3rd FELLOWS OPEN CALL

APPLY NOW AS A FELLOW OF THE MAX PLANCK SCHOOLS

The Max Planck Schools invite outstanding and dedicated scientists to apply for this year's Fellows Open Call. After the last successful call in 2022, the Max Planck Schools are once again offering an excellent opportunity to apply as a Fellow within their joint graduate program. We are looking for outstanding researchers who would like to contribute to the unique scientific network of the Schools and train ambitious international PhD candidates in three highly interdisciplinary fields: Cognition, Matter to Life and Photonics. Become part of an innovative and inspiring network and apply now as Fellow at the Max Planck Schools!

We look forward to your application by NOVEMBER 18, 2024
via our  ONLINE PORTAL.

 

Since 2018, the Max Planck Schools have brought together Germany’s leading scientists in three interdisciplinary research fields – Cognition, Matter to Life, and Photonics – to train a new generation of outstanding and open-minded early-career researchers.  

As Fellow of a Max Planck School, you have the opportunity to contribute to this joint graduate program of German universities[1] and research organizations[2], to establish a structured flagship program for PhD training in Germany, and to advance your research by leading bright and high aiming PhD candidates to success.

 

Our Fellows benefit from

• international talent recruiting via multi-channel marketing;
• access to ambitious PhD candidates (selected via a competitive multi-stage process);
• a national research network that extends far beyond organizational or disciplinary boundaries;
• innovative teaching methods via e-learning, digital labs, VR-based clean rooms etc.;
• close support by the coordination offices in the fulfillment of the tasks and duties.

 

Fellows of the Max Planck Schools are appointed by the Presidents of the Max Planck Society and the German Rectors’ Conference. Their main responsibilities include the supervision, and scientific as well as personal support of ambitious and promising PhD candidates. Moreover, our Fellows advance their respective Max Planck School by:

• Generating new research topics;
• Supporting selection procedures of PhD candidates;
• Contributing to curriculum development and implementation;
• Further developing the concept of the respective Max Planck School;
• Promoting the overall idea of the Max Planck Schools.

 

For these tasks, Fellows will be appointed for four years. A renewal of the appointment by a subsequent application is possible.
To become a Fellow, candidates must:

• Have their main affiliation at a German university or research institution;[3]
• Demonstrate an internationally recognized scientific profile in one or more research fields connected to 
  Cognition, Matter to Life, or Photonics;
• Bring high levels of engagement to the support and advancement of young potentials aiming for an international research career;
• Demonstrate interest to contribute to a highly innovative graduate program with international orientation and a lively scientificcommunity across disciplinary, organizational and local boundaries.

The Max Planck Society and the German Rectors’ Conference together with all their partners seek to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourage women to apply.

 

[1] Key partner universities of the pilot phase are: Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University of Göttingen, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Humboldt University of Berlin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Heidelberg University and Leipzig University.

[2] Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association and Leibniz Association.

[3] In a capacity that enables them to receive public research funding.