180 Deutschland Scholarship for International Students in Germany

Applications are invited for Up to 180 Deutschland Scholarships at the University of Mannheim for the Academic Year 2017/2018. International students are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.

The scholarships are awarded to promote talent and performance. Scholarship holders will be chosen by the selection committee of the respective school of the university. Applicants will receive a notification of the decision regarding their application.

The University of Mannheim is one of the best universities in Germany. This is demonstrated by their success within the scope of the nationwide excellence initiative as well as numerous rankings, awards and surveys among employees.

Course Level: Scholarships are available to pursue bachelor’s or master’s program, or a degree in teacher qualification at the University of Mannheim.

Study Subject: Application period for bachelor´s programs and for the degree in teaching qualification:

15 May 2017 to 15 July 2017

The application period for master’s programs:

a) 1 April 2017 to 30 April 2017

• Economics
• Intercultural German Studies
• Political Science
• Sociology

b) 1 April 2017 to 31 May 2017

• History
• Culture and Economy: English and American Studies
• Culture and Economy: French Studies
• Culture and Economy: German Studies
• Culture and Economy: History
• Culture and Economy: Spanish Studies
• Culture and Economy: Italian Studies
• Culture and Economy: Philosophy Literature, Media and Culture in the Modern Era
• Mannheim Master in Business Research
• Mannheim Master in Data Science
• Mannheim Master in Management
• Master of Comparative Business Law
• Master of Laws Media and Communication Studies
• Psychology: Work, Economy and Society
• Psychology: Cognitive and Clinical Psychology
• Language and Communication
• Business Informatics
• Economics and Business Education

c) 1 April 2017 to 15 July 2017

Mathematics in Business and Economics

Scholarship Award: Each scholarship amounts to EUR 300 per month and is funded by a private funding provider and by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 50 percent, respectively.

Number of Scholarships: The University of Mannheim strives to award 180 scholarships.

Scholarship can be taken in Germany

Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:

Application for the Deutschland Scholarship is open to enrolled students of all fields pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or state examination degree within the standard period of study as well as applicants for one these programs at the University of Mannheim.

Nationality: International students are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirements: Applicants must have their previous degree.

English language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

How to Apply: Students who are already enrolled at the University of Mannheim can apply via the student portal. Once you have logged in to the student portal, you can find a link to the scholarship application in the menu on the left-hand side.

Please include the following documents in your application:

• Letter of motivation (one page only);
• CV;
• University entrance qualification;
• Current transcript of records;
• Degree certificates from previous programs (if available);
• If applicable: proof of social activities, of completed internships, proof of completed vocational training, of employment in order to finance the degree (please provide proof with the employment period and the number of working hours);
• If applicable: proofs of awards, honours;
• If applicable: copies of proofs of personal or family-related circumstances.

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Application Deadline: Scholarship application deadline is May 31, 2017.

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DAAD Doctoral Scholarships for Students in Germany

In cooperation with the DAAD, the Department of Philology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University in Munster is offering two scholarships for interested and qualified international doctoral candidates in the area of literary studies starting October 1st, 2018.

Each DAAD scholarship in this programme comprises funding for up to three years or up to four years for applicants coming from developing or emerging countries.

Founded in 1780, the WWU Munster is a university with tradition. 250 courses of study, 37 000 students, a staff of 5000 including 565 professors – as well as 400 partnership agreements with universities and other academic institutions all over the world.

Course Level: Scholarships are available to pursue PhD programme.

Study Subject: Scholarships are awarded in the area of literary studies. Participating areas of study: American/English/Postcolonial Studies, Arabic/Islamic Studies, Baltic Studies, Book Studies, German Studies, Comparative Literature, Latin Philology/Studies, Dutch Stud-ies, Scandinavian Studies, Romance Studies, Sinology, Slavonic Studies. In its research, the Graduate School focuses on the following three broad areas:

• Literature and Society
  (The relationship between Literary Studies, Social Theories, Cultural Theories and Studies, and Literature)
• Theories of Literature
  (Philosophy of Science, History and Theory of Literature, Literary Theories)
• Putting the Study of Literature into Practice
  (Occupationally-oriented areas that apply Literary Studies, the literary marketplace, key qualifications, the relationship between Literary Theory and professional practice)

Scholarship Award: Each DAAD scholarship in this programme comprises funding for up to three years or up to four years for applicants coming from developing or emerging countries.

Number of Scholarships: Two scholarships are available.

Scholarship can be taken in Germany

Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship.

