Deadline: 1 October 2024
The Senckenberg Society for Nature Research offers fellowships to highly motivated and talented early career scientists (doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers) from the Global South.
The Senckenberg goal is to support excellent research, to expand and strengthen the worldwide cooperation network and to contribute to the global exchange of knowledge.
The fellows will have access to the 41 million objects in the Senckenberg collection, to their research laboratories and research infrastructures, to their libraries, and to the expertise of the 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.
Funding Information
- They 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, they offer a one-time travel allowance (up to 1,200 €).
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
For more information, visit Senckenberg.
