Careers in Academia

To get an overview of the German academic system please have a look at this interview from the last Career Day “Academia”:

• German Academic System - Overview (PDF | 9,88 MB)

Our Administrative Project Management office provides an an extremely useful list with funding programs to which you can apply for postdoctoral positions:

http://intranet/Zentraldatenbank/Freigegebene%20Dokumente/Administratives%20Projektmanagement/F%C3%B6rdermittel%C3%BCberblick_PostDocs.pdf

Please find additional info on how to look for postdoc funding here:

http://www.hfsp.org/sites/www.hfsp.org/files/webfm/PRIMER.pdf

If you are interested in applying for funding, please speak to your contact person in Administrative Project Management at a very early stage! You can find your contact person on the DKFZ intranet:

http://intranet/English/adminstab/APM

For postdocs in the US a useful network is German Academics International: www.gain-network.org

You can find a network with DKFZ Alumni from all over the world at www.dkfz-connect.de