06/10/2026
📣 CALL FOR FELLOWS 📣
JQYA Academy Topic 2026/27 «Thresholds and Extremes»
The Johanna Quandt Young Academy (JQYA) at Goethe University is opening applications for its new Academy Topic: Thresholds and Extremes 🌊⚡️
✨ What is JQYA?
An independent academy supporting outstanding Early Career Researchers on their path to scientific independence — through interdisciplinary exchange, tailored support, and real funding.
🔹 Interdisciplinary exchange across research fields
🔹 Courses, workshops & the annual Academy School
🔹 Chance to organize/join conferences & workshops
🔹 Up to €10,000 in research funding
🔹 Sabbatical Fellowship option (GU Fellows): up to €32,000 for teaching replacement, up to one semester release
💡 Academy Topic: Thresholds and Extremes What happens when systems reach their limits — or move beyond them? What knowledge emerges at the edges, in extreme zones, in moments of transition?
This topic explores critical transitions, polarization, and tipping points across ecological, social, technological & epistemological contexts.
🎯 Who can apply?
Advanced R2 & R3 Early Career Researchers (postdocs, independent group leaders, W1/W1 TT assistant professors) from Goethe University Frankfurt, Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) and partner institutions
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply - link in Highlight “Career”