Interinstitutional Postdoc Position (f/m/d)

Universität Heidelberg

The Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim strives to promote research and innovation through synergy – by bridging leading life science and biomedical research institutions and by bringing together a highly diverse range of disciplines and a cluster of top researchers. Heidelberg University with its faculties of Medicine, Biosciences, and Engineering Sciences, the University Hospital Heidelberg (UKHD) and the University Hospital Mannheim (UMM), the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research (MPImR), and the Central Institute for Mental Health (ZI Mannheim) have the common goal to develop the greater Heidelberg region into a world-leading innovation cluster by supporting cutting-edge research and promoting transfer of knowledge into new diagnostics and therapeutics. The participating research institutions are located at the heart of a highly dynamic urban economic and industrial area embedded in a beautiful region with high quality of life.

Interinstitutional Postdoc Positions, full-time (f/m/d)

The Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim is looking for outstanding early career scientists, including clinician scientists, for bridging projects between two or more Alliance partner institutions.

Opportunity:

• All applicants must apply with their own research project proposal supervised by at least two PIs at different Alliance institutions and must contact the Alliance PIs of their choice prior to applying. Applicants require Letter of support signed by the Alliance PIs
• Applicants may write their research proposal based on the innovative, interinstitutional project outlines Proposed by project leaders of the Alliance specifically for this call. Alternatively, applicants are also welcome To define their research proposal independent from the proposed project outlines, but also with at least two PIs at different Alliance institutions
• The Alliance primarily supports basic and translational research in the fields of cancer research, Cardiovascular research, neuropsychiatric diseases, genomics, synthetic immunology, molecular engineering, Medical technologies and novel applications of AI concepts in health and life science research

Your profile:

• You should have a PhD, MD or MD/PhD
• You are an early career researcher in the R2 phase
• You can demonstrate outstanding research activities (at least one first author publication)
• At the time of the submission deadline, applicants should not have worked for more than four months as a Postdoctoral researcher or clinician scientist at Alliance institutions (co-)supervising the selected or proposed Project

We offer:

• The Alliance provides funds for two-year postdoctoral positions at Alliance institutions with the earliest Start date on August 1, 2026 and the latest start date on January 1, 2027. Clinician scientists will receive 12 months of funding from the Alliance for the research project over a period of 24 months during the "Facharztausbildung"/specialist medical training. The clinical position during this time must be guaranteed by The employing hospital/PI where the "Facharztausbildung"/specialist medical training will be performed
• This interinstitutional program offers an excellent interdisciplinary scientific environment
• The program offers access to high-end technologies and state-of-the-art labs at world-class research Institutions in the life sciences at the campus environment of Heidelberg University in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, one of the largest biomedical research hubs in Europe
• Through the unique expertise across the institutions, we offer you the exclusive opportunity to gain insight into Transfer of knowledge and the development of new applications
• The remuneration is based on the DFG's personnel funding rates (TV-L or equivalent). The full-time position May be divided into part-time positions under certain circumstances

We look forward to receiving your application.

Please prepare the application documents as described on our website https://www.health-life-sciences.de/postdocs and submit them via our online portal by March 31, 2026, 5 pm CEST. Full details of the application procedure can be found on our website and in the Guide for Applicants.

Heidelberg University and the Alliance stand for equal opportunities and diversity. Persons with severe disabilities will be given preference if they are equally qualified. Information on job advertisements and the collection of personal data is available at www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/job-market.