Distinguished Research Fellowships, Technical University of Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, 2023-24, Germany

by Samrach · October 24, 2022

In 2021, the Faculty of Business and Economics of TU Dresden started the Distinguished Research Fellowship Program. Up to three research fellowships for internationally renowned scholars (including professors, outstanding assistant professors and associate professors) will be granted per year. Key objectives associated with the Distinguished Research Fellowships are to foster innovative ideas and initiate exciting, vibrant research collaborations, to support the development of PhD students and early-career scholars (e.g., postdocs) of the Faculty, as well as to further expand the international research network and activities of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Target group

Fellowship application is open to all international scholars at the professor level (professors as well as outstanding assistant and associate professors) who:

are active researchers in one of the following fields: business information systems, business administration, and economics,
work at a university, or research institution, outside Germany, and
have no recent collaboration history (e.g., no joint research projects and/or publications within the last five years) with members of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Application Deadline

The deadline for the next application round is on December 15^th, 2022, with the Distinguished Research Fellows being awarded in spring 2023.

Fellow Selection Process & Criteria

The Distinguished Research Fellows are selected by an external selection committee, consisting of four internationally recognized scholars from the fields of business informatics/information systems, business administration, and economics. Each year in February/March, the selection committee will select the Fellow class for the corresponding year. The members of the external selection committee are:

Prof. Dr. Nadine Riedel, Institute for Public and Regional Economics,
WWU Münster
Prof. Dr. Alexander Benlian, Institute of Information Systems & E-Services,
TU Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Frank Meisel, Chair of Supply Chain Management, CAU Kiel
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Zacharias, Chair of Marketing, MLU Halle-Wittenberg

The selection of the Fellows will be based on the following criteria:

Academic excellence as demonstrated by top-tier publications,
Willingness to engage in on-site collaboration and dialogue in Dresden, and
Theoretical merits and practical relevance of the proposed research project.

Moreover, each project is required to involve some form of collaboration with at least one professor or postdoc (“TUD host”) from the Faculty of Business and Economics at TU Dresden. For an overview of the Faculty’s professors, postdocs, and research groups, please visit the webpage of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Fellow Rights & Obligations

The Faculty of Business and Economics provides each Distinguished Research Fellow with funds of up to 10,000 € for the realization of the proposed research project (including travel, lodging and other possible expenses associated with her/his stay at TU Dresden). The funds are available for one year (from April 1^st) and can be extended, if needed.

Fellows are expected to contribute with their expertise and experience to the research activities and reputation of the Faculty of Business and Economics. In addition, each Fellow is expected to:

Visit TU Dresden for at least six weeks (in total),
Give a research talk during her/his stay in Dresden,
Provide updates on the research progress and results, and
Acknowledge the support provided in all publications related to the Fellowship.

Fellow Application

To apply for a Distinguished Research Fellowship, interested scholars are kindly asked to prepare the following two documents:

Application form, including an outline of the proposed research project (Download word template)
Short CV (maximum of two pages), including an overview of current and prior academic positions, major research areas, key publications, academic awards and prizes, etc.

Applicants need to email their application package to the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Business and Economics: dekanat.ww@tu-dresden.de. The deadline is December 15^th of each year.

More information / Source: Official Website HERE.