Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme

University of Konstanz, Freiburg Institute of Advances Studies and Tübingen College of Fellows

Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme

Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. The university based Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Tübingen College of Fellows (CoF), and Zukunftskolleg Konstanz (ZuKo) invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA, to apply for the Baden-Württemberg Early Career Rescue Fellowships 2026-2028 (Ref. No. 2025/229)

Funded by the State of Baden-Württemberg they are offering:

14 Postdoctoral Fellowships (2 years)

Fellowship Period: between July 2026 – November 2028
Application Deadline: 9 January 2026, 11:00 AM (CET)

The fellowships are available to researchers from all over the world and from any discipline represented at one of the three universities with a minimum of one year and a maximum of seven years of post-doctoral experience, who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. The aim is to provide time and space for their excellent research and open up international prospects for their future career. The programme offers a two-year research position at one of the three universities, preferred by the applicant, and local disciplinary cooperation, as well as support, resources, networks and exchange within the respective Institute for Advanced Studies with its international and interdisciplinary community of fellows.

For application, please consult the Programme and Application Manual available on the institutes’ homepages and then apply under: APPLICATION FORM

For further questions please contact one of the participating Institutes for Advanced Studies: FRIAS, University of Freibung: Annette Doll, fellowships@frias.uni-freiburg.de, or Tübinger College of Fellows, University of Tübingen: Niels Weidtmann, info@cof.uni-tuebingen.de or
Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz: Mihaela Mihaylova, zuko-application@uni-konstanz.de