Requirements

• A qualifying degree at the level of Master/Magister/Staatsexamen (minimum grade: “gut”/B), in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree (minimum grade: “sehr gut”/A)
• Very good German language skills are recommended, as the courses at the GSPoL are taught in German
• At the time of the application, the last final exam should have taken place during the past six years
• At the time of the application, the applicant should not have resided in Germany for more than fifteen months

Nationality: Applicants from developing or emerging countries are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirements: Applicants must have a qualifying degree at the level of Master/Magister/Staatsexamen (minimum grade: “gut”/B), in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree (minimum grade: “sehr gut”/A).

English language Requirements: Very good German language skills are recommended, as the courses at the GSPoL are taught in German.

How to Apply: Applications must be sent via e-mail and also by post.

Applications for the Graduate School must be submitted in written form (in English or German, preferably via e-mail in one PDF file) and should include:

• A letter of motivation explaining the application at the GSPoL
• Curriculum vitae (without photograph)
• Proof that the applicant has completed a qualifying course of studies – the degree awarded must at least be 2,0 (B) or better (according to § 5, Abs. 1 and 2 of the study regulations)
• Proof of German language skills according to appendix A (Anhang A) of the study regula-tions1
• A detailed project proposal of the planned dissertation of about 10 pages in length, including a description of aims and planned topics, relevance within literary scholarship and method of research, as well as a detailed work and time schedule and a bibliography
• Two letters of reference.2 If the applicant holds a Bachelor’s degree or has completed the first course of studies with a regular duration of fewer than eight semesters, three references must be submitted.

Application Deadline: The application deadline for the winter semester 2018/19 is November 30, 2017.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Helmholtz Zentrum München offers Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Life Sciences (f/m) 2017/0144. Helmholtz Zentrum München announces the 3^rd call of its international Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

Number of fellowships: up to 8 highly talented postdocs in the development of a competitive scientific profile for a successful scientific career in academic research or industry.

Fellowship value: Fully-funded

Research Areas:

• Allergy
• Stem Cells
• Diabetes
• Big-Data-Projects

Duration: 3-year

Qualifications:

• Applications are invited from highly qualified and motivated early-career scientists of all nationalities.
• Applicant must have received PhD degree within the last three years or who will receive their doctoral degree by the start of the program and who have not been recruited to the Center for more than 6 months.
• Applicant must hold Doctoral or equivalent degree in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Physics, Mathematics, Veterinary or Human Medicine or related life sciences
• Applicant must demonstrate strong interest in basic and translational research
• Applicant must be able to work independently and as part of a team
• Applicant must possess excellent English skills

Applications:

• Applications can only be submitted online
• All entries on the application form must be in English. Following documents must be uploaded (in English and German) as pdf files (max. size of all uploads is 4 MB):
• CV including personal details, current position, education, interest, experience, skills (max 2 pages)
• List of publications and presentations
• Certificates: doctoral degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, diploma etc.
• Certificate of proficiency in English (recommended for non-native speakers)

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Organization	German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)
Fellowship Level	Postdoctoral
Country	Germany
Subject areas	Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Physics, Mathematics, Veterinary, Human Medicine
Fellowship amount	Fully-funded
Eligibility	Open to all nationalities
Deadline	April 30, 2017
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Wolfgang-Gentner Fellowships, 2017

Post Doc

 Applied physics, Engineering, Computing

Open to students of EU Member States of CERN

  Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)

01 Oct 2017

Partial Funding, Travel and other allowances

Germany and the applicant’s home country

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Wolfgang-Gentner Fellowships, 2017 promotes theses in technical fields at CERN

Eligibility

• The candidates applying for Wolfgang-Gentner Fellowships, 2017 should have a University degree with doctoral studies at the commencement at CERN.
• Should be a citizen of one of the EU Member States of CERN.
• Applicants of Wolfgang-Gentner Fellowships, 2017 should be willing to take future doctoral studies at a German university.
• The academic performance with suitability and good working knowledge of English or French are considered.

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Lepsien Art Foundation International Grant Program, 2017

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The Lepsien Art Foundation International Grant Program, 2017 is open to international artists interested in disciplines: painting, sculpture, and photo.

Eligibility criteria:

• Candidates applying for Lepsien Art Foundation International Grant Program, 2017 must have completed their education at any officially accepted international/German academy of art.
• Applicants must have a first public recognition in form of exhibitions, publications or the like in a relevant discipline.
• Applicants of Lepsien Art Foundation International Grant Program, 2017 who are older than 39 years or haven’t yet completed their studies at the time of application are ineligible.
• Diploma, publications, exhibition history, projects, age, artistic development and quality of artworks are the factors based on which the selection will be made.

