Team Support for Young Researchers
We offer interdisciplinary and University-wide advising on all DFG programs promoting doctoral and early career researchers and on calls for applications by ministries and foundations, e.g., the Volkswagen Foundation.

(Staff code: -43-)
Section Head
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4073
Tel: +49 40 42838-9079
Deputy: Dr. Julia Schiemann, Karolin Schmidt
Key aspects of activity
- Policy questions regarding support for doctoral and early career researchers
- Individual advising on external funding programs, e.g., Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, Emmy Noether Program, Heisenberg Programmes, Volkswagen Foundation (Freigeist Fellowship, etc.)
- DFG research training groups—advising on application proposals and complete applications, supporting preparation and implementation of DFG institutional evaluations and implementation of DFG institutional evaluations
- Guidance in application procedures
- Activities and workshops related to funding and support opportunities

(Staff code: -431-)
Deputy Section Head, Team Head
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N4078
Tel: +49 40 42838-9478
Deputy: Dr. Wolfgang Röhr, Dr. Julia Schiemann
Key aspects of activity
- Policy questions regarding support for doctoral and early career researchers
- Individual advising on external funding programs, e.g., Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, Emmy Noether Program, Heisenberg Programmes, Volkswagen Foundation (Freigeist Fellowship, etc.)
- DFG research training groups—advising on application proposals and complete applications, supporting preparation and implementation of DFG institutional evaluations and implementation of DFG institutional evaluations
- Guidance in application procedures
- Activities and workshops related to funding and support opportunities
(Staff code: -431.0-)
Coordination of collaborative research funding
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4074
Tel: +49 40 42838-9455
Key aspects of activity
- Policy questions regarding support for postdoctoral researchers
- Individual advising on external funding programs, e.g., Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, Emmy Noether Program, Heisenberg Programmes, BMBF, Volkswagen Foundation
- Guidance in application procedures
- Research-oriented career counseling
- Activities and workshops related to funding and support opportunities

(Staff code: -431.2-)
State Graduate Funding Program / academic prizes / information events / FIT newsletter
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4074
Tel: +49 40 42838-4471
Key aspects of activity
- Supervision of doctoral scholarships from the State Graduate Funding Program
- Supervision of academic prizes
- DAAD program PRIME: advising and assistance on applying for external funding programs (e.g., DFG, BMBF, Volkswagen Foundation)
- Research information events
- FIT newsletter

(Staff code: -431.3-)
Travel funding for conferences
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4077
Tel: +49 40 42838-6979
Key aspects of activity
- Information about the administration (income and expenditures) of earmarked donations to Universität Hamburg
- Information on travel expense claims and the application of funds
(Staff code: -432-)
Team Head
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4007
Tel: +49 40 42838-2288
Fax: +49 40 42838-6386
Deputy: Dr. Wolfgang Röhr
Key aspects of activity
- Policy clarifications on awarding scholarships, differentiation from alternative funding options
- Advising on scholarship opportunities (scholarship providers and scholarship awarding bodies)
- Advising on University directives
(Staff code: -432.1-)
Scholarship management
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4077
Tel: +49 40 42838- 4111
Deputy: Dr. Barbara Lederer
Key aspects of activity
- Advising on the University's scholarships and scholarship programs
- Advising on the awarding of scholarships under external directives
- Review of the awarding of scholarships under external directives
- Information and documentation
(Staff code: -432.2-)
Scholarship contracts
Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg
Room: N 4062
Tel: +49 40 42838-8755
Deputy: Sünje Todt
Key aspects of activity
- Advising on the awarding of scholarships in accordance with directives
- Advising on contract amendments: suspension, amendment, extension or termination of scholarship contracts
- Preparation of scholarship contracts and processing of contract amendments
- Contract management and coordination for scholarship funding