International Scholarships

International Max Planck Research School “Ecological Interactions” Project 7: How do wood-feeding insects digest their diet? Supervisors: Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon, Dr. Axel Schmidt, Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, MPI-CE Wood-feeding insects are sometimes known to use microbial symbionts present in their guts to help in digestion and nutrient mobilization. However, nothing is known about how such insects … [More Info]

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for the “Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques” in Jena, Germany, offers 15 PhD positions in molecular biology, ecology, entomology, microbiology, (bio)-chemistry, neuroethology or bioinformatics beginning in January 2009. The Research School is the first graduate school worldwide where modern chemical and molecular techniques are … [More Info]

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Ph.D. and Post-doc program. The program is funded by the German Excellence Initiative and will commence in September 2008. BIGSSS is an inter-university institute of the University of Bremen (UB) and Jacobs University. BIGSSS builds on the experience and institutional structure of … [More Info]

IMPRS-ESM PhD Program: Call for 2008 now open The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM), located in Hamburg, Germany, offers fellowships to outstanding students interested in Earth system research. Doctoral students of the IMPRS-ESM contribute to the development, application, and evaluation of a spectrum of Earth system models at different temporal … [More Info]

Universität Dortmund cordially invites students from abroad to our annual Summer Program Dortmund. This international program will be held May 21 to July 27. Courses offered in 2007 focus on engineering and business, complemented by a program in cultural studies offered by our Department of Cultural Studies. These courses are designed for Dortmund and foreign … [More Info]

At the Universität Bremen in the International Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics, several PhD grants are offered, starting as soon as possible. Each grant amounts to up to1468 Euro/month for a maximum period of three years. The International Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics aims to identify, describe, and model the intrinsic dynamics of … [More Info]

Studentships available in the Life Sciences Graduate Program of the International University Bremen, “Biological Recognition” (BioRec). The graduate school “Biological Recognition” (BioRec) at the International University Bremen (IUB) has studentships available to begin in September, 2007. Application deadlines are February 1st and May 1st, 2007. IUB (http://www.iu-bremen.de) is a private research and teaching university in … [More Info]