Documents required:

The applicants must submit the following documents before the deadline:

• CV
• Portrait picture
• PDF exposé/portfolio of their artworks

 

Other

 Painting, sculpture and photo

Open to all nationals except Germans

  Lepsien Art Foundation

15 May 2017

Partial Funding, .

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MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics: Scientist, Bioinformatician

MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics invites applications for the position of a Scientist, Bioinformatician to start as soon as possible for an initial period of 2 years, with the possibility of extension.

Tasks and Responsibilities of Bioinformatician:

• Responsibilities include the development, comparison and testing of software solutions for the analysis of deep-sequencing data.
• In close interaction with the experimental partners, scientist will provide algorithmic solutions to their analyses and data interpretation.
• Selected candidate will also help with established training programs and help our partners with experimental design, quality control and the analysis of genome-wide data.

Qualifications:

• Applicant must be motivated team player with strong communication skills and the desire to work in a dynamic environment.
• Applicant must have proven experience with deep-sequencing analysis and specific computational skills.
• Applicant must hold PhD degree or MSc with relevant work experience in bioinformatics or in a related field.
• Applicant must possess experience with analysis of genome-wide data
• Applicant must possess very good command of English language

Salary: Salary will be based on previous experience according to TVöD guidelines.

Application:

• Submit complete application with the following materials:
• Cover letter
• CV
• Contact details of referees
• Apply directly via the online application portal

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Organization	Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Fellowship Level	Scientist
Country	Germany
Subject areas	Developmental and Evolutionary Biology & Genetics, Immunobiology and Infection Biology & Medicine, Bioinformatics
Fellowship amount	Varies
Eligibility	Open to all nationalities
Deadline	2 May 2017
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MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization: PhD position

The Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Dynamics and Self-Organization invites applications for a PhD position in Theoretical Biological Physics. This institute is an international research institute, performs both experimental and theoretical fundamental scientific research. The position is available in independent research group of Dr. Karen Aim.

Eligibility:

• Applicant must hold Master’s degree (or comparable) in physics, applied mathematics, or in a related field.
• Applicant must have a background in quantitative biology, soft matter or statistical physics. Programming skills are highly desired.

Duration: limited to 3 years.

Starting date: September 1, 2017

Salary: in accordance with the funding guidelines of the Max Planck Society for junior scientists, salary is 2/3 of pay level E13 according to the collective wage agreement for the public service (TVöD Bund).

Application:

Application material must include:

• CV
• Publication list
• Statement of interests
• At least 2 letters of reference
• The statement of interests should briefly describe your past and current research interests and why you are interested in joining our group.
• Send application material in a single pdf file, quoting reference no. 08/2017, until May 15, 2017 by email to karen.alim@ds.mpg.de.

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Organization	Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Fellowship Level	Doctoral
Country	Germany
Subject areas	Complex Systems, Plant Research, Structural and Cell Biology, Solid State Research & Material Sciences, Microbiology & Ecology
Fellowship amount	Varies
Eligibility	Ope to all nationalities
Deadline	15 May 2017
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5 Doctoral Positions: Johannes Gutenberg University

Johannes Gutenberg University invites applications for 5 Doctoral positions. The positions are available in the interdisciplinary Research Training Group 1876 “Early Concepts of Man and Nature: Universal, Local, Borrowed” established by the German Research Foundation.

Starting Date: 1 October 2017

Duration: initially for 2 years; may be extended by one more year

Study areas:

• Egyptology
• Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Pre- and Proto-historical Archaeology (Pleistocene Archaeology)
• Near Eastern Archaeology
• Classical Archaeology
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Byzantine Studies and Medieval German Studies

Research areas (Topics for PhD theses must be chosen from one of these):

• Primordial conditions and elements, the origin and the end of the world;
• Natural phenomena, the forces of nature, and natural catastrophes;
• Flora, fauna, and natural environment;
• The conceptualization of the human body, of disease, healing and death.

