The goals and advantages of JF
Goals
To prepare its members to achieve success in their academic or industry careers
To encourage interactions and facilitate collaborations among the faculty
To provide:
- advice on balancing personal and professional responsibilities
- opportunities for skill development
- positive feedback and constructive criticism
- gender equality
Advantages
Opportunity to conduct PhD-supervision as a member of TAC (Thesis advisory committee) with support of your supervisor
Opportunities to receive financial support for further/ continuing education
Opportunity to scientifically network with other junior researchers at social arrangements, such as JF- annual meetings or Science Fair
Mentoring (gender programs, dyadic mentoring, peer-to-peer mentoring)
Requirements for participation
For Joining the JF you will need either a third party funding for at least 24 month (examples are: grants from BMBF, DFG, foundations such as Deutsche Krebshilfe, Herthie or Volkswagen, EU programs, Margarethe-von-Wrangel-habilitation program for women) or two (co-)corresponding authorships on original peer-reviewed publications (not review articles). Additionally, your research focuses should couver the fields of molecular medicine!
Join our JF programme
Fill the application form, inserting your CV and your paper list, in which you mark those papers you are the corresponding author of.
You will be notified by mail about the future proceeding.
Join our Junior Faculty
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