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Part 1: Preferred IMPRS-PMPG Research Groups

Here, we would like to learn more about your research interests and which IMPRS research groups you would like to do a PhD project with.

Please visit our website at https://www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/7223/IMPRS_Faculty for your information and choose three IMPRS research groups that meet your interest.

* Please name the groups and explain why you apply for these three groups (approximately 80-120 words for each group).

* Preference 1 (Top priority group):

* Preference 2:

* Preference 3:



Part 2: Research Essay

* The research essay is required
Note: Use approximately 300-500 words for the research essay. The essay does not need to be very detailed, but it should show that you can read the relevant literature, and think independently and creatively about your work and science.

Instructions:

Which of the three IMPRS-PMPG groups named in Part 1 is your top priority group?
Please write a short essay which proposes a possible project in this lab. In this proposal answer the following questions:
(1) What do you consider the most important questions to be answered in the research field of your top priority group?
(2) How would you approach these questions (e.g. experimentally, bioinformatically)?

* Research essay:

Other scholarship applications

In this part, we would like to learn whether you are applying for financial support from other sources (e.g. a scholarship from the DAAD or your home country) to do a PhD with one of the faculty members involved in the IMPRS-PMPG.

I shall apply / have applied for financial support from other sources to do a PhD at the MPI-MP or the University of Potsdam.

yes no

If you answered “yes” to the question above, we would appreciate information about which institution the support would come from. Has your application been accepted, and, if yes, when?

References

Please provide us with the names and contact details (email and postal address) of two academic referees
whom we can contact for a reference regarding your application to IMPRS-PMPG.
Please make sure all information is correct and complete.

	* Reference 1	* Reference 2
* Name and academic title of referee
* Email address
* Institution and postal address
* Telephone

Advisory Notes and Data Protection Statement

Please understand that plagiarism or falsifying or withholding information constitutes grounds for immediate withdrawal of your application
from the application process. 

The information provided in this application will be shared with other persons involved in the recruitment procedure for the IMPRS-PMPG.
 
Recuitment for other PhD positions:
If you agree we may share the information given in your IMPRS application with group leaders in the departments of IMPRS-PMPG faculty members who
are doing research in your field of interest and who may be offering doctoral projects. Note that this would happen only after the IMPRS application round has ended
(approximately 3 months after the application deadline).

* Please select:

Yes, I agree. No, I do not agree.

 
Please note: if you find one of our group leaders advertising a specific position that is of interest to you, you should apply in parallel to
your application for the IMPRS-PMPG.

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Data Protection Statement


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