Projects expected to help overcome current social problems or which explore innovative methods, new perspectives or novel lines of questioning crucial to the advancement of science are particularly deserving of promotion from the "Holcim Stiftung" viewpoint. Applicants are required:

to have graduated from a university or equivalent institution of higher education (with a dissertation)
to furnish proof of suitable qualifications (e.g. publications)
not to be older than 35
to wish to pursue scientific teaching and research work with a view to acquiring a lecturer grade qualification or similar.