International Scholarships

SIEMENS AG, Corporate Technology, Competence Centre Ceramics in Munich Germany, offers a PhD position in the research area of high performance ceramics. The vacancy is part of a BMBF-funded program in co-operation with several research institutes and industry partners that aims to develop ceramic and composite materials with tailored transport properties. During the PhD work … [More Info]

Eukaryotic cells are the building blocks of multi-cellular life. Their genetic material is stored on discrete entities: the chromosomes, which must be segregated to the daughter cells at each division. This essential task is accomplished with high fidelity by the mitotic spindle, a remarkable example of dynamic intracellular structure. A PhD fellowship financed by HFSP … [More Info]

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 University in Germany (IU) is pleased to announce that it now has four additional scholarships available for its master’s programs in computer science and information and communication technology.  The scholarships are sponsored by the internationally renowned computer company SAP and cover the tuition fees. All students, with or without scholarship, will have the … [More Info]

The Central Service Facility Functional Imaging at the Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany) is looking for a highly motivated PhD student. Applicants should have a degree in Biophysics, Biology, Psychology, Medicine, or another related degree. Experience in neuroimaging methods (fMRI, TMS) would be of advantage. The research project is dedicated to … [More Info]

The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows” at the University of Heidelberg is offering; 2 PhD scholarships within the Junior Research Group “Asymmetries in Cultural Information Flows: Europe and South Asia in the Global Information Network since the Nineteenth Century”. The PhD students will be expected … [More Info]

PhD position in (Applied) Statistics Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany) The Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries: Statistical Methods and Empirical Analyses” at the University of Göttingen invites applications for a PhD position in (Applied) Statistics. The position is available October 1, 2008, fixed for 3 years and has no teaching … [More Info]