12 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Europe

12 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships.

MNARS is an international three-year doctoral school launched by the Max Planck Society's MaxNetAging program. The school focuses on topics of aging ranging across the full spectrum of the behavioral and social scien­ces, biology, law and the humanities. Fourteen Max Planck Institutes parti­cipate:

• MPI for Art History, Florence, Italy,
• MPI for the Biology of Aging, Cologne,
• MPI for Demographic Research, Rostock,
• MPI for Economics, Jena,
• MPI for European Legal History, Frankfurt/Main,
• MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig,
• MPI for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg,
• MPI for Foreign and International Social Law, Munich,
• MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig,
• MPI for the History of Science, Berlin,
• MPI for Human Development, Berlin,
• MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen,
• MPI for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn,
• MPI for Social Anthropology, Halle,
• MPI for the Study of Societies, Cologne.

Each fellow enrolled in MNARS will be affiliated with one of these Max Planck Institutes. During the first six months of MNARS, from January through June 2010, all fellows will study together at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock. They will attend lectures and semi­nars on a broad range of topics in aging research and doctoral students will develop the topic of their dissertation. Instruction will be in English. At the end of the first six months, fellows will go to the Max Planck Institute they are affiliated with and spend the next 30 months in case of doctoral students or the next 18 months in case of postdoctoral fellows working on their re­search projects. Fellows will meet, together with other MaxNetAging scientists and a few invited speakers, twice a year at research workshops.

Visit http://www.maxnetaging.mpg.de/en/doctoralschool/participants.htm for examples of research questions and for statements about the program of current MaxNetAging students.

Applications should include:

• a CV,
• a statement about the level of the job you are seeking (as doctoral or postdoctoral student), why you are interested in working in the MaxNetAging Research School,
• details of qualifications, including information about honors, awards, or evaluations of your educational degrees (e.g., "cum laude"),
• a list of publications, if any,
• names and addresses of 2 people we can contact about you, and for postdoctoral fellows a brief outline about your research agenda in the upcoming two years.

Applicants should also indicate the Max Planck Institute they wish to be affiliated with.

Ph.D. and Post-Doc appointments are made on Ph.D. and Post-Doc sti­pends. We can provide you with information about the level of your sti­pend based on the information you provide us on your CV.

The Max Planck Society wishes to increase the share of women in areas where they are underrepresented, and strongly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicap­ped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

Applications should be addressed to the MaxNetAging Director Prof. James W. Vaupel and sent by e-mail to appl-mnars@demogr.mpg.de. Email inquiries concerning the application process and other aspects of MNARS should also be sent to appl-mnars@demogr.mpg.de.

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible. Review of applications will begin on receipt and will continue until all fellowship positions have been filled.

Embedded systems position in Germany

W3 Professor of Embedded Systems in Information Engineering

The successful candidate will have an outstanding scientific reputation in the field of embedded systems and several years of successful industry-related or industry-relevant research and development experience.

The future post holder's scientific work will focus on one or more of the key research areas

• computer and processor architecture
• real-time systems
• hardware/software codesign and design automation

with applications in the areas of automation engineering, vehicular technology, telecommunications or other technical fields.

International visibility through publications and projects, above-average acquisition of third-party funding and proof of particular aptitude for academic teaching are expected.

Teaching responsibilities include compulsory lectures on computer architecture and embedded processors. The post holder should be willing to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration in teaching and research with partners within and outside the faculty. Appropriate participation in the self-governing tasks of the university is expected.

The conditions of employment, including a post-doctoral lecture qualification or equivalent academic achievement, derive from § 46 of the North-Rhine Westphalia Higher Education Act (Hochschulgesetz des Landes NRW). For more information please contact the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Sciences (e-mail: dekanat-ei@ruhr-uni-bochum.de).

The Ruhr-Universität Bochum aims to particularly promote the careers of women, and therefore encourages applications from female academics. We also welcome applications from appropriately qualified candidates with disabilities or equivalent status.

Please send your application with the usual documentation by October 9^th 2009 to

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Dekan
44780 Bochum

5 Research scientists in Germany

Universität Siegen

The University of Siegen is an innovative and interdisciplinary university with some 12.000 students and 1.500 employees, including 900 researchers. The University of Siegen offers an excellent study and research environment encompassing humanities and social sciences, as well as economics, natural sciences and engineering and numerous interdisciplinary research projects. In the Research Training Group "Imaging New Modalities", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and hosted by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Siegen, the following vacancies are to be filled until October 1st, 2009: 5 Research Scientists (full position, wage group 13 TV-L) The positions in the Research Training Group are limited to 3 years for research scientists. In case of a positive development of the individual studies, the positions may be prolonged in order to complete the PhD-thesis. Starting in October 2009, the Research Training Group is focusing on fundamental research for range sensing, THz- and multi-spectral imaging, as well as for new algorithmic approaches for processing and analysis of mono- and multi-modal data streams delivered by these sensors. Applicants must be graduated in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar (PhD or Master/Diploma) with very good or excellent grade. We expect good English knowledge. The scientific career of the applicant should have a relation to the main topics of the Research Training Group, i. e. to sensorics (optics, range sensing, THz, multi-spectral imaging), sensor data processing (fusion or analysis of mono- and multi-modal data streams, visual analysis) or security (person recognition, material identification and biometrics, information security). Candidates will be given the opportunity to work on their PhD-thesis. The University of Siegen is an equal-opportunity employer and seeks to raise the amount of women involved in research and teaching. Thus, the application of adequately qualified women is encouraged. Applications from handicapped persons are encouraged. The application and selection procedure is web-based. Applications including a curriculum vitae, certificates, two letters of recommendation and a project proposal should be uploaded on the Research Training Group's website www.grk1564.uni-siegen.de until September 30th, 2009. The proposal (approx. 2 pages) should describe the nexus between the individual research interests and the topics of the Research Training Group and it should sketch out possible research directions. Further information on the Research Training Group and the University of Siegen can be found on the web-site www.grk1564.uni-siegen.de and www.uni-siegen.de, respectively.

Universität Siegen Hölderlinstr. 3 D-57068 Siegen Germany http://www.grk1564.uni-siegen.de Closing date: 30.09.2009

Germany : 8 full positions for doctoral candidates

The International Research Training Group "Non-linearities and upscaling in porous media" (NUPUS) of the Universities Stuttgart, Bergen, Delft, Eindhoven, Utrecht and Wageningen is offering

8 full positions for doctoral candidates for 1,5 years with possibility of extension to 3 years (research assistant, TV-L 13)

from January 1^st, 2010 / April 1^st 2010 in Stuttgart.

NUPUS deals with flow and transport processes in porous media, focusing on environmental and technical applications. For these applications, models must be formulated to simulate coupled non-linear multiphase flow and transport processes. These processes occur on various scales in both space and time and are subject to the structural heterogeneities of porous media on all scales in space. The paramount goal of NUPUS is to derive, develop, implement and verify methods and models that describe complex multiphase flow processes in rigid and deformable porous media in an interdisciplinary research environment. Fundamental research includes the development of stochastic methods and the optimisation of efficient numerical schemes. These will be linked to applied research (methodical and experimental), e.g. the optimisation of fuel cells, the sequestration of CO₂ or the prediction of slope failure.

For a description of the research projects, please refer to http://www.nupus.uni-stuttgart.de (Research Areas)

Prerequisites:

• M.Sc. or Diplom in Civil, Environmental, Chemical or Process Engineering, Computational Science, Mathematics, Physics or neighbouring disciplines with above-average results
• Applicants are expected to possess a high level of proficiency in written and spoken English
• Applicants must participate actively in NUPUS (give presentations at seminars, follow courses, assist in the organisation)
• Applicants are expected to stay at a partner university in the Netherlands or Norway for 6 to 9 months

Please send an application (CV, degree certificates, motivation letter) by September 15^th, 2009 to the spokesman of the German side

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Helmig
Lehrstuhl für Hydromechanik und Hydrosystemmodellierung
Universität Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring 61
D-70569 Stuttgart

or electronically to Ms. Maria Costa, maria.costa@iws.uni-stuttgart.de. She can also provide further information.

The Universitaet Stuttgart wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women. Full-time positions can be split. Handicapped persons with the same qualifications will be given preference. The Central Administration is responsible for recruitment.

20 PhD Stipends/Fellowships, Bremen, Germany

20 PhD Stipends/Fellowships, 6-8 Post-doc Stipends/Fellowships

Graduate School of Social Sciences, Bremen, Germany

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Ph.D. and Postdoc program. BIGSSS is an inter-university institute of the University of Bremen (UB) and Jacobs University. 20 PhD and 6-8 Postdoc stipends/fellowships are available at Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science, Germany. Non-German students are strongly encouraged to apply.

Deadline : 15 March 2009

The program is funded by the German Excellence Initiative. The program provides close supervision of dissertation work within a demand-tailored education and research framework. BIGSSS is part of an international network of highly acknowledged graduate programs. It supports its Ph.D. and Post-doc Fellows in achieving early scientific independence, provides funds for conducting, presenting and publishing their research. The language of instruction is English.

PhD Fellowships

Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) seeks candidates with strong academic abilities and a Master's degree (or equivalent) in political science, sociology, psychology, law, economics or other social science disciplines. We offer Ph.D. stipends of 1250 euros/month for 36 months, contingent on successful completion of each year.

Postdoc Fellowships

We seek candidates pursuing English-language publication projects either from their dissertation (by making findings available to an international audience through a book or journal article) or from a new project. Postdoc stipends of 1750 euros/month may run from 6 to 24 months. The competition is open to candidates who have received a doctorate in political science, sociology, psychology, law, economics or other social science disciplines within the last 3 years, or who can be expected to finish prior to commencing their post-doc stay.

Research Fields

Successful applicants for the Ph.D. and Post-doc Fellowships will pursue a topic in one of BIGSSS' five Thematic Fields:

• Global Integration
• Integration and Diversity in the New Europe
• Social Integration and the Welfare State
• Attitude Formation, Value Change and Intercultural Communication
• Life-Course and Lifespan Dynamics.

PhD fellowships will start on 1st September 2009, Post-docs may start later. Non-German students are strongly encouraged to apply. BIGSSS strives to increase the share of women in the university and hence also strongly encourages women to apply. Applicants with disabilities who are equally qualified will be favored.

Further information and Contact details

Applications may be sent until March 15, 2009 to the following address (Electronic application is encouraged):
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences
Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau, Dean
Universität Bremen
PF/PO Box 330440
28334 Bremen
Germany

More information as well as lists of required application materials can be found at:
http://www.bigsss-bremen.de/

Official Announcement (pdf, right click to save)