The Heisenberg Programme supports outstanding researchers across all disciplines who have completed habilitation or equivalent qualifications. It offers four funding types including professorships and fellowships, allowing applicants to select or combine these during a five-year funding period to prepare for senior academic roles while continuing research.
Eligible applicants are researchers in all disciplines with habilitation or equivalent qualifications and outstanding research records. Tenure-track professors and those holding permanent professorship-equivalent positions in Germany, as well as researchers abroad with full professorships, are not e
