Lower Saxony
Profile Professorship

what we promote

The "Lower Saxony Profile Professorship" program aims to support universities in Lower Saxony in building and strengthening their profile. In the frame of the funding, universities receive support in appointment and retention negotiations with outstanding personalities capable of further developing and sharpening the profile and reputation of a university.

The following criteria are decisive for funding:

• Qualifications and research profile of the person, demonstrated in particular by
  - publications
  - third-party funding
  - academic career to date
  - awards and prizes
• Embedding the professorship in the university's strategic framework, in particular contribution to profile building and networking as well as to translation and transfer,
• Integration of the professorship in cross-institute and cross-university, possibly also non-university structures or research contexts,
• Possible contributions to collaborative research projects in a national or international context.

one program - three funding lines

The "Lower Saxony Profile Professorship" is one of three funding lines of the program "Lower Saxony Professorships", which are intended to attract and retain outstanding academics to Lower Saxony within the framework of individual funding:

• "Lower Saxony Professorship" (funding line 1): top international talent
• "Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship" (funding line 2): high-performing academics in the early career phase
• "Lower Saxony Profile Professorship" (funding line 3, advice and application via the MWK): personalities who raise the profile of Lower Saxony’s university locations