Job ID: 120186

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Brain and Behavior

Position: Ph.D. Student

Deadline: 1 November 2024

City: Bonn

Country: Germany

Institution: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Brain & Behavior

Department:

Description:

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Brain & Behavior is a fully-funded PhD program in Bonn, Germany that offers a competitive world-class PhD training and research program in the field of neuroethology and neuroscience. The research groups in the program aim to understand how the collective activity of the vast numbers of interconnected neurons in the brain gives rise to the diversity of animal behavior. IMPRS for Brain & Behavior is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar (MPINB), the University of Bonn, and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn.

Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animals behaviors and be part of the next generation of outstanding neuroscientists!

In a nutshell:

– Apply the latest innovative neuroscience techniques to fundamental neuroethology questions
– Neuroscience Boot Camp
– Possibility of lab rotations
– Mentoring and guidance by a Thesis Advisory Committee
– A multitude of training opportunities
– International and administrative support
– Fully-funded PhD positions are available

Your profile:

– Proven track record of academic and research excellence
– Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g. neuroscience, biology, physics, mathematics, computer science, or engineering). Degree should be concluded before admission to the PhD, latest by September 2025.
– Fluency in written and spoken English

Only online applications are accepted. https://imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de/

Short-listed candidates will be invited to an online Selection Symposium in February 2025.

Positions must be started latest in October 2025.