14 January 2026 || 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. || online 

If you already meet all the requirements for appointment to a permanent professorship, you can apply to the Heisenberg Programme. While you prepare for a future senior academic role, the DFG provides funding to enable you to carry on with high-quality research at the institution of your choice and continue building your academic reputation.

The Heisenberg Programme is directed primarily at those researchers who have qualified for professorship via the Emmy Noether Programme, leadership of a junior research group, DFG project staff positions, private-sector research or mid-level faculty positions. The target group also includes junior professors who have received positive evaluations, those who have achieved their habilitation or an equivalent qualification, and German researchers returning from abroad, as well as appropriately qualified foreign researchers (who have not yet achieved a full professorship) looking to pursue careers in Germany.

Upcoming talks in the Prospects Series

• 10 February 2026, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CET – The Emmy Noether Programme
• 11 March 2026, 10:30 a.m. - noon CET – DFG-Förderangebote für Postdocs (in German)
• 14 April 2026, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. CET – Das Walter Benjamin-Programm (in German)
• 20 May 2026, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. CET – DFG funding Opportunities for Postdocs
• 25 June 2026, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. CET – The Emmy Noether Programme 

Costs
free of charge

Realization
organized by PROSPECTS DFG Research Career Series

Registration
Prior registration is not required. The link to the Webex meeting will be published here on the DFG website a few days before the talk.