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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Become part of the </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#215F9A;background:white">International Max Planck Research
School for </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#215F9A;background:white">Global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#222222">In cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry houses a <b>unique and flexible research program </b>that grants
German and foreign students a broad selection of learning opportunities while still maintaining a research focus. The IMPRS-gBGC offers a PhD program specializing in <b>global biogeochemistry and related Earth System sciences</b>. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#578725">Detailed job description of all PhD projects:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#165778"><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imprs-gbgc.de%2Findex.php%2FApplication%2FOpenProjects&data=02%7C01%7CGGMT%40maillists.uea.ac.uk%7Ca24e0684aa03456a03cf08d681346d1e%7Cc65f8795ba3d43518a070865e5d8f090%7C0%7C0%7C636838459502120254&sdata=o4FuaVtM9glPqdauch%2BC9pUAxNuJGu6u7PDFozXQBbI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.imprs-gbgc.de/index.php/Application/OpenProjects</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#6F9A45">Requirements</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#222222">We welcome applications from well-motivated and highly-qualified students from all countries. Applicants hold (or are about to receive) a Master of Science or equivalent
degree in natural sciences. Proficiency in English is required since English is the official language of the program.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#222222">The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified
individuals. The Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#6F9A45">After you have been selected</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#222222">We offer a fulltime position as a PhD researcher for 3 years. The starting date is flexible. PhD researchers with a Master's or Diploma degree receive either a scholarship
which is free of tax and social insurance or a support contract.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#6F9A45">How to apply</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#222222">Application <b>deadline </b>for the fully funded PhD positions is <b>6 February, 2019</b>. Pre-interviews via web conference will be carried out and promising candidates
will be invited to take part in our recruitment symposium (1-2 April, 2019).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#6F9A45">Find out more and apply online:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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