With 5,000 employees, Forschungszentrum Jülich – a member of the Helmholtz Association – is one of the large interdisciplinary research centres in Europe and stands for the next generation of key technologies. Work with us on the grand challenges in the fields of health, energy & environment, and information technology, as well as on the many and varied tasks of research management.

HITEC (Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate) is a graduate school for scientists and engineers who want to earn a Ph.D. in the challenging fields of energy and climate research and is a joint initiative between Forschungszentrum Jülich, the RWTH Aachen University, the University of Bochum, the University of Cologne, the University of Düsseldorf and the University of Wuppertal. HITEC offers a 3-year training programme which fosters scientific and professional qualification. HITEC is committed to scientific excellence, to an interdisciplinary and international research environment, to an accepting learning environment which embraces diversity and aims to turn the Ph.D. students into well needed experts for academia and industry.

The international graduate school in Energy and Climate Research HITEC announces

7 Ph.D. fellowships
in energy research: specifically in materials science, plasma physics, thermal energy conversion, photovoltaics, nuclear waste management, modeling and numerical simulations; in energy economics; and in climate research: specifically in atmospheric physics and chemistry.

For their application candidates have the choice between 28 HITEC Ph.D. projects and 8 research fields: for details of projects and research fields as well as the online application go to www.hitec-graduate-school.de.

Requirements

We are seeking highly qualified and motivated scientists and engineers. Candidates are expected to have a Master, a German “Diplom” or an equivalent degree, when they start their Ph.D. project. The specifics of the degree and the experience required are indicated for the individual projects. The integration in national and international co-operations requires the willingness to cooperate in teams. We expect that you are able to communicate your results in oral and written form in very good English.

Selection

The best candidates will be invited to Germany for a week (16-25 March 2015) in order to work out the details of the project with the research group which hosts the project. Successful candidates will receive an email notification about the admission and invitation by the end of January. The final decision will be reached after individual presentations to the HITEC Advisory Board on 24 March. The earliest starting point will be May 2015, later starts are possible. Funding will be provided for three years. HITEC Fellows will be able to finish their Ph.D. work within these 3 years.

Forschungszentrum Jülich aims to employ more women in this area and therefore particulary welcomes applications from women.

We also welcome applications from disabled persons.

For your application please use the application form provided on the HITEC website
www.hitec-graduate-school.de and follow the procedure as indicated. Please submit your application with the relevant documentation electronically until 5 December 2014 to hitec@fz-juelich.de.

Only complete applications with reference to one of the advertised projects will be accepted for review.

Contact:
Dr. Bärbel Köster
hitec@fz-juelich.de

www.hitec-graduate-school.de
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK
www.fz-juelich.de