Young postdoctoral researchers are eligible for the Carl von Linde Junior Fellowship on the basis of excellence, such as an outstanding PhD thesis and a provable impact on the scientific community. Candidates may be former TUM graduate students or qualified young researchers who are integrated into a Focus Group of the TUM-IAS. This fellowship is named after TUM Professor Carl von Linde (1842-1934) who invented the air liquefaction and founded the “Linde’s Eismaschinen” company in 1879.

The Institute awards up to five Carl von Linde Junior Fellowships each year. Junior Fellows are expected to create a new research environment at TUM and are full members of TUM‑IAS, which is a non-hierarchical scholarly community. A significant time of the fellowship (one year) may be spent abroad at research institutions of the applicant’s choice.

The TUM-IAS offers postdoctoral fellowships lasting three years with the opportunity to fully devote one’s time to research and the development of their research unit, completely unrestricted by teaching obligations or – in the case of the Medical School – clinical obligations. The fellowship comes with a TUM employment contract at the TV‑L E 14 pay scale. Fellows may interrupt existing positions at TUM in order to continue their appointments after the fellowship period.

Additionally, 100,000 € of financial support for travel and time abroad, organization of workshops etc. are available to each Carl von Linde Junior Fellow. Fellows will be given a maximum degree of freedom as to how they utilize these funds (administered by the TUM‑IAS) and their time.

Carl von Linde Junior Fellows may apply for funding for doctoral candidates or equivalents (such as an additional Post-Doc position for a limited amount of time) from the TUM-IAS-research Start-up fund (see p.13), enabling these outstanding young scientists to become Research Group leaders.

• The Deans of TUM Faculties, all further members of the “Erweiterte Hochschulleitung (EHL)”, as well as members of the TUM-IAS Board of Trustees can nominate candidates for TUM‑IAS Fellowships (any member of the university community can propose, but the nomination must typically be channeled through the Dean of the hosting Faculty or the Director of the hosting Institute).
• Applications should consist of a nomination letter, a CV including a list of major publications, a short statement of purpose including also any plans aiming at realizing the goals proposed, and a letter of nomination from the Dean of the hosting faculty or another member of the EHL or Board of Trustees.
• Fellowships typically begin with the academic year in October and last three years. The deadline for submission is November 1^st for a fellowship beginning in fall of the following year. Decisions will be mailed by March 1^st. In the event that not all fellowships have been awarded, nominations may be accepted after the November 1^st deadline. Please send nominations directly to the TUM-IAS office.