Two short-term fellowships for master's degree holders and PhD candidates in 2025

The DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1372 “Magnetoreception and Navigation of Vertebrates” at the University of Oldenburg offers

two short-term fellowships for master's degree holders and PhD candidates

to excellent researchers, who are interested in doing research within one dedicated project of the CRC. Please see the available projects here: https://www.sfb1372.de/projects. These visiting research fellowships are intended to foster external collaboration and will allow external PhD students or students holding a master’s degree to work within the CRC framework. The fellowships are tax-exempt and will be granted ideally for 6 to 12 months, covering a  basic amount of 1,365 EUR plus child support if applicable.

Your profile:

• Excellent master’s degree or equivalent, related to topics of the CRC, obtained outside of the future host institution
• Proficiency in English
• Convincing research idea within the subject area of the CRC (you can assign the project idea to one of the projects of the CRC)
• Motivation to participate in the workshops and seminars organized by the integrated research training group (IRTG)

Our expectations:

• Regular participation in workshops and seminars organized by the integrated research training group
• Participation in biannual CRC meetings
• Motivated work on individual research project and presentation of its results within the IRTG seminar series

Required documents for application:

• Statement of research interests and letter of motivation
• Curriculum vitae
• Certificate of master’s degree (or equivalent)
• Two references
• Desirable: project outline (with preferred time period). Applicants are advised to contact the CRC investigators with whom they would like to work and discuss the possibility of collaboration.

Starting date:

• Earliest: October 1, 2024
• Latest: June 1, 2025

The University of Oldenburg is committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and the compatibility of family and career. It is a signatory of the Diversity Charter and has been certified as a family-friendly university since 2004. We welcome applications from people of all nationalities, ethnic and social origins, religions, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. Information about the University of Oldenburg can be found here https://uol.de/en.

For further information contact Tabea Hildebrand (Tel.: +49-441-798-3586, irtg_sfb1372[at]uol.de)

Please send your application documents in a single PDF file by email to irtg_sfb1372[at]uol.de. Application deadline: June 15th 2024. Please note that risks to confidentiality and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be ruled out when communicating by unencrypted e-mail.