products in Pichia pastoris

Principal investigator(s): Dr. rer. nat. Gita Naseri

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm04/2024 - 05/2027

“No representation without taxation“ – budgetary powers in the multi-level system

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Ruth Weber

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm10/2023 - 09/2026

Nanoscopic Machines Entangle Chemical Structure (NanoMECHs)

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Michael Kathan

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm01/2022 - 12/2027

Monoaminergic neuromodulation of cortical circuits underlying economic investment decisions

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Torben Ott

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm12/2021 - 09/2028

What's in a name? Computational modeling and experimental investigations on the non-arbitrariness of word label choices

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Fritz Günther

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm07/2021 - 06/2028

Eidetic Representations of Natural Language

Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Alan Akbik

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm03/2021 - 02/2027

Confined carbyne for optoelectronics and optomechanics

Principal investigator(s): Dr. Sebastian Heeg

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm01/2021 - 12/2026

Adaptive Cortical Organization for Distributed Working Memory Storage

Principal investigator(s): Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Christophel

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DFG Emmy Noether Programm12/2020 - 12/2026

The functions of phenotypic plasticity in plant-plant interactions and canopy productivity

Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Tsu-Wei Chen

Junior Research Groups Clusters of Excellence

As part of the clusters of excellence, R3 groups were set up as independent units within the alliances to enable the leaders to further develop their own profile and leadership skills.

Heisenberg Programme (DFG)

The DFG's Heisenberg Programme is aimed at excellent researchers who meet all the formal requirements for appointment to a permanent professorship. It enables them to further develop their own research profile in a targeted manner and to prepare for an academic leadership position.

Junior research groups funded by federal ministries

The funding of junior research groups by federal ministries is aimed at excellent postdoctoral researchers in the early career phase. They can develop their own research project as group leaders within the framework of the funding programme. In contrast to the open-topic funding line of the Emmy Noether Groups (DFG), the federal ministries call for proposals for groups on specific topics on an irregular basis.

ERC Starting Grants

With the Starting Grant, the ERC funds innovative researchers at early career stages (2-7 years after PhD). As a rule, up to 1.5 million euros are available for this purpose. Funding period: 5 years. To the overview of funded projects.

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Dr. Christoph Raiser

Head of Division - Research Advisor Foundations; DFG: Cluster of Excellence, Heisenberg-Programme
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Dr. Valerie Popp

Officer / Advisor - Research Advisor PostDoc Funding: DFG Emmy Noether, Walter Benjamin, Eigene Stelle
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