Current calls for nominations
Hector Research Career Development Award
The Hector Fellow Academy supports the career development of W1-level assistant professors (with or without tenure track) and junior research group leaders in similar positions in the natural or engineering sciences, medicine or psychology (max. seven years into their postdoc phase). The researchers selected for this honour become members of the Hector Fellow Academy's network of top scientists for five years. They receive 25,000 euros in funding to set up a doctoral position and the opportunity to apply for further funding.
Deadline: 30 October 2026
Die Junge Akademie of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW)
Die Junge Akademie is seeking ten new members for 2027. In this round, self-nominations are permitted – this is the case in odd-numbered years. Die Junge Akademie was founded in 2000 as the first academy for outstanding young researchers. Its members come from all academic disciplines and the arts. They explore the potential and limits of interdisciplinary work, aim to foster dialogue between science, the arts and society, and seek to stimulate debate on science policy. By the end of the application period, candidates should generally have completed their PhD no more than three years and no longer than seven years previously; periods spent on parental leave, caregiving or sick leave are taken into account.
Deadline: 11 November 2026
Förderpreis from the Universitätsgesellschaft Münster
The Universitätsgesellschaft Münster is inviting nominations for its 2027 Förderpreis, which carries a prize of €10,000. The award recognises exceptional research achievements by young academics who are not yet in permanent university lecturing positions. Candidates who have produced exceptional academic work in light of the current state of development in their respective fields are eligible for the prize. Professors at the University of Münster may nominate candidates for the award.
Deadline: 30 November 2026
Bavarian Pioneer Award
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) awards this prize in recognition of visionary national and international technological research that is shaping our future. The successful translation of these innovations into commercial products with a significant societal impact is a key criterion for awarding the prize. In 2027, groundbreaking innovations will be recognised in the following priority areas: quantum technologies, cyber security and innovative energy systems. The prize is endowed with 300,000 euros, which the winner may use at their discretion.
Deadline: 30 November 2026
wissen.kommuniziert. Der Preis der Universitätsgesellschaft Münster für Wissenschaftskommunikation
The Universitätsgesellschaft Münster awards this this 10,000-euro prize to researchers and initiatives from all departments at the University of Münster who succeed in communicating scientific findings in a particularly diverse, original and sustainable manner. They should have distinguished themselves through exceptional and innovative achievements, for example in the field of intradisciplinary or transdisciplinary communication, in communicating complex scientific findings to the general public, and/or in conveying scientific content in academic teaching. Proposals for the nomination of candidates or initiatives may be submitted by members of the academic staff ("Professor*innen") at the University of Münster.
Deadline: 31 December 2026
