International Excellence Award of KIT and Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) wishes to grant the ”International Excellence Award of KIT“ in combination with the ”Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation“ to an internationally renowned scientist from abroad in recognition of her or his scientific achievements. Eligible are researchers of all disciplines and from all countries, whose research has a lasting impact on their discipline also beyond their own field of work and addresses global challenges facing society in the 21^st century as well as topics of relevance to the future.

The awardee will receive an invitation to stay at KIT for up to six months in order to execute a self-chosen project in cooperation with the nominating scientists of KIT. Projects extending beyond a single institute or discipline are expressly welcome.

The awardee will receive:

• The “International Excellence Award of KIT“ in the form of funds for equipment in the amount of up to EUR 50,000 for the execution of a self-chosen research project at the host institute of KIT. These funds will be transferred to the host institute.
• The “Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation“ as a subsistence allowance for the awardee during her or his stay of up to six months at KIT.
• In addition, a research grant can be awarded for up to 1 year to an early-stage researcher (postdoc) from the group of the awardee for a parallel research stay at KIT.

The ”International Excellence Award of KIT“ and the ”Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation“ are awarded once per year.

Dates in 2024

All necessary documents and templates as well as details on the nomination and funding procedure can be found below.

Program Information

Documents to be submitted

Please submit the documents in electronic form to ieg ∂does-not-exist.intl kit edu AND by internal mail service to the following address: Elena Pfeifer, DE Internationales, International Scholars Office, Build. 50.25, Room 102, Adenauerring 8, 76131 Karlsruhe.

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