BUA Fellowship Program of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value
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The aim of the program is to support measures and projects on research quality and Open Science and to facilitate research cooperation and knowledge exchange. National and international experts contribute their experience and competence to the work of BUA. Researchers and employees from the science-supporting areas of the Berlin Unviersity Alliance can expand their expertise and develop new approaches for the projects of the priority area.
The program consists of two funding lines: Incoming Fellowships offer national and international experts the opportunity to conduct research at BUA's collaborative institutions and to contribute their knowledge in an advisory capacity. Outgoing Fellowships offer outstanding scientists at all career levels within BUA the opportunity to carry out their work at a German or international university and to familiarize themselves with new theoretical and methodological approaches. The outgoing fellowships are also open to staff from the science-support sector to familiarize themselves with established structures and processes at other institutions that ensure sustainable research quality or implement open science practices (examples of good practice). In this sense, the Outgoing Fellowships aim in particular at "learning from others" and networking with relevant actors. The funding period for outgoing fellowships is one to three months. Interested applicants can submit an application to the Steering Committee of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value.
Incoming Fellowships invite scholars with excellent contributions, specific experience, and expertise in research quality and Open Science to work at one of BUA's partner institutions. During their three- to six-month stay, they support and complement their colleagues in Berlin, work together on research and/or implementation projects, and offer events. The aim of this collaboration - which should last as long as possible beyond the duration of the actual funding - is to expand BUA's network in the field of research quality and Open Science and to further increase the visibility of the network both nationally and internationally. Potential candidates will be invited by the Steering Committee. Proposals for suitable fellows can be submitted to the Steering Committee of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value.
For detailed information on the application, selection and implementation process, please refer to the FAQs further below. We also recommend the documents in the download section, in particular the ‘Application’ document. If you have any further questions or would like more information about our fellowship program or the current fellows, please do not hesitate to contact us: core@berlin-university-alliance.de
FAQs for the Fellowship Program
Current Fellowships
Outgoing Fellowships 2025/2026
- Dorothea Strecker, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, will go to the University of Ottawa for a research visit at the ScholCommLab.
- Dr. Delwen Franzen of the BIH's QUEST Center @ Charité will complete her fellowship at the Stanford Metrics Center.
- Dr. Lisa Matthias of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will visit the Simon Fraser Unviersity and the ScholCommLab for her Objective 3 fellowship.
Incoming Fellowship 2025/2026
- Prof. Dr. Gonzalo Villarreal, National University of La Plata will be a fellow of the Objective 3 starting from 1 October 2025.
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Prof. Dr. Thed van Leeuwen, Professor by Special Appointment Science Studies at Leiden University, will become a BUA Fellow of Objective 3 on 1 August 2025.
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Dr. Elizabeth Gadd, Head of Research Culture and Assessment at Loughborough University and Vice Secretary of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), will join the BUA as a Fellow of Objective 3 on 1 July 2025.
Completed Fellowships
Outgoing Fellowships 2025/2026
- Dr. Marvin Kopka, Technical University of Berlin, completed his fellowship at Imperial College London.
- Dr. Jonathan Henssler, Charité, held a research residency at the Metrics Center at Stanford University under Prof. John Ioannidis.
Incoming Fellowships 2025/2026
- Prof. Fernanda Beigel, CONICET Argentina, CECIC, UNCUYO, visited the Technical University of Berlin for three months and was based at the Open Science Department.
Incoming Fellowships 2024/2025
- Prof. Dr. Julien Larregue of the Université Laval stayed with the Robert Merton Center for Science Studies.
- Prof. Dr. Stefanie Haustein from the University of Ottawa comes to the Institute for Library and Information Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
- Dr. Katja Mayer, University of Vienna, came to the Robert Merton Center for Science Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Dr. Jens Klump, Principal Research Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), stayed at the Institute for Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Outgoing Fellowships 2024/2025
- Dr. Antonios Souris, Freie Universität Berlin, went to GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.
- Dr. Julien Colomb of the Technische Universität Berlin visited Grenoble INP.
Outgoing Fellowships 2023/2024
- Dr. Sandra Just from the Psychiatric University Clinic of the Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital went to the University of Cambridge
Outgoing Fellowships 2022/2023
- Dr. Helen Niemeyer from the Department of Clinical Psychological Intervention at Freie Universität Berlin went to the University of Chicago.
- Dr. Felicitas Heßelmann from the Department of Science Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin went to the University of Edinburgh.
- Mik Schutte from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin went to Delft University of Technology.
Incoming Fellowship 2022/2023
- Prof. Dr. Frank Miedema, Vice Rector for Research at Utrecht University, Professor of Open Science and Chair of the Open Science Program, came to the QUEST Center at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité.
- Dr. Ugo Moschini from the Data Analysis Office of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). came to the QUEST Center at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité.
- Prof. Dr. Jesper Schneider, Danish Centre for Studies in Research & Research Policy of Aarhus University, stayed at the Robert Merton Center for Science Studies of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
- PD Dr. Rüttger Rollenbeck from Philipps University Marburg came to the Institute of Ecology at the Technical University of Berlin.
- Dr. Julieta Arancio from the Centre for Science, Technology and Society at Drexel University went to the Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management at Technische Universität Berlin.
- Prof. Dr. Sacha Hodencq from the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (LIG) came to the Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management at the Technische Universität Berlin.