TUD Young Investigators
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Goals & Benefits
Our Objectives
The “TUD Young Investigator” status strengthens excellent, independent junior research group leaders by fostering their integration into the faculties and
offering a qualification program FAST FORWARD tailored to their particular needs.
This scheme aims to counteract the structural disadvantages sometimes experienced by this group of researchers due to their lack of defined status and inadequate or nonexistent connection to a faculty.
Your Rights
The status is awarded for a limited time and entails the following rights:
Every “TUD Young Investigator” will
- choose a TUD university professor as a mentor and direct contact,
- be accepted by the faculty as an assessor and examiner in doctoral procedures, particularly concerning the dissertations they (co-)supervise,
- participate in teaching,
- be integrated into their respective faculty, including the possibility to attend public parts of Faculty Council meetings as a guest,
- get the opportunity to participate in a range of training exclusively designed to address the needs of academics in this qualification phase.
Information on the application process
Who can apply?
- Junior research group leaders with fixed-term contracts with the TU Dresden or a partner institution of the DRESDEN-concept,
- with own budget and staff responsibility,
- who are academically independent and without affiliation to a professor,
- who heads a research group with at least two academics (excluding the head).
- In addition to a completed doctorate with a grade of at least excellent (magna cum laude), evidence of performance suitable for postdoctoral lecturer qualification (Habilitation equivalent)1 is required.
How does the application process work?
FAST FORWARD | Qualification Program
Our Qualification Program FAST FORWARD is exclusively designed for
TUD Young Investigators.
Networking Events
In addition to the workshops, various event formats offer an excellent opportunity to strategically expand one's scientific network and swap expertise with other research group leaders.
- Mensa Meet Up
- Regulars' Table
- Summer Party of the Graduate Academy
TUD Young Investigator | Overview
School of Science
School of Engineering Sciences
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
School of Medicine
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Appointed TUD Young Investigator | Alumni
Get in Touch
© Klaus Gigga
Deputy Head of Unit
NameAngela Böhm M.A.
Career Development , TUD Young Investigators, PR & Events
Visiting address:
Graduiertenakademie Mommsenstraße 7
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
Appointments by arrangement
Footnotes
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A “Habilitation” is a post-doctoral qualification or academic degree. The process of gaining a “Dr. habil” is similar to that of the Ph.D. degree and is conferred for a habilitation thesis, which results from a pervasive period of research (six years on average).
Traditionally, it was the qualification for becoming a professor at German (and some other European) universities. However, since a change in the law in 2002, it is no longer the only path to becoming a professor, although it is still a common way and considered an essential qualification.
Habilitation-equivalent achievements are the quality and the number of publications, documented teaching quality, mentoring of early career researchers, and third-party funding success. The criteria are defined and weighted differently depending on the discipline. The respective faculty decides whether these are present.