International Scholarships

2 PhD-POSITIONS in PLANT ECOLOGY and PLANT PATHOLOGY at Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany We advertise two open PhD-positions (BAT IIa/2) within the sub-projects A6 and B5 of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 607) “Growth and Parasite Defence” funded by the Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft (DFG) since 1998. Ambitious candidates with a strong background/interest in modeling approaches, … [More Info]

The Department of Environmental Planning, Section of Landscape Planning and Nature Conservation at the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Science (Institut fr Umweltplanung, Abteilung Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, Fakultt fr Architektur und Landschaft) invites applications for the position of a Research and Teaching Assistant (50%, no tenure track) (Salary approx. 25,000 Euro before tax). The position … [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 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]

Within in the DFG (German Science Foundation) Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) Modeling, Analysis and Simulation in Economic Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Economics of the University of Ulm there is 1 PhD Scholarship available for three years starting at the earliest. The scope of the research training group is the investigation of economic … [More Info]

A position for a PhD student is available in the IMPETUS project (An integrated approach to the efficient management of scarce water resources in West Africa). Globally we are confronted with increasing scarcity of water resources in terms of quantity and quality. Water use efficiency must be increased through improved crop and irrigation management in … [More Info]

The Graduate School offers a high-level PhD programme with research opportunities in cellular, molecular, developmental, physiological, neuro-and evolutionary genetics and genomics. Plant, animal and microbial systems are equally well represented. The three-year programme starts with a six-month rotation and course period, followed by a PhD project in one of the participating groups. Seminars and training … [More Info]