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1.3.2 New Professorships and Independent Junior Research GroupsA cornerstone of the Cluster will be the establishment of new positions for young researchers inkey interdisciplinary research areas. Hence, 14 Junior Research Groups (JRG’s), each led by ajunior professor, will be established at ten different institutes (Table 5). The positions of the groupleaders (typically W1) will be tenure-track and 9 of these will have the option of being converted topermanent positions (W2/W3) during the funding period based on a review of merit (Section 1.6).The Cluster will provide the JRG’s with resources and personnel, as well as scientific supportthrough the proponents. The groups will benefit from access to research platforms (Section 2.3).They will become part of the Integrated School of Ocean Sciences, which will support the juniorprofessors in developing their teaching expertise (Section 1.4.1). More than half of the total fundingof the Cluster will be used to permit new junior professors to build high-quality JRG’s (Section 2).CAU Faculties Host Institutes JRGMathematics and Natural GeosciencesA4, B5(1)SciencesGeographyB5(2)Physical ChemistryA5, A6Engineering Interdisciplinary Center for Numerical Simulation A3Law Walther Schücking Institute of International Law B6Medicine Center for Molecular Biosciences B2Business, Economics and Department of EconomicsB1Social SciencesLeibniz InstitutesHost Research DivisionsThe Kiel Institute for the Environmental and Resource EconomicsA7World Economy (IfW)Leibniz Institute of Marine Marine Biogeochemistry (FB2)A1, A2Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) Dynamics of the Ocean Floor (FB4) B3, B4Table 5: Allocation of new Junior Research Groups (JRG’s) led by junior professors (W1). Twogroups are proposed under research topic B5, resulting in a total of 14 new junior professorships.1.4 Promotion of Young ScientistsAn Integrated School of Ocean Sciences (ISOS) will be newly established to consolidate instructure, and enhance in scope, multidisciplinary and research-driven marine education at KielUniversity. This will enable close contact between education at the Master’s and Ph.D. level andresearch carried out within the Cluster. Approximately 48 Ph.D. students and 14 new JuniorResearch Groups led by junior professors will be part of the Cluster. The ISOS will provide a neweducational program for these Ph.D. students and is open to other interested Ph.D. students atCAU. It will also integrate part of the teaching of new junior professors and will provide guidanceand support for junior professors with regard to educational aspects.19