I'm afraid the email below contained the wrong deadline; apologies. The deadline is indeed this Sunday - but that's of course: Sunday, 21 March 2021 Best wishes, Tim [Büthe] Begin forwarded message: From: Büthe, Tim <buthe@hfp.tum.de<mailto:buthe@hfp.tum.de>> Subject: TUM Research Opportunities Week 2021 and 2-year postdoc fellowship (deadline) Date: March 19, 2021 at 8:03:50 AM GMT+1 To: "epsa-info-list@epsanet.org<mailto:epsa-info-list@epsanet.org>" <epsa-info-list@epsanet.org<mailto:epsa-info-list@epsanet.org>> Dear Colleagues - especially recent/soon-to-be PhDs, Allow me call your attention to a special 2-year research-only postdoctoral research fellowship (and related events) here at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which might have escapted the attention of many social scientists. The details are below and at https://www.tum.de/en/research/postdocs/research-opportunities-week/ as well as https://www.tum.de/en/research/postdocs/tum-global-postdoc-fellowship/, but here are the highlights: - Deadline to apply for the TUM "Research Opportunities Week" (stage 1 of the fellowship competition): THIS Sunday, 14 March 2021 (end of the day CET). Apply at: https://tum.gomovein.com/ - Recent or soon-to-be non-TUM PhDs, only (awarded no earlier than 1 May 2018; soon-to-be PhDs must be within 12 months of award of the PhD) - must be in a field/discipline taught or represented by faculty members at TUM (incl. political science, public policy, economics/business, law, sociology, psychology, philosophy/ethics) - Proposed projects should have potential for synergies or cooperation with at least one current faculty member at TUM (need not have contacted TUM professors in advance) - Candidates and propoosed projects may fall squarely within the bounds of one discipline or be interdisciplinary - Selection process (just as for other society-of-fellows type of applications) is very multi-disciplinary => make sure your cover letter/"letter of motivation" (and later your research statement) are going to be accessible and exciting for readers/selection committee members from various natural science and engineering disciplines, as well as experts in your own field Initial selection of invitees for the 2021 all-virtual TUM Research Opportunities Week ("ROW") will be annouced by 26 March 2021. The actual ROW will take place 12-16 April 2021. The aptly named "Research Opportunities Week" (ROW) is a by-application-and-invitation-only series of events meant to (i) showcase postdoctoral research opportunities at TUM for exceptionally promising emerging scholars and (ii) provide the selected participants with information about a variety of funding opportunities from German and European sources for conducting postdoctoral research at TUM. In addition, (iii) it allows the ROW participants to the apply for one of several 2-year, research-only fellowships (the TUM Global Postdoc Fellowship). Candidates from political science and related social sciences have in the last few years still been underrepresented in the ROW applicant pool and are therefore especially encouraged to apply. Best wishes and good luck! Tim Tim Büthe Professor and Chair for International Relations TUM School of Governance and TUM School of Management Associate Dean for Research and Academic Director, TUM-GOV Center for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Studies Hochschule für Politik at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) <https://www.tum.de/en/research/postdocs/research-opportunities-week/> [cid:e0c931f3-84d3-46a3-b7b3-ae3cc560d1a8@ads.mwn.de] <https://www.tum.de/en/research/postdocs/research-opportunities-week/> __________________________________________________________________ Apply now for the virtual Research Opportunities Week for Postdocs and the DestinationTUM – Doctoral Week at the Technical University of Munich The TUM Talent Factory and TUM Graduate School are organizing two virtual events, theDestinationTUM – Doctoral Week and the Research Opportunities Week in April 2021 to inform Master graduates and early-career postdocs about career opportunities at the Technical University of Munich. We would kindly ask you to share the announcement and flyer within your scientific network. Details about the eligibility criteria can be found underneath. The participation is free for all selected participants. TUM Research Opportunities Week 2021 (12-16 April 2021) During the virtual Research Opportunities Week (ROW), early-career postdocs get the chance to inform themselves about postdoc funding opportunities in Germany, and to join inspiring talks and webinars. During the virtual Career Opportunities Fair, they have the unique opportunity to directly meet and network with TUM professors & researchers. After the ROW, participants have the opportunity to apply for a prestigious two-year TUM Global Postdoc Fellowship to join TUM. Researcher can apply if they fulfil the following requirements • Target group: Doctoral candidates in their final year or postdocs who completed their doctorate less than 3 years ago (cut-off date: May 1, 2018) • Mobility Rule: Applicants from all over the world who completed their PhD at an institution other than TUM and are currently not working at TUM • Matching Research Field: Applicants need to have completed a PhD in one of the research fields of TUM • Researchers do not need to be in touch with TUM researchers beforehand. The ROW is an open format to bring postdocs and TUM researchers together. Researchers can apply until March 21, 2021 via an online application portal. Please refer to our website for more information: www.tum.de/row<http://www.tum.de/row> To inform fellow researchers about the event, feel free share our tweet<https://twitter.com/TUMPostdoc/status/1362037165534945280>. To learn more about the TUM Talent Factory and current calls for postdocs, follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/TUMPostdoc> or join our Postdoc Mailing List<https://lists.lrz.de/mailman/listinfo/tumpostdoc>.