Former Manchot scholar Eva Alexandra Jakob has been Junior Professor for Social Entrepreneurship since 1 September 2021
On 1 September 2021, former Manchot scholar Prof. Dr Eva Alexandra Jakob took up a tenure-track junior professorship at W3 on social entrepreneurship at the University of Bayreuth.
Eva Alexandra Jakob completed her dissertation on the role of social responsibility in existing and emerging companies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in 2019 as part of the Manchot Graduate School "Competitiveness of Young Enterprises". As part of the graduate programme, Ms Jakob completed a research stay at the Copenhagen Business School at the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility in 2017.
Scholarships to be awarded from late summer 2021 - application process closed
The Jürgen Manchot Foundation has decided to continue funding the Manchot Graduate School on "Competitiveness of Young Enterprises". The graduate school is located in the Business Administration Department of the Faculty of Economics at Heinrich Heine University. The foundation will provide a total of almost 1.2 million euros from 01.04.2022 to 31.12.2025. This will finance ten doctoral scholarships and two post-doctoral positions. The spokespersons of the graduate school, Univ.-Prof. Dr Eva Lut and Univ.-Prof. Dr Stefan Süß is pleased about the funding: "We thank the Jürgen Manchot Foundation very much for its generous commitment and see the continuation of the funding as a confirmation of our work in the two previous funding periods."
In the third funding period, research will also be conducted on specific issues relating to young companies. Intensive supervision of the fellows, the specific course programme, the regular research colloquia and, in particular, the three-month stay abroad will continue to contribute significantly to the fellows and post-docs outstanding professional and personal development. The Graduate School thus makes a significant contribution to raising the profile of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and the Heinrich Heine University.
Applications for the scholarships to be awarded will be possible from late summer 2021. Information on this can then be found at www.mg-weju.hhu.de/en/news.
Editor's volume "Competitiveness of Start-ups - Successful Düsseldorf Companies" published
On May 5th, 2020 the editors' volume with the title "Competitiveness of Start-ups - Successful Düsseldorf Companies" was published by the publisher Düsseldorf University Press (dup).
The development of ten successful start-ups from foundation to competitiveness is traced in this volume. The focus is on specific decisions made by the founders and factors that have significantly influenced the success of the company. The ten case studies, developed by the 1st cohort of the Manchot Graduate School "Competitiveness of Young Companies", show the diversity and dynamism of the Düsseldorf start-up scene.
Further information on the publication can be found here.
2nd research colloquium of the 2nd cohort
On January 24th, 2020 the scholarship holders of the Manchot Graduate School (2nd cohort) met for the second research colloquium.
More information can be found here.
1st research colloquium of the 2nd cohort
On July 5th, 2019 the scholarship holders of the Manchot Graduate School (2nd cohort) met for the first research colloquium.
More information can be found here.
Call for applications at Manchot Graduate School
The Graduate School „Competitiveness of Young Enterprises“ (WEJU) funded by the Jürgen Manchot Foundation at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics of Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf awards up to four doctoral scholarships (start date: nearest possible date).
Call for applications 
Please use the following online job application form. Please attach a single PDF-document exclusively via email to .
Post-doc position announcement
At the Economics Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, a post-doc in business administration at the Manchot graduate school “Competitiveness of Young Companies” is to be filled as soon as possible.
Manchot Graduate School will continue to receive funding
The Jürgen Manchot Foundation has decided to further support the Manchot Graduate School for the competitiveness of young companies.
More information can be found here here.
"Best Pitch Award 2018" at the Startup Sprint Düsseldorf
At the Startup Sprint 2018, Svenja-Marie Smolinski and her team received an award for the best project presentation.
More information can be found here.
5th Research Colloquium of the Manchot Graduate School
On June 18, 2018, the scholarship holders met in the oeconomicum on the campus of Heinrich Heine University for the 5th research colloquium.
More information can be found here.
4th Research Colloquium of the Manchot Graduate School
On January 12th, 2018, the scholarship holders of the Manchot Graduate School met for the fourth time for the research colloquium.
More information can be found here.
Bart Clarysse visits the Manchot Graduate School
On Friday, December 8th, 2017 Prof. Dr. Bart Clarysse from ETH Zurich held a workshop on qualitative methods in entrepreneurship research for the scholarship holders of the Manchot Graduate School.
More information can be found here.
"Best Pitch Award 2017" at the Startup Sprint Düsseldorf
At the Startup Sprint 2017, Carina Hoffmann and Svenja-Marie Smolinski and their team received an award for the best project presentation.
More information can be found here.
3rd Research Colloquium of the Manchot Graduate School
On July 3rd, 2017, the scholars of the Manchot Graduate School met for the third time for the research colloquium.
More information can be found here.