Awards for early career researchers

Dr Dr Alexander Busch and Asst. Prof Dr Asmaa El Maaroufi were both inducted into the Junges Kolleg of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of the Arts and Sciences in 2024.
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The achievements by early career researchers at the University of Münster are distinguished by various organisations and awards, e.g. the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, induction into the Junges Kolleg of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and the funding of independent research groups, such as within the DFG’s Emmy Noether Programme.

Membership in the Junges Kolleg is an extraordinary acknowledgment of my past research accomplishments. The financial support and the freedom its offers will allow me to devote myself intensively to my research and advance innovative projects alongside my clinical work. The Junges Kolleg is a unique platform for engaging in dialogue with other outstanding researchers, and thereby offers me new perspectives.
Dr Dr Alexander Busch, paediatrics

My induction into the Junges Kolleg has given me the opportunity to intensify my research in the field of Islamic philosophy and ethics together with outstanding, young researchers around the country and to continue growing in an interdisciplinary and inspiring environment. The valuable networks not only promote exchange and collaboration, but they also strengthen the impact and visibility of my research work.
Asst Prof Dr Asmaa El Maaroufi, islamic theology

Emmy Noether independent junior research groups

The DFG’s Emmy Noether Programme offers exceptionally qualified researchers in the early phase of their career the opportunity to lead an independent junior research group for a period of six years in order to gain qualification for a potential professorship.

Prof Dr Wolfgang Zeier — © Uni MS - Lukas Walbaum

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

With the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, the DFG recognises the outstanding academic achievement of early career researchers and hopes to encourage them to continue pursuing their excellent research.

Junges Kolleg

Induction into the Junges Kolleg of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of the Arts and Sciences is one of the most important distinctions for early career researchers and artists in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Prof Dr Benedikt Wirth — © Uni MS - Victoria Liesche

Alfried Krupp Prize

The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation awards the one-million-euro Alfried Krupp Prize to young professors in the natural sciences and engineering (including medicine) who possess exceptional academic qualifications and have distinguished themselves with excellent research achievements.

Professor Irina Wuntsdorff — © Uni MS - Lukas Walbaum

Heisenberg Programme funding recipients

The DFG’s Heisenberg Programme helps outstanding researchers who meet all the prerequisites for appointment to a tenured professorship to prepare for academic leadership positions while continuing their work on related research topics.