Fellowship Programs
The Technical University of Munich has established its Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS) with the goal of creating fields of excellence in “Science and Technology”. Embedded in a comprehensive technical university, TUM-IAS seeks to promote research in fields ranging from natural and applied sciences, life sciences and medicine to all areas of engineering, many of which are strongly influenced by modern science. TUM-IAS awards Fellowships to distinguished researchers and gives them the necessary time and financial support to explore new venues, to develop novel research areas, especially at the border between classical disciplines, and to establish intensive international collaborations as well as collaborations with industry.
Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellowship
for excellent senior physicians working at the TUM School of Medicine and Health, the TUM University Hospital and the German Heart Centre Munich
intending to carry out a research project at the intersection of medicine and another research field within the TUM portfolio.
Anna Boyksen Fellowship
for outstanding top-level female professors from
outside TUM who intend to explore gender-
and/or diversity-relevant topics in the context of
the TUM subject portfolio.
Carl von Linde Fellowship
for excellent TUM faculty members.
Dieter Schwarz Fellowship
for renowned international scientists from outside TUM who intend to explore innovative, high-risk topics in the key areas researched at the TUM Campus Heilbronn.
Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant
for outstanding international scientists from outside TUM who intend to use groundbreaking technology
to propose a radical solution to a major challenge in the area of “Digitization and Sustainability”.
Hans Fischer Fellowship
for outstanding early-career international scientists
from outside TUM.
Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship
for renowned international scientists
from outside TUM.
Philosopher in Residence Fellowship
for internationally leading and emerging representatives of the field of philosophy from outside TUM.
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship
for highly qualified researchers from industry.
Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship
for outstanding, high-potential early-career scientists.
The Fellowships offered by TUM-IAS are subdivided into different categories. With these programs, TUM-IAS seeks to attract scholarly talent on senior- and early-career-level both from inside TUM and from around the globe, as well as researchers from the industry.
In addition, TUM-IAS offers a short-term Visiting Fellowship to its Alumni Fellows to continue or revive their collaboration with TUM, and encourages scientists who would like to explore the possibility of a long-term TUM-IAS Fellowship to consider a first, shorter visit via the TUM Global Visiting Professor Program.
Calls will be published once a year online.