How to become a Postdoc at DKFZ
Join our more than 1,300 scientists who actively investigate how cancer develops, identify cancer risk factors, and endeavor to find new strategies to prevent people from getting cancer and make the treatment of cancer patients more successful.
We want you to excel in your research and we will do our best to support you in mastering this very important phase of your scientific career.
If you are interested in starting your Postdoc at the DKFZ you can enter via one of the following routes:
The call for the DKFZ Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 is open!

The DKFZ Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded through a competitive recruitment process. Highly talented and motivated young scientists, who wish to work at the forefront of basic and translational cancer research are very welcome to apply. This 2-year program offers up to 7 fellowships per year and provides interdisciplinary training and research opportunities in state-of-the-art research facilities for excellent young scientists, no longer than 2 years past graduation.