Deadline:
October 01, 2024
Location(s)
Worldwide
Overview
Senckenberg offers fellowships to highly motivated and talented early career scientists (doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers) from the Global South.
Details
The fellowships are awarded for a period of three to a maximum of six months each. Our goal is to support excellent research, to expand and strengthen the worldwide cooperation network and to contribute to the global exchange of knowledge.
We cordially invite you to apply for a Global Fellowship fellowship at Senckenberg. Our fellows will have access to the 41 million objects in our Senckenberg collection, to our research laboratories and research infrastructures, to our libraries, and to the expertise of our scientific staff. At Senckenberg, you will find optimal working conditions and open-minded colleagues* with a broad range of scientific backgrounds in biodiversity, anthropology, geology, collection-based research, genomics, and conservation ecology.
We look forward to hearing from you if you have an idea for a high-quality research project that you would like to implement together with a scientific host at Senckenberg.
Selection procedure
A scientific selection committee will select the successful applications within approximately eight weeks after the application deadline. The selection committee is composed of renowned scientists from the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung.
Senckenberg supports equal opportunities for all genders and places particular emphasis on promoting career opportunities for women and underrepresented groups. Qualified women and other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to equally qualified applicants* with disabilities.
Successful applicants and their hosts will be notified eight weeks after the application deadline.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Prerequisites
- Applicants from countries of the Global South will be considered.
- Applicants must hold a Master’s or PhD degree in one of Senckenberg’s research areas.
- You will contact a suitable scientist at Senckenberg, who can be your host, and together you will develop a concept for a suitable research topic, which you will spend the funded time working on at Senckenberg.
- This link to all Senckenberg institutes can help you find suitable hosts for your project ideas: all Senckenberg institutes.
- Please note that you are only eligible to receive a Senckenberg Global Fellowship if you do not receive a parallel project funding during the period of the fellowship. We would like to exclude double funding in any case.
Dates
Deadline: October 01, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
About the fellowship program
- We offer fellowships for PhD students (1,600 €/month) or postdocs (2,700 €/month) for 3 months, in selected cases for up to 6 months.
- In addition to the stipend, we offer a one-time travel allowance (up to 1,200 €).
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