The Hector Fellow Academy (HFA) is a community of 20 outstanding academics who are acknowledged by the Hector Foundation for their excellent performance and their merit in research and teaching within the natural sciences, informatics, mathematics, medicine/psychology and engineering. PhD students of the HFA get the opportunity to carry out a self-developed research project under supervision of one of the Hector Fellows while at the same time benefitting from the expertise and research network of their renowned mentor. They are employed as research assistants at the university of the corresponding Hector Fellow for a period of three years.
Research Fields
Astronomy
Biological sciences
Biological sciences
Chemistry
Computer science
Engineering
Geosciences
Mathematics
Medical sciences
Psychological sciences
Further details:
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