IDEA-League Fellowships 2026
Add to CalendarThe IDEA-League Fellowships enable scientists to carry out research activities of their own choice in collaboration with the respective host institute at ideally two or more universities of the alliance. In addition to establishing long-term collaboration, the use of research infrastructure should also be targeted. To learn more about the IDEA League visit https://idealeague.org/.
General conditions of this call
• This call is open to all researchers of RWTH Aachen University who are at least in a postdoctoral position.
• Funding is provided for research stays that can be carried out between January 1– October 31, 2026.
• Each fellow ideally visits two or more IDEA-League universities. The overall duration must be between one and six months and can be divided into shorter periods of at least one month's stay at each partner university.
• The applicant may be accompanied by one person of his/her research group(master or doctoral student).
• A report about the scholarship must be submitted after the project is finished.
Funding
The funding may be used to cover travel expenses, accommodation costs and fees for use of the host institutions' research infrastructure.
The visiting scholar’s research stay may start in January 2026 and must be completed and all expenses be paid by October 31, 2026.
The total budget for this call is 100.000 €.