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Hector Fellow Academy

We Create Syner­gies to Promote Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Cutting-Edge Research

The Hector Fellow Academy is a young academy of sciences. It offers a platform for network­ing, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary exchange, and mutual inspi­ra­tion to the laure­ates of the Hector Science Award. In addition, the Academy supports promis­ing young researchers.

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Symposia

Hector RCD Awards

Cutting-edge research

Funding Formats

   

News

© Bundesregierung / Steffen Kugler 2. June 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News Antje Boetius Honored with Two Presti­gious Distinctions The renowned marine and polar researcher has been awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts and the Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Repub­lic of Germany © Hector Fellow Academy 27. May 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News Science Evening 2026 in Review Record­ing of the Event Now Avail­able on YouTube © FatCam­era – iStock 19. May 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News What Children Teach Us — The Future of Person­al­ized Medicine The Science Evening 2026, titled “What Children Teach Us — The Future of Person­al­ized Medicine” will take place on May 21, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Munich and is open to all citizens inter­ested in science.  30. April 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News Obitu­ary 25. March 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News Obitu­ary Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Weule © Hector Fellow Academy 2. March 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News New Video Portrait: Children’s Rights in Focus Christoph Klein’s Research on Rare Diseases and Child Participation 16. Febru­ary 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News Hector Research Career Devel­op­ment Award Honors Young Researchers on Their Way to a Professorship Robert Hein, Viola Introini, and Maxim­il­ian Dax receive the award © Marco Schilling 2. Febru­ary 2026 More Next News arrow_forward All News Hector Science Award 2025 Focus on Swarm Behav­ior and Heart Healing – Hector Science Awards Go to Iain Couzin and Stefanie Dimmeler 3. Decem­ber 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Two Awards for Nikolaus Pfanner For His Findings on Cellu­lar Powerhouses © Kerstin Rolfes 26. Novem­ber 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Antje Boetius Inducted into the Order Pour le Mérite Great Honor for the Marine Biologist © Hector Fellow Academy 18. Novem­ber 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Highly Cited Researchers 2025 Ralf Barten­schlager, Immanuel Bloch, Patrick Cramer, Christoph Klein, and Dylan Nelson among the world’s most cited scientists © Marc Feix 15. October 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Keynote by Antje Boetius — 25th Jubilee of the Inter­na­tional Depart­ment of the KIT Expedi­tion Future 13. October 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Young Researcher Days 2025 in Karlsruhe Exchange, Inspi­ra­tion, and Team Spirit © Hector Fellow Academy / Fabry 15. Septem­ber 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News New Doctoral Positions in Biology, Medicine, and the History of Science Apply Now Until October 15! © Hector Fellow Academy / iStock 1. Septem­ber 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Hector RCD Award – Apply Now Until October 30! Support for Ambitious Young Researchers on the Path to a Professorship 21. August 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News New Publi­ca­tion by Xiaomeng Tian in Science Advances 18. July 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Science Evening 2025 in Retrospect © Shutter­stock 10. July 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Access Data for the Livestream 2025 The Hector Fellow Academy is contin­u­ing its series of Science Evenings held across Germany, this year with the focus on the question: 'Brain, Computer, and AI – Soon Hard to Distinguish?' © Univer­sität Heidel­berg / Kommu­nika­tion und Marketing 11. June 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News What School Doesn’t Teach Us About Mathematics New Video Portrait with Anna Wienhard 14. May 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Science Evening 2025: Brain, Computer, and AI – Soon Hard to Distinguish? © Matthias Tunger Photodesign 24. Febru­ary 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Matthias H. Tschöp Elected Presi­dent of LMU Munich Hector Science Award Winner to Take Office in October 2025 Hector Fellow Academy 5. Febru­ary 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Hector Research Career Devel­op­ment Award Goes to Three Excel­lent Female Scientists Carolin Müller, Carolin Schnei­der und Sofie Valk © Marco Schilling 27. January 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News Hector Science Award 2024 Cutting-Edge Research ‘Made in Germany’ — Stefanie Dehnen and Matthias H. Tschöp Are Honoured With the Presti­gious Award 13. January 2025 More Next News arrow_forward All News New Appli­ca­tion Phase for Doctoral Positions Appli­ca­tion portal opens on January 15, 2025 13. Novem­ber 2024 More Next News arrow_forward All News Under­stand­ing Biology Better With Mathe­mat­i­cal Models New Video Portrait of Jens Timmer 28. October 2024 More Next News arrow_forward All News HFA Welcomes Outstand­ing Young Researchers to Its Network Eleven Young Scien­tists Are Start­ing Their Doctoral Projects This Autumn © Hector Fellow Academy 9. October 2024 More Next News arrow_forward All News Young Researcher Days 2024 Meeting of HFA Young Scien­tists in Konstanz 19. August 2024 More Next News arrow_forward All News New Appli­ca­tion Period for the Hector RCD Award Appli­ca­tions are possi­ble form Septem­ber 1 to October 30, 2024 5. August 2024 More Next News arrow_forward All News Kerstin Göpfrich awarded the Alfried Krupp Prize 2024 Award for Ground­break­ing Research in the Field of Synthetic Biology © Christoph Niemann 18. July 2024 More Next News arrow_forward All News Sympo­sium 2024 in Retrospect Record­ing of the Event Now Avail­able on YouTube
   

Projects

Further devel­op­ment through interdisciplinarity

Collab­o­ra­tion and cross-border think­ing are crucial for scien­tific discov­er­ies. For this reason, the Hector Fellow Academy supports research projects that bring together scien­tists from differ­ent disci­plines and career stages.

— Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Projects

— Doctoral projects

— Alumni-Projects