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The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior at its sites in Konstanz and Radolfzell offers an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative environment that opens up unique research opportunities. The goal of our basic research is to develop a quantitative and predictive understanding of the d
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Göttingen is one of the world's leading research institutions in the field of solar physics and planetary research, with around 300 employees. The interdisciplinary research focus is the investigation of the development, diversity
Published: 21 Sep 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
The “Computational Relativistic Astrophysics" division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) in Potsdam, led by Masaru Shibata (director), announces the opening of postdoc appointments. Each available postdoctoral position will be for a dur
Published: 21 Sep 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
Are you interested in working in the rapidly evolving research field of quantum materials? The Max Planck Graduate Center for Quantum Materials (MPGC-QM) currently has an open call for multiple fully funded PhD student positions. Deadline for submission of your application is
Published: 18 Sep 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany, United Kingdom
The Matter to Life Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (MtL-URO) offers an excellent opportunity for students in their Bachelors to perform a funded 10-week research internship under the supervision of one of our faculty Fellows. The internship will take place in the group of one o
Published: 18 Sep 2026 Type: Internship Study in: Germany
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG) with currently two research departments, several research groups, and a graduate school. At the MPIWG, around 150 scholars from all over the world investigate the sciences past and pre
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is an internationally respected research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG) with currently two research departments, several research groups, and a graduate school. At the MPIWG, around 150 scholars from all over the world investigat
Published: 14 Jul 2026 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI-CBS) invite applications for a fully funded 4-year postdoctoral position funded by the Max Planck Society to join the team of Christian Doeller at the Department of Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive an
Published: 07 Jul 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
In cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University Jena the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry houses a unique and flexible research program that grants German and foreign students a broad selection of learning opportunities while still maintaining a research focus. The IMPRS-gBGC offers a
The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) investigates why and how people create art and how they perform, experience, and evaluate it. The Institute’s focus is on music, but we also engage with other arts such as literature, film, and dance. The&nbs
The to-be-established Center for Affective and Autonomic Neuroscience (CAAN) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow (EG 13 TVöD; 39 hours/week) to test the causes and consequences of large autonomic changes across adu
Published: 29 Jun 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
The Max Planck Institutes for Informatics (Saarbruecken), Software Systems (Saarbruecken and Kaiserslautern), and Security and Privacy (Bochum) offer research internships in all areas of Computer Science. An internship at a Max Planck Institute is a way to pursue world-class research in compute
Published: 02 Jul 2026 Type: Internship Study in: Germany
Max Planck Institute invite applications for a fully funded 4-year postdoctoral position funded by DFG for an outstanding early-career researcher to join the team of Christian Doeller at the Department of Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science
Published: 11 Jun 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) in Mülheim an der Ruhr studies fundamental chemical processes for energy storage in chemical molecules. The Department for Electrosynthesis of Prof. Dr. Siegfried R. Waldvogel is working toward greener production processes as wel
The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) in Mülheim an der Ruhr studies fundamental chemical processes for energy storage in chemical molecules. The Department for Electrosynthesis of Prof. Dr. Siegfried R. Waldvogel is working toward greener production processes as wel
The position is part of the interdisciplinary project WildBrain, which investigates how environmental transitions shape neural plasticity and behavioural individuality across mice and humans. The successful candidate will work on the human side of the project and join a collaborative team spanning t
Max Planck Institute invite applications from qualified and highly motivated students (m/f/d) for a 3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science. The PhD studentship is funded by the University of St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Demogra
Published: 29 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany, United Kingdom
The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI?FKF) in Stuttgart, Germany invite applications for a PhD position in experimental condensed matter physics focusing on spin textures in two?dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets and heterostructures. The aim is to understand how non?trivi
The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried is one of the world's leading research institutions in the fields of biochemistry, cell and structural biology and biomedical research. With approximately 30 scientific departments and research groups and about 680 employee
At the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, scholars pursue research relating to basic issues and current developments in the areas of public international law, European Union law, and the constitutional and administrative law of individual states, together with num
The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology are offering a Master’s thesis project for motivated students interested in insect behavior, olfaction, and chemical ecology. You will work with Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster to study
The program is open to outstanding academics from foreign research institutions for particularly innovative research projects that contribute significantly to scientific progress through new perspective, questions, or findings in the subject areas of Criminology, Public Law, or Crimin
Published: 26 May 2026 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Germany
The Department of Physical Chemistry, led by Prof. Martin Wolf, is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our group working on Ultrafast Core-Level Spectroscopy of strongly correlated and 2D van der Waals materials, in collaboration with Prof. Jens Biegert (ICFO, Barcelona). T
Published: 21 Apr 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
The Max Planck Institute for Medical Research is one of 85 institutes and research centers of the Max Planck Society (MPG) for the advancement of science. Our focus is on basic medical research. We currently employ around 270 people in science and administration, mainly at our location in Heidelberg
Published: 21 Apr 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany
The Max-Planck-Institute for Neurobiology of Behaviour – caesar (MPINB) is a neuroethology institute located in Bonn that studies how the collective activity of the vast numbers of interconnected neurons in the brain gives rise to the plethora of animal behaviours. Our research spans a large r
The Department of Criminology at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (Director: Professor Jean-Louis van Gelder) is seeking to recruit for a PhD Position Short Term Mindsets and Crime: An Experimental Approach from the earlies
The Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) in Germany is a joint venture of the University of Cologne Excellence Cluster on Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), the University Hospital, and the Max Planck Institutes for Biology of Ageing and for Metabolism Research. Ma
Published: 14 Apr 2026 Type: Masters Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded
The International Max Planck Research School for Sustainable Metallurgy (IMPRS SusMet) offers PhD positions for three years for the following projects: Project 1: “Optimizing microwave plasma-based reduction of metal oxides” under the supervision of Prof. von Keudell
The Global Science Scholars Fellowship supports cutting-edge research in bioengineering, biomedical research, biophysics, molecular and cell biology, mathematics, and computer science, including projects that bridge experimental and theoretical approaches. The program is structured as a transatlanti
Published: 09 Apr 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany, United States Value: Fully Funded
The Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science in Göttingen conducts interdisciplinary research into pressing issues of social and political change, with a particular focus on conflict, inequality, the erosion of democracy, and processes of social transformation. At the Institute, th
Published: 01 Apr 2026 Type: Fellowship Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck.
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