Recruiting Grants
Support for measures aimed at the targeted recruitment of experienced or leading scientists in the life sciences and university medicine in Berlin. Applications can be submitted at any time.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
With the Recruiting Grants, the Charité Foundation supports the permanent recruitment of experienced or leading scientists for the life sciences and university medicine in Berlin. It funds critical components of recruitment such as adequate remuneration, attractive additional equipment, dual career measures, and travel expenses for preparation.
Eligible expenses
- Appropriate remuneration
- Dual career measures
- Attractive additional equipment
- Travel expenses
Non-eligible expenses
- Administrative costs/overhead flat rates
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
- Educational Institutions
Funding requirements
- Application must be submitted by at least one board member of Charité
- Recruiting Grant must be essential in content and financially for recruitment
- Recruiting Grantee must meet career level R3 or R4
- Co-financing by the applicant is required
Documents required for application
- ProgramInfo_RecrGrants24_en_final.pdf
- Form_Recruiting_Grants_24.docx
- Data_Protection_Notice.pdf
- Financial_Plan_Recruiting_Grants_24.xlsx
Evaluation criteria
- Relevance of the Recruiting Grant for recruitment and appropriateness of the funding
- Current position as well as qualifications and achievements of the Recruiting Grantees
- Success in acquiring competitive third-party funding ("Money Follows Researcher")
- Contribution of the recruitment to strengthening a research focus of the Berlin Life Sciences
- Contribution to increasing diversity (gender, background, internationality, age)
- Long-term perspective and development potential
Description
The Charité Foundation specifically promotes the permanent recruitment of experienced and leading scientists (career levels R3 / R4) in the life sciences and university medicine in Berlin through the Recruiting Grants. A grant of up to €750,000 is available over a maximum of three years and covers critical elements of recruitment: appropriate remuneration, attractive additional equipment, dual career measures, and travel expenses for preparation. A prerequisite is co-financing by the applying institution (board member of Charité or cooperating partner) as well as proof that the Recruiting Grant is indispensable both substantively and financially. The planning includes the creation of a permanent W2/W3 professorship or a genuine tenure-track option and takes into account the contribution to strengthening a research focus, diversity (gender, origin, internationality, age), and—particularly weighted—the acquisition of competitive third-party funding (“Money Follows Researcher”). Administrative costs and overheads are not funded.
Interested parties are established group leaders, junior professors, assistant professors, or comparable profile holders aiming for a professorship or leadership position at Charité or joint professorships. The application consists of a strategic justification, proof of qualifications, and a financial plan and can be submitted at any time. Evaluation criteria include the relevance and appropriateness of the funding, the scientific excellence of the nominees, the contribution to profile development of life sciences across Berlin, as well as the sustainability of the personnel perspective. Travel expenses can be approved in advance without conditions. Applicants use the official form and submit all required attachments (program information, application form, data protection notice, financial plan) to the Charité Foundation.
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