Emil-Fischer-Fellowship-Programme (EFF)

Emil Fischer Fellowship Programme of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy

The programme

In an effort to provide active support for early career lecturers, the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy launched its Emil Fischer Fellowship Programme in 2011.

The Programme was also designed to provide an incentive for researchers to deliver excellence from the start of their careers. For this purpose, outstanding junior researchers who have demonstrated their ability to develop promising approaches to research in their fields are entrusted with independent responsibility for their research and teaching activities at an early stage of their careers. Emil Fischer Fellows have many of the rights that Junior Professors have.

Emil Fischer

The Fellowship is named after Emil Hermann Fischer (1852 - 1919), who taught chemistry at the University of Würzburg between 1885 and 1892. Emil Fischer acquired his reputation as a chemist with his studies on sugars at Würzburg. In 1902, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on carbohydrates and purines.

Prerequisites

Research lectureship (Forschungsdozentur; Heisenberg Fellowship, Stifterverband etc.)
Habilitation candidates at the Faculty after successful completion of their intermediate evaluation
Acquisition of funding for own salary

Emmy Noether Fellowship
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Liebig Fellowship
ERC Starting Grant
Other fellowships or awards the Habilitation committee considers equivalent

Opportunities

Opportunity to supervise doctoral researchers as well as Bachelor’s and Master's thesis projects
Opportunity to independently deliver lectures
Membership of the University’s professorial staff
Opportunity to work as an independent research unit
Authorised examiner (Bachelor’s and Master’s as well as doctoral programmes)