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Successful candidates will be employed as for a period of six years at a Max Planck Institute of their choice. The MPG/the institute will provide the required facilities.

Research group leaders will be appointed as a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Tenure Track Assistant Professor when they start their employment with the MPG (at the same time, if possible). They will have the same rights and obligations as university professors (e.g. the right to award doctorates). They will enjoy full academic and organizational autonomy, i.e. they will have the same ranking as the other professors.

The initial appointment as professor at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will be for 6 years on leave. To ensure that the jointly appointed professors are treated equally to other assistant professors at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, the teaching workload during the tenure phase is 5 contact ours per week during the semester (SWS). This teaching can be carried out at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and at an International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). Teaching at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Assistant professors have the support of a mentoring team during the tenure phase at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. They receive advice on organizing their research environment and feedback on their performance. In addition, structured annual performance evaluations are carried out by the mentoring team and the head of department to identify off-track developments at an early stage.

Evaluations during the employment phase are carried out at the MPG and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø separately in line with each institution's regulations.

After positive evaluation in the final year, candidates are tenured to associate professor (W3 position). Evaluation is based on the university’s pre-defined, transparent assessment criteria. In exceptional cases, the tenure evaluation may be initiated after a minimum of three years, but at the earliest at the same time as the MPG evaluation.

Tenure evaluation will also take place at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø if the evaluation at MPG was negative but the candidates nevertheless request tenure evaluation.

Following a positive tenure evaluation, the candidates will be promoted to the position of associate professor at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø (W3 professorship). From this point on, both the professors' salary and work package will be paid by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. These will be defined individually during appointment negotiations with the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø President.

• Evaluation & Promotion in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Faculty Recruitment & Career System

All applications must be submitted to the following the rules described there. Applicants who are interested in the joint appointment as an assistant professor at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø should indicate this in the online application form.

The two stages of the application process are as follows:

The MPG selects its candidates from among the applicants. Successful candidates are appointed as research group leaders at a Max Planck Institute.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø contacts the candidates who were successful in the MPG selection process. In this second stage, the applicants are asked to submit the documents required for an appointment process at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. This includes:

• Curriculum vitae / résumé
• Degree certificates (including transcript of records)
• Diplomas
• List of publications
• Three selected publications
• Presentation of research strategy
• List of courses taught
• Descriptive statement on teaching strategy and philosophy
• Third-party funding

Please have all of these documents ready to avoid a delay. However, it is neither necessary nor advisable to send application documents to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø unless requested to do so.

Candidates must fulfill the recruitment requirements for Tenure Track Assistant Professors at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. After completing their degree and doctorate, candidates must have undertaken substantial research and obtained international experience, and their academic performance must be commensurate with the early stage of their career based on current international assessment criteria. Details: FAQ on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Faculty Recruitment and Career System

The appointment process at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø takes a maximum of three months.