Einstein-Professur

The Einstein-Professur is a funding programme of the Einstein Stiftung Berlin that supports the recruitment or retention of internationally outstanding scholars to professorships at Berlin universities and the Charité. Funding is provided as a one-time supplement for professorial appointments to strengthen university offers when internal resources are exhausted. Awardees hold the title “Einstein-Professor/Einstein-Professorin” for the duration of their appointment funded under the programme.

Title “Einstein-Professor/Einstein-Professorin”; appointment performance bonus; investment funds (equipment up to €500,000); consumables, travel and IT/library costs; personnel funding for up to two years.

Applications may be submitted by the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Universität der Künste Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. For international recruitments, candidates should have been working for at least two years outside the EU and generally show international renown and one year or longer of activity abroad.

Applications are submitted by the university leadership using the foundation's application forms (available from the Einstein Stiftung). Applications must be made while the university and candidate are in the stage of appointment or retention negotiations and must include the requested budget, its breakdown and the university's own offer.