The federal-state program “FH-Personal” supports 64 universities in Germany, including Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, which had a successful application. Its four-stage program “PRO4-HSRW” is designed to support young academics with the aim of further development of their careers as professors.

On October 5, 2021, a Kick-Off event is organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH. In this event various Universities presented their projects in poster session.

For “PRO4-HSRW”, the new project coordinator, Dr. Maryam Bolouri, presented the project at the Kick-Off event. The expert for Science Communication supports with her expertise the project director, the president Dr. Oliver Locker- Grütjen. The vision of the project “PRO4-HSRW” is to offer sustainable strengthening and personal development of the professors at the HSRW.