International Max Planck Research School: Primary Metabolism and Plant Growth
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At the end of this form you will be asked to upload two files as PDF files:
(1) your CV including a personal statement about your motivation
(2) your university degree documents including transcripts, and certificates of