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Young Faculty Network

The Young Faculty Network offers tenure track professors at Philipps-Universität Marburg comprehensive support on their way to successfully establishing and taking over a tenured professorship. With the establishment of the network, the university wants to contribute to the meeting and networking of its tenure track professors and other scientists at career level R3 with a dedicated space, promoting scientific exchange across disciplinary and departmental boundaries. The goal is to strengthen the presence in national and international research and thereby the competitiveness of its members.

More information about the Young Faculty Network.

  • Organization and contact 

    Head: Prof. Dr. Gert Bange, Vice President for Research
    Deputy head: Prof. Dr. Sabine Pankuweit, Vice President for Equal Opportunities and Career Development

    Contact:
    MArburg University Research Academy MARA
    Deutschhausstr. 11+13
    35032 Marburg
    mara@uni-marburg.de

  • Membership 

    As a tenure-track professor under § 64(3)(3) Hesse State Higher Education Act (HHG), you are automatically a member. Additionally, upon receipt of a temporary professorship of another (third-party funded) program aiming at career level R3, you also become a member immediately. 
    Are you the head of a junior research group? Or have you, as a research assistant, successfully completed the determination of the developmental status under § 7 Tenure Track Rules of Philipps-Universität Marburg? You are very welcome in that case, too!

  • Networking activities 

    The Young Faculty Network regularly organizes networking meetings such as networking lunches and the annual meeting of its members. We are happy to support you in implementing your own formats according to your ideas. Please contact us! 
    The next dates for networking events will be announced here soon.

    Junior research group leaders are currently organizing their joint events via this list: nachwuchsgruppenleitungen@lists.uni-marburg.de

  • Funding Line A – external networking 

    The Young Faculty Network promotes your contacts to external research institutions and enables you to invite outside guests or apply for reimbursement of travel expenses to new cooperation partners. Each member has the opportunity to apply for mobility funds of up to 3000 euros for their own research trips or for external guests once during their membership. You can apply at any time.

    You can apply taking into account the relevant guidelines of the university with regard to travel expenses:
    ·       Generally a maximum of 3000 euros for travel expenses/accommodation costs at home and abroad, or
    ·       Generally a maximum of 3000 euros for travel expenses/accommodation costs for outside guests (including from abroad) of the members of the Young Faculty Network.

    Approval criteria:
    ·       The applicant will classify his or her associated research project with reference to the strategy of the department or center of which he or she is a member.
    ·       A consultation with the management of the Young Faculty Network has taken place in advance.

    Application form Funding Line A – External Networking

  • Funding Line B – internal networking 

    The Young Faculty Network supports your formats for internal networking up to an amount of 3000 euros. The prerequisite is that at least three members of the network from at least two departments, institutes or centers at Philipps-Universität Marburg want to initiate a new joint research topic. Of course, other scientists, even external ones, can also participate. You can apply at any time.

    Applications can be made for:
    ·         Generally, a maximum of 3000 euros. The money can be spent as needed within the framework of the planned event. The relevant guidelines of the university must be observed, e.g. with regard to hospitality, travel expenses, rental, events outside Marburg, etc.
    ·         The use of special rooms/locations of the university such as the Old Lecture Hall (Alte Aula), the lecture room at the University Library, seminar rooms at Marburg Castle and the Old Botanical Garden. Digital events are of course also possible.
    ·         Holding a retreat outside of Marburg.

    Approval criteria:
    ·         A total of at least three members of the network from at least two departments, institutes or centers at Philipps-Universität Marburg must submit the application jointly.
    ·         The topic must be new to the chosen constellation of participants. That is, the individual researchers may have expertise in the chosen topic area, but they should not already be working together on the same topic, either at an academic unit at UMR or on a collaborative project that is ongoing or has already been applied for.
    ·         Applicants will classify their own research projects with reference to the strategy of the department or center of which they are a member.
    ·         The event must last at least one day. Beyond that, there are no time restrictions.
    ·         A consultation on the design of the event with the management of the Young Faculty Network has taken place in advance.
    ·         The applicant will classify his or her own research project in relation to the strategy of the department or center of which he or she is a member.

    Application form for Funding Line B – Internal Networking

  • Additional opportunities and contact points 

    Family Service and Dual Career

    The Family Service is the point of contact for all challenges in balancing family and career, including questions about childcare and opportunities for dual career couples. More information

    Continuing education and training

    Through the Department of Human Resources Development, you will find, among other things, information on the welcome package for newly appointed professors and information on coaching services tailored to your needs, e.g. on leadership skills. Of course, you can also seek advice here. More information

    A key institution for you is the MArburg University Research Academy (MARA) graduate institution. MARA offers a wide range of topics and formats for R3 postdocs and tenure-track professorships, from proposal coaching to appointment training and chair management, and much more. You can also get involved with MARA’s board of directors or one of its science groups. More information

    Would you like to develop your teaching further? Higher Education Didactics will be happy to support you! More information

    The interuniversity Continuing Education Program (iUW) primarily offers courses for managers in administration, but the continuing education courses in the field of science management may also be of interest to you. More information

    Study and teaching

    Your questions about the area of study and teaching, e.g. teaching development, quality assurance and course development, will be answered in the Department of Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance. More information

    Would you like to develop your teaching further? Higher Education Didactics will be happy to support you! More information

    Research funding

    Would you like advice on the formal application process as well as on the organization and review of contracts in the context of third-party funded projects or on knowledge and technology transfer? Your contact here is the Department of Structural Development and Research. Information on internal university research funding programs such as the Research Promotion Fund or the FlexiFunds of the Central Hesse Research Campus can also be found here.
    ·        Research funding 
    ·        EU research funding
    ·        Transfer 

    Philipps-Universität Marburg is an internationally active and cosmopolitan university that cooperates on research and teaching in numerous active partnerships with universities and research institutes from all over the world, supporting you in your international research collaborations. More information

    Are you looking for advice on start-up promotion? Then you are very welcome at the Marburg Institute for Innovation Research and Start-up Promotion (MAFEX). More information

    Promoting young talent

    Do you have any questions about the promotion of young researchers at Philipps-Universität Marburg, e.g. general conditions, regulations or funding tools of the university? Then please contact the Office for Young Researchers. More information

  • Academic hiring culture and tenure track 

    Philipps-Universität continuously develops the quality management of its appointment processes. The core elements of the Marburg academic hiring culture are set forth in four guiding principles and, in the sense of a procedural culture, are taken into account at all phases of appointment procedures – regardless of whether a tenure-track professorship or a permanent professorship is to be filled. More information