The aim of YIN is to support Junior Research Group Leaders (JRGL) and Junior Professors at the KIT. The core tasks that define YIN are:
- providing and fostering a network for junior research group leaders and Junior Professors
- institutionalizing a lobby inside the KIT for Junior Research Group Leaders with staff responsibility and Junior Professors
- providing a dedicated professional development and education program for JRGLs and JPs
- serving as a representation platform and supporting PR
Junior Research Group Leaders and Junior Professors who have obtained their own Junior Research Group in a formal selection procedure (inside or outside the KIT) and who have personnel responsibility for at least one TVL13 position are eligible for YIN membership.
Examples are:
- Leader of Young Investigator Groups (YIG)
- Leader of (Shared) Research Groups (RG, SRG)
- Helmholtz-Junior Research Group Leaders
- Heisenberg-scholarship holders
- Emmy Noether- Junior Research Group Leaders
- Persons, who obtained the "own position" e.g. by the DFG (with personnel responsibility)
- CFN- Junior Research Group Leaders
- ERC Starting Independent Research Grant Awardees
- European Young Investigator Award Holders (EURYI)
- Elite-Program of the Landesstiftung BW
- Junior-Professorship holders
- Liebig- scholarship holders (Young University teachers) of the fund of the Chemical Industry
- KIT- Junior Research Group Leaders
- Group Leaders with personnel responsibility, own position payed by the institute, position needs to be temporary
To apply, please provide the information requested in the application form. We consider applications once a month. The data will be forwarded to all members before the monthly YIN-Meeting and the admission to YIN will be decided by vote of the YIN members.
