Professors and junior research group leaders are a fundamental component in supporting researchers in the early stages of their careers at TU Darmstadt.

You supervise doctoral candidates under reliable and transparent conditions, pass on your professional expertise, guide their scientific work and introduce the early career researchers to the national and international scientific community.

For people in the postdoc phase, you will guide the further development of the postdoc's academic portfolio. You are aware of the balance between early academic independence and the supervision and management of postdocs. You will therefore always act as a mentor and create the best conditions for postdocs to be recognized in the international scientific community.

The university-wide strategy “Acquiring, promoting, creating momentum” (opens in new tab) for the promotion of researchers in early career phases outlines the joint goals and the role of professors as supervisors and mentors.

For you as supervisors and mentors, we provide information on the supervision of doctoral candidates at the TU, on recruiting and career development for postdocs and on our activities on the cross-cutting topic of TU support structures for ECR for your third-party funded projects. You will also find an overview of the Ingenium offers for your early career researchers.

Supervising doctoral candidates at TU

Doctoral candidates find a supportive environment at the TU that increases their academic independence and offers them the best possible opportunities for career development.

We provide the following documents and information to help you as supervisors to create this supportive environment in the best possible way:

TU Template Supervision Agreement

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Attracting and promoting the careers of postdocs

With the following funding programmes, TU Darmstadt would like to support you in attracting outstanding (international) postdocs and promoting their scientific independence.

Future Talent Guest Stay

Career Bridging Grant

Ingenium Research Fellowship

Athene Young Investigator

UNICO-Reserach Investigator

Research Mentoring at TU

Support for your application for third-party funding projects

We are happy to support your application for third-party funding projects regarding information on TU Support structures for ECR as central cross-cutting topic.

  • Information on TU support structures for ECR incl. text modules
  • Preparation of presentations and posters
  • Participation on review session

Please feel free to contact .

Offers for Early Career Researchers

The Ingenium portfolio for early career researchers can be found on the corresponding pages – organized by qualification phase.

You are welcome to draw the attention of your early career researchers to our offer.

Our monthly newsletter provides information on current offers and interesting calls for ECRs from Ingenium, the Rhine-Main universities, Unite! and beyond. > Subscribe Ingenium Newsletter

Prospective Doctoral Candidates

Doctoral candidates (R1)

Postdocs (R2)

Researchers in R3-Phase