<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><h2>A great opportunity for junior researchers in all disciplines: The
‘Freigeist’ initiative is directed toward enthusiastic and charismatic
scientists and scholars with an outstanding record: through a highly
flexible funding scheme junior researchers are given the opportunity to
enjoy maximum freedom in their early scientific career.</h2>
<h4>Objective</h4>
<p class="">A ‘Freigeist’ fellow: for the Volkswagen Foundation
this means a young researcher with a strong personality, a creative
mind, an ability to identify and use freedom, dedicated to overcoming
resistance. If necessary, he or she will be a free spirit, enjoying the
unexpected, even unexpected difficulties. A ‘Freigeist’ fellow opens up
new horizons and combines critical analysis with imagination and
innovative solutions. By thinking ahead the ‘Freigeist’ fellow will act
as a catalyst in overcoming existing disciplinary, institutional and
even national boundaries.
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<h4>Scope of Funding</h4>
<p class="">The ‘Freigeist’ scheme is deliberately left open to
all disciplines and topics. The main focus is on junior researchers (up
to 5 years of postdoctoral experience) working at the borders of
neighbouring fields or disciplines. The ‘Freigeist’ initiative offers
freedom for creative thinking, whilst at the same time providing
security for at least 5 years and in the long run the opportunity to
establish a career within a scientific research organization or
university in Germany. The initiative even incorporates the possibility
to apply for additional components during the funding period (e.g.
funding of staff positions, travel expenses etc.).
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<p class="">Details of conditions and the application procedure can be found under <a href="https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/fileadmin/downloads/merkblaetter/MB_99_e.pdf" target="_blank" class="">Information for Applicants</a>. Applications must be filed electronically via the application portal.
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<h4>Background</h4>
The ‘Freigeist’ initiative builds upon the previous
funding scheme for junior research groups and the Dilthey- and
Schumpeter Fellowships which were terminated recently. These will be
integrated into the ‘Freigeist’ initiative, providing continuous support
for scholars from the humanities and social sciences but at the same
time offering new chances for the sciences as well. The ‘Freigeist’
Fellowships and the Lichtenberg Professorships complement each other
using a different approach and structure.<br><br><a href="https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en/freigeist-fellowships">https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en/freigeist-fellowships</a><br></div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>carlos palombini, ph.d. (dunelm)<br>professor de musicologia ufmg<br>professor colaborador ppgm-unirio<br><a href="http://www.proibidao.org" target="_blank">www.proibidao.org</a><br><a href="http://goo.gl/KMV98I" target="_blank">ufmg.academia.edu/CarlosPalombini</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Palombini2" target="_blank">www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Palombini2</a><br><a href="http://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YLmXN7AAAAAJ" target="_blank">scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YLmXN7AAAAAJ</a><br></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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