Carl von Linde Junior Fellow

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. Fellows are expected to participate in TUM-IAS programs and events and organize activities such as a workshop, public talk, or speakers' series in order to contribute to the intellectual life of the Institute and the University. Junior Fellows 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 IAS offers postdoctoral fellowships lasting three years with the opportunity to fully devote one’s time to research, 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 TVL-E14 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 IAS) and their time.

Carl von Linde Junior Fellows may apply for funding for PhD stipends or equivalents (such as an additional Post-Doc position for a limited amount of time) from the IAS-research Start-Up fund (see p.11), enabling these outstanding young scientists to become Research Group leaders. TUM will grant Carl von Linde Junior Fellows who have built up a Research Group the status as PhD advisor.

• The Faculty Deans of TUM, all further members of the "Erweiterte Hochschulleitung", as well as members of the IAS Board of Trustees may nominate candidates for IAS Fellowships. Applications should consist of a nomination letter, a CV including a list of major publications, a short statement of purpose including also any planned events to enhance the Institute's intellectual environment, and a letter of agreement from the Dean of the hosting faculty.

• Fellowships typically begin with the academic year in October and last at least two years. The deadline for submission is November 1st for a fellowship beginning in fall of the following year. Decisions will be mailed by March 1st. In the event that not all fellowships have been awarded, nominations may be accepted after the November 1st deadline. Please send nominations directly to the IAS.