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Support for researchers

The foundation of outstanding science is an inspiring environment and optimum general conditions for your research work: Discover our comprehensive range of advice and support services for our scientific staff.

Services for Professors

Munich Dual Career Office

This office offers practical support for newly appointed professors and their families, helping them to find their feet at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and feel at home in a new city.

Faculty@51³Ô¹ÏÍø

This platform supports professors in interdisciplinary leadership and management tasks, as well as in the further education and networking of all 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professors.

Platform

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Leadership Toolbox

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Leadership Toolbox contains practical tools, literature and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø guidelines on the topic of academic leadership.

Leadership Toolbox

Faculty@51³Ô¹ÏÍø Guide

The guide provides newly appointed professors with an overview of the relevant institutions and helps them to find their way around.

Guide (PDF, 1,2 MB)

Professors at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

The faculty comprises over 600 professors. Here you can get an overview, find out about your colleagues and network with them.

Research funding

51³Ô¹ÏÍø ForTe – also known as the Office for Research and Innovation – offers our researchers professional and comprehensive advice on research funding and technology transfer, as well as assistance raising third-party funds.

National

The National Research Funding team assists with issues relating to DFG and BMBF funding as well as funding for large-scale equipment and construction of research facilities.

International

The International Research Funding team is the first point of contact for researchers seeking to raise third-party funds from European or international sources.

External partners

In research projects that include stakeholders from industry and other scientific institutions, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø ForTe helps to provide clarity and offers topical workshops on potential cooperations.

Funding opportunities at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Discover the financial support the university offers its professors for scientific projects and cooperations activities:

  • : These funds are designed to help professors prepare and submit applications for highly competitive funding programs. The support ranges from seed capital to reduced teaching requirements and is available for German Research Foundation (DFG) and EU programs.
  • : The fund supports the foundation and consolidation of international relationships around the world, especially with selected partner universities.
  • : Work as a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø host together with an IAS Fellow and doctoral candidates on interdisciplinary research topics, with the support of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø-IAS resources.
  • : Together with the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) in France, we promote cooperation between European research institutions and companies. We support you in finding partners or with funding for your project.
  • : We facilitate pioneer spirit and transdisciplinary research – Learn more about funding possibilities for innovative research questions.

Bringing technologies to market

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Entrepreneurship Education

Learn how to think and act like an entrepreneur: We impart in-depth knowledge about entrepreneurship, from basic knowledge to advanced skills.

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Entrepreneurship

We support you in founding a technology company – with start-up consulting, qualification opportunities and access to financing.

Entrepreneurship
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Patents and Licenses

Receive advice and information from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø ForTe concerning all aspects of intellectual property – Inventions, patents, software and more.

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Venture Labs

These entrepreneurial innovation centers enable us to assist researchers and students looking to start their own company.

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Services for Postdocs and Doctoral candidates

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Talent Factory for postdocs

We support junior researchers and international postdocs looking to conduct a research project at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Further services for postdocs

We offer an array of opportunities to engage with us, advance your career as a postdoc at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and receive the best possible support.

Postdocs

Support for doctoral candidates

We offer doctoral students an extensive range of funding, training and consultancy services at our 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Graduate School (51³Ô¹ÏÍø-GS).

Wiki for doctoral candidates

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø-GS offers a university public wiki that bundles the most important information about all phases of the doctorate with helpful links and important documents.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researcher

With the 12-month qualification program, researchers are prepared to take on a responsible (leadership) role in research. It is part of the program CareerDesign@51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researcher

51³Ô¹ÏÍøApply

This platform is the entry point for doctoral and postdoctoral opportunities at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT). Open positions are offered here, for which you can apply directly online.

Services for International Researchers

Research and teaching abroad

  • Discover offers for financial support for your research or teaching stay abroad.
  • Continue your education with Erasmus at a university or company of your choice in one of 32 European countries.

Onboarding

Your start at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Are you new to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and looking for some initial information? We offer our employees and researchers a quick overview: about our university and the people behind it, practical links and tools for everyday working life or leisure activities.

Onboarding

Settle in

A successful professional life also includes connecting with similarly minded people and making time for a rich private life. We offer the perfect conditions for you to achieve just that, with various family, accommodation and leisure-related services.

Employee services

Network

We bring together different disciplines in our Schools and Research Centers. This includes encouraging researchers to generate ideas together and promoting close cooperation between researchers and students.

To the Schools

Get to know us

Research results, start-ups and the 'Hidden Champions' behind the scenes – "We are 51³Ô¹ÏÍø" puts the spotlight regularly on the people that make our university what it is. The German-language episodes come out every six weeks.

All podcast episodes

Become part of the community

We connect people across cultural, disciplinary and generational boundaries, thereby fostering a vibrant community. You can become part of this community by joining sports teams, music groups or engaging in international exchange.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Community

Present your research

Whether you are working on a website for your research, a new publication or a press release on a successful project, we can help you increase the visibility of your research and present it to the public and specific audiences.

High-performance technical infrastructure for all researchers

High-quality training and continuing education

Other services and facilities

Pathways to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Would you like to launch your academic career with us, whether as a professor, a postdoc or as a doctoral candidate? We offer attractive conditions for researchers in all career phases, from our 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Faculty Tenure Track program to a range of other opportunities.

Careers and jobs

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