Sofja Kovalevskaja Award for International Scholars in Germany

valevskaja Award is granted to
exceptionally promising junior researchers from abroad in recognition of
outstanding academic achievements and enables them to establish their own
groups of junior researchers at research institutions in Germany.

• Doctorate
  or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed with
  distinction less than six years prior to the application submission
  deadline.
• Career
  level: the award would enable the successful applicant to take on a
  leadership position (e.g. head of a junior research group) in Germany for
  the first time. Moreover, the applicant must not have held or accepted an
  offer of permanent employment in Germany. The relevant date is the date of
  the selection.
• Cutting-edge
  academic achievements documented by a comprehensive list of independent
  academic publications reviewed according to international standards and
  printed in journals and / or by publishing houses.
• Support
  of the German host institution, evidenced by a detailed expert’s report
  from the academic host as well as the host’s agreement and the
  confirmation from the administration at the host institution.
• Three
  supporting expert reviews from academics (at the applicant’s own institute
  or other institutes, where possible including some outside the applicant’s
  country of origin).
• Language
  skills: scholars in the humanities or social sciences and physicians must
  have a good knowledge of German if it is necessary to carry out the
  project successfully; otherwise a good knowledge of English; scientists
  and engineers must have a good knowledge of German or English.
• No
  previous Sofja Kovalevskaja Award. Potential applicants who have been in
  Germany for more than six months at the time of the application submission
  deadline are not eligible to apply. Potential applicants of German
  nationality are eligible to apply provided that their habitual place of
  work and residence has been located abroad on the assumption of permanence
  for at least five years. Potential applicants who have completed their
  school education and one university degree or one university degree and
  their doctorate in Germany are subject to the regulations governing German
  citizens