A quicker route to the top
Leibniz University Hannover offers academics an outstanding and diverse research environment. It wants to encourage excellent young academics, identify suitable professors at an early stage and retain them at Leibniz University Hannover.
The Process
We recommend that candidates contact the prospective host institute or the relevant faculty at Leibniz University as early as the planning phase of the application for one of the above-mentioned types of funding. At the initiative of the presidential board and the faculty, a review of a potential tenure track model can then already commence while the application for third-party funding is being drawn up. The presidential board, faculty and institute then liaise to assess the fit and compatibility of the junior research group with the university’s research profile. Furthermore, they will also look at whether the faculty could provide a tenured position.
If a tenure position is identified, a shorter appointment process can begin after assessment by the funding body when the second stage of the application process has been reached. The prerequisite for the appointment is approval for the junior research group. If the junior research group has already been approved, the assessment of the fit and, if necessary, the faster appointment process, can start immediately after contact is made and the approval documents have been received.
In the case of tenure-track professors appointed following the fast-track process, the interim and tenure evaluations are carried out in line with quality assurance standards of the regulations relevant to tenure-track processes.
If you are interested in the Fast Track to Tenure programme, please submit your application/expression of interest via the LUH appointment portal:
Contact Person
30167 Hannover
