Are you a young scientist with excellent academic credentials and outstanding references? Did you obtain your Ph.D. outside of Germany and not more than three years ago? Does your area of expertise match BAM‘s scientific direction? You would like to successfully implement your own scientific project within one year at BAM? Then become an Adolf Martens Fellow!
What we offer
With the Adolf Martens Fellowship Programme, BAM is funding up to 10 post-doc junior scientists for one year. An extension to collaboration with BAM beyond the Adolf Martens Bursary depends on the work result and the available positions in the department or division. In addition, several national and European third-party funding programs exist through which the stay at BAM can be extended. BAM strongly welcomes and supports Adolf Martens fellows to submit applications to these programs.
Adolf Martens fellows are scientific employees of BAM. Their salary is aligned with the collective agreement for public service (TVöD). Employment contracts may be flexibly designed in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement.
Application procedure
Interested scientists should have precise ideas about the scientific work they would like to conduct at BAM. Before applying, applicants should establish contact with the department or division that will host the applicant. In doing so, applicants and the hosting organisational unit should agree on a research programme and time schedule that correspond to BAM's thematic priorities.
Interested applicants can contact BAM at any time. Applications are reviewed by a team of BAM experts three times a year, on the cut-off dates of 31st of March, 31st of July and 30th of November.
If you are interested, please contact us. Please note: Do not send any documents in the first place. Once you send an informal e-mail at adolf-martens-fellowship@bam.de we will provide you with any templates needed.
The application will include a comprehensive description of the scientific project and the technical equipment that will be available. A curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation from two academics with an international reputation are also required. In addition, a confirmation of willingness to cooperate from the host organisational unit of BAM should be submitted.
Materials researcher Adolf Martens
The programme was named after the materials researcher Adolf Martens, who founded the science of materials testing in Germany 100 years ago. He wrote the first handbook of materials science and actively supported young materials researchers even then. Adolf Martens was the first director of our institute at its current location in Berlin-Dahlem.
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