Emerging Talents Initiative (FAUeti)

FAUeti

FAU is particularly keen to recognize and encourage outstanding talents from the outset. The Emerging Talents Initiative (FAUeti) is aimed at helping excellent early career researchers apply for external funding. This should give early career researchers the possibility to promote an innovative project independently and extend their academic independence.

Purpose and extent of funding

ETI funding supports outstanding early career researchers by enabling them to submit an application to an external funding provider within the funding period (12 months)(e.g. DFG or ERC).

The maximum amount of funding that may be awarded is 15,000 euros. Within this budget, postdoctoral researchers may apply for any measures required to prepare their application for external third-party funding.

Target group

All postdoctoral researchers at FAU who gained their doctoral degrees during the last four years who have not completed their habilitation or an interim evaluation as part of an assistant professorship are eligible to submit an application. The program is not open to early career researchers at the Faculty of Medicine, as the Faculty offers similar programs of its own (e.g. ELAN/IZKF – first-time applicant program).

Call for applications

Calls for applications are issued twice a year for ETI, FAU’s internal funding program for early career researchers. We will let you know our decision on your application for funding approximately three months after the deadline for applications.

Grantees

FAU is proud of its talents and its excellent early career researchers who have received ETI funding. A list of all ETI funding recipients at the Faculties is available below.