At the University of Freiburg, one of Germany’s oldest and most prestigious universities, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) offers fellowships for researchers from all countries and disciplines to pursue their projects within a vibrant academic community.
Our programme for the Academic Year 2026/27:
🔹 Early Career Fellowships
PhD obtained within the last 8 years
at least 6 months of international academic experience
duration: 4–10 months
🔹 Senior Fellowships
PhD and at least 8 years of postdoc experience
at least 6 months of international academic experience
duration: 3–8 months
🔹 Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowship for researchers based in Africa
Affiliated with an African academic institution
PhD and 8+ years of postdoc experience
at least 6 months of international academic experience
Informational graphic for the FRIAS Fellowship Programmes 2026/27. It lists three types of fellowships:
Early Career Fellowships – 4 to 10 months for researchers with a doctoral degree and up to 8 years of postdoctoral experience.
Senior Fellowships – 3 to 8 months for researchers with a doctoral degree and at least 8 years of postdoctoral experience.
Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowship Programme for Researchers from Africa – 6 months for researchers with a doctoral degree, at least 8 years of postdoctoral experience, and affiliation with an institution in Africa.
Application deadline: 13 September 2025, 13:00.
📯 The IHC's first call for applications to hire 4 Assistant Researchers under the FCT Tenure programme has opened:
1️⃣ 2023.11076.TENURE.201: History in the Age of the #Anthropocene
2️⃣ 2023.11076.TENURE.202: #CulturalMediations
3️⃣ 2023.11076.TENURE.204: #Empire and #GlobalHistory
4️⃣ 2023.11076.TENURE.255: Art, Science and Technology and colonial built #heritage
Illustrative image of the call for applications for four Assistant Researchers under the FCT Tenure programme. The deadline for applications is 21 February 2025. More information at ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en. The background of the image is faint, but it is a photograph of the front façade of the Almada Negreiros College, a two-storey 19th century building, with yellow walls, white windows and flanked by two small towers.
(This will be a very long list by the end of the year if I keep it up. We'll see.)
Your statements are basically done after the first few deadlines. I always thought I'd customize extensively for each school.
Nope.
On a week like this (with so many apps due Sep 15), you just don't have time. You have to trust that you already put in the work with your base template. It's a mental shift from fellowship apps.
A few weeks ago someone told me your first practice job is always trash (so don't stress and rip off the bandaid).
I gave my first practice job talk yesterday. Calling it trash might be a little too self-deprecating... but let's just say I've got a LOT of revisions to make. Whew.