Minerva Fast Track

The Minerva Fast Track Programme focuses on outstanding young female scientists.

Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom and guardian of knowledge, symbolically stands for this ambitious and already extremely promising programme. The programme was launched in the Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section in 2014, the Human Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities Section followed in 2017, and with the Biology and Medicine Section joining in 2023, it has now been established for all Sections of the Max Planck Society.

In late summer of each year, a call for nominations is issued for these positions. After successfully completing a dissertation or first postdoc, candidates have the opportunity to receive funding for a maximum of three years with the aim of subsequently applying for an open topic Max Planck Research Group or to start a scientific career elsewhere.

2024

Dr. Alicia Bruzos, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen
Dr. rer. nat. Sukanya Guhathakurta, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg in Breisgau
Dr. Giulia Perotti, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg 
Wenhui Niu, PhD, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle a.d. Saale
Reena Debray, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Katharina Isabel Schmidt, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg