The Hector Fellow Academy (HFA) is a community of 20 outstanding academics from different research institutions across German. They have been acknowledged by the Hector Foundation for their excellent performance and their merit in research and teaching within the natural sciences, informatics, mathematics, medicine/psychology and engineering. PhD students of the HFA get the opportunity to carry out a self-developed research project under supervision of one of the Hector Fellows while at the same time benefitting from the expertise and research network of their renowned mentor.
Your profile:
You are enthusiastic about developing and investigating an innovative research idea within the discipline of one of the Hector Fellows? You have a master’s degree in a scientific or engineering subject with excellent performance? You stand out from your peers because of strong commitment and independent work? You are team oriented and communicative? You are willing to change your place of residence to the university of the supervising Hector Fellow?
Our offer:
PhD students of the HFA will be employed as research assistants at the university of the corresponding Hector Fellow for a period of three years. The salary is determined by the institute’s guidelines and is commensurated with the general payscale of German universities (in accordance with TV-L E13). In addition, Hector Fellow PhD students receive material expenses for their research project and are given the opportunity to gain interdisciplinary expertise by participating in selected management modules (e.g. international project management).
Your application:
Applications including a proposal of your planned PhD project and the preferred Hector Fellow have to be submitted by April 30th, 2015 via our application portal https://applicationportal.hector-fellow-academy.com.
Further information regarding the application process and the Hector Fellow Academy are available on www.hector-fellow-academy.de.
Hector Fellow Academy gGmbH
Schlossplatz 19
76131 Karlsruhe
Phone: +49 (0)721 608 47883
E-Mail: info@hector-fellow-academy.de
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