The Academy
The young science academy Hector Fellow Academy represents interdisciplinary cutting-edge research, innovative projects, support for young scientists and social responsibility. The Academy facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration between Hector Fellows from different disciplines (STEM, psychology, and medicine). In order to pass on the knowledge of these outstanding researchers to the next generation, the Hector Fellow Academy also funds the doctoral studies of young scientists.
The Hector Fellow Academy is not only committed to strengthening Germany as a location for research and science. Through its annual symposia, it also strives to initiate future-oriented socio-political discourses and to contribute to the solution of global challenges.
This is the Hector Fellow Academy
Interdisciplinary Cutting-Edge Research, innovative projects and support for young scientists
The Hector Fellow Academy was founded in 2013 to offer a platform for interdisciplinary exchange, networking and mutual inspiration to the laureates of the Hector Science Award.
In the beginning, there really was just an idea. The idea was that particularly successful and hard-working researchers could be rewarded a little - and in such a way that they would also become more visible to the public and thus receive additional incentives to continue their research.
Hans-Werner Hector
Vision
The establishment of the Hector Fellow Academy in 2013 was the continuation of an idea that Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Hector and his wife Josephine Hector, the founders of the Hector Foundations, had already been pursuing since 2008 with the Hector Science Award: recognizing outstanding professors in research and teaching in order to strengthen the public profile of these personalities and their research.
The Hector Fellow Academy was founded with the aim of intensifying the collaboration of the Hector Science Award recipients. By connecting Hector Fellows, the intention was and is to facilitate interdisciplinary projects between them that otherwise would not have occurred.
The interdisciplinarity of the researchers is a key element, as Dr. Hector emphasized during the founding ceremony of the Hector Fellow Academy: "The convergence of high-ranking scientists from the broadest range of disciplines and even from different universities ought to trigger new ideas and thus research that transcends the boundaries of the fields. And perhaps it will then become the rule. That would then fulfill my desired goal that I had associated with the Fellow idea."
Since then, the range of activities of the Hector Fellow Academy has expanded. Today, the Academy uses a variety of funding formats to promote not only the networking of Hector Fellows but also promising young scientists working with the Hector Fellows. Since 2020, the Hector Research Career Development Award supports W1 professors and junior research group leaders.
Funding Formats
Hector Science Award
With the Hector Science Award, the Hector Foundation II annually honors outstanding scientists from German universities and research institutions. The awardees become members of the Hector Fellow Academy. The deadline for nominations is August 31 of each year.
Funding for interdisciplinary projects
The HFA provides personnel and research funding for innovative and interdisciplinary projects that are implemented jointly by several Hector Fellows. Postdoctoral and/or doctoral positions are provided to carry out the projects.
Hector Research Career Development Award
The Hector Research Career Development Award closes the gap between young scientists and Hector Fellows. The Hector RCD Award supports W1 professors and junior research group leaders in developing their scientific careers.
Supporting young researchers
Young Scientists benefit not only from the expert knowledge of their supervisors and the coordinated funding program of the HFA, but also from the exchange in the interdisciplinary network of the Academy.
Associated Young Researchers Program
Hector Fellows and Hector RCD Awardees can nominate young scientists from their research groups to join the Hector Fellow Academy as Associated Young Researchers. They can participate in HFA events and are supported with material resources.
Funding for scientific events
The Hector Fellow Academy also awards funding for workshops and international conferences hosted by multiple Hector Fellows. Hector Fellows who serve as Chair of a scientific conference are eligible for a Hector Fellow Academy Speaker's Award.
Research Areas
The Hector Fellow Academy brings together scientists in the STEM subjects — mathematics, computer science, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering — as well as medicine and psychology. The focus areas of the Hector Fellows include diverse fields such as astrophysics, molecular cell biology, machine learning, nanotechnology, deep-sea research, neuroscience, materials mechanics and bioinformatics.
The Academy connects its members and offers funding opportunities for interdisciplinary research projects. This opens up new approaches to solutions for important issues facing society.
Historie
BITTE NICHT LÖSCHEN — 1. Stelle
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
“Why do children and adults learn differently?”
(Hamburg, scientific host: Brigitte Röder)
Hector RCD Awards Ceremony
Hector Research Career Development awardees:
Hector Science Award
Magdalena Götz and Klaus-Robert Müller receive the Hector Science Award 2023 for their research.
10th anniversary of the Hector Fellow Academy
PhD projects
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
“Light in Biology — Photosynthesis, Visual Processes and Neuronal Applications”
(Berlin, scientific host: Peter Hegemann)
Hector RCD Awards Ceremony
Hector Research Career Development awardees:
Hector Science Award
Anna Wienhard and Christian Haass receive the Hector Science Award 2022 for their research.
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
“3D Printing — Customized and at the Push of a Button”
(Karlsruhe, scientific host: Martin Wegener)
Hector RCD Awards Ceremony
Hector Research Career Development awardees:
Relaunch of the Hector Fellow Academy website
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
“Expeditions into the Unknown — North Pole and Deep Sea as extreme regions of Earth”
(Bremen, scientific host: Antje Boetius)
Hector RCD Awards ceremony
Hector Research Career Development awardees:
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Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
„Galactic archeology and an interstellar second home”
(Heidelberg, scientific host: Eva Grebel)
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
PhD Projects
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
„Medicine 4.0 — Organic electronics in modern medicine”
(Dresden, scientific host: Karl Leo)
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Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
„Mathematics and Science Fiction: Visions for the year 211 = 2048”
(Berlin, scientific host: Günter M. Ziegler)
First Hector Fellow Academy Symposium
„Local Science & Global Challenges”
(Tübingen, scientific host: Eberhart Zrenner)
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First PhD and and Interdisciplinary Projects
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Hector Science Award
The Hector Science Award 2013 goes to Antje Boetius, Christoph Klein and Karl Leo.
Founding of the Hector Fellow Academy
Before awarding the Hector Science Prize
15 Hector Fellows at the time of the founding:
Immanuel Bloch, Peter Gumbsch, Thomas Elbert, Stephen Hashmi, Manfred Kappes, Jürg Leuthold, Axel Meyer, Franz Nestmann, Nikolaus Pfanner, Hilbert von Löhneysen, Jens Timmer, Doris Wedlich, Martin Wegener, Günter M. Ziegler, Eberhart Zrenner
Hector Fellow Academy Symposium 2022
(Karlsruhe, Wissenschaftlicher Gastgeber: Martin Wegener)
Doktorand*innen
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