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold diploma or master’s degree (or equivalent) with excellent results in related disciplines and fulfill the necessary requirements for studying for a doctoral degree at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Benefits:

• a PhD programme with clearly defined steps and instruction
• ample opportunities for intensive professional and interdisciplinary exchange
• close supervision by two professors of different academic disciplines of the Research Training Group’s core faculty
• a mentoring programme with cooperating partners in Germany and abroad
• traineeships within cooperating institutes
• additional funding for staying for up to four weeks abroad at a research institute cooperating with our programme as well as for attending conferences inside and outside Germany
• classes helping you to acquire key qualifications (e.g. time-management or academic writing courses)
• a modern and pleasant working environment
• optional six months’ funding for developing a new research project once you have completed your PhD

Applications:

The following documents must be provided:

• Application form
• Letter of motivation
• CV
• Transcript of academic records, including the last school report obtained before entering university
• Graduate thesis (3 pages) in a pdf-file
• an disclosure for a PhD thesis in one of the areas of the Research Training Group, summarizing the idea, outlining research questions and state of the art, approach and methods to be used, work and time schedule (4 pages)
• 2 letters of reference from members of academic staff
• List of attended conferences and publications (if available)
• Submit complete application in electronic form (pdf) to the Research Training Group spokesperson Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Pommerening (grk1876@uni-mainz.de).

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Organization	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Fellowship Level	Doctoral
Country	Germany
Subject areas	Archeology, History
Fellowship amount	Varies
Eligibility	Open to all nationalities
Deadline	May 15th, 2017
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Lepsien Art Foundation International Grant Program Emerging Artists in Germany

The Lepsien Art Foundation is delighted to offer International Grant Program Emerging Artists to study in Germany. International artists are eligible to apply for these grants.

The International Grant Program Emerging Artists of the Lepsien Art Foundation offers a lot of benefits and at the same time maximum flexibility.

The Lepsien Art Foundation is a non-profit organization (NPO) which originated in a private initiative, and devotes itself completely to art and culture and their patronage.

Course Level: Grants are available for Emerging Artists.

Study Subject: The main focus is on the following disciplines: painting, sculpture and photo.

Scholarship Award: The Grant Program does not include provision of housing/accommodation or monetary allowances for the same. The Grant Program does not include provision of travel allowances or other monetary allowances for the same. However, there are certain opportunities to receive external support (travel grants, embassy support etc.) for the same and the Lepsien Art Foundation is willing to support in this matter.

Number of Awards: 5 grants will be awarded.

Scholarship can be taken in Düsseldorf, Germany

Eligibility: Applicants must have completed their studies at an officially accepted German or international academy of art. First public recognition in the concerned discipline in form of exhibitions, publications or the like is required.

Applicants who have not completed their studies or who are older than 39 years at the time of application can’t be considered for the grant program.

Nationality: International artists are eligible to apply for these grants.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirements: Applicants must have completed their studies at an officially accepted German or international academy of art.

English language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.

How to Apply: Send your documents to: apply-at-lepsienartfoundation.com.

Application requirement:

• CV, portrait picture and PDF exposé/portfolio of your art works.
• Please note that applications cannot be accepted if one or more of the above mentioned documents are missing.

Application Deadline: Application deadline is May 15, 2017.

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EMBL International PhD Programme

The EMBL International PhD Programme, originally started in 1983, represents the flagship of EMBL’s commitment to first class training and education. Inter-nationality, dedicated mentoring and early independence in research characterize the programme. The programme is considered to be one of the most competitive doctoral training schemes to enter; committed to provide EMBL PhD students with the best starting platform for a successful career in science.

Study Areas:

• Bioinformatics
• Cell Biology and Biophysics
• Developmental Biology
• Genome Biology
• Mouse Biology
• Structural and Computational Biology

Number of fellowships: 60 every year

Eligibility:

• Nationality: applicant can be of any nationality
• Qualification: PhD applicants must hold, or anticipate receiving before enrollment, a university degree that would formally qualify them to enter a PhD or equivalent programme in the country where the degree was initially obtained.
• All applications are evaluated solely on the basis of qualification and scientific potential.
• There is no age limit.
• Proficiency in English, (written and verbal) is a prerequisite to enter the EMBL International PhD Programme.

Duration: 

• 3.5 to 4 years

Application:

• All applications need to be supported by a minimum of two academic reference letters.
• Referees must submit their online references before the closing date.

The EMBL International PhD Programme is directed by Helke Hillebrand – Academic Coordinator, EICAT and Dean of Graduate Studies.

Contact details

Meriam Bezohra, Administrative Officer

Matija Grgurinovic, Senior Administrative Officer

EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Tel: +49 6221 387 -8612 or 8896

Fax: +49 6221 387 -8400

Email: predocs@embl.de

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Organization	European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Fellowship Level	Doctoral
Country	Germany
Subject areas	Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Biophysics, Computational Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Fellowship amount	Varies
Eligibility	Open to all nationalities
Deadline	Registration deadline: 10 April 2017Application deadline: 17 April 2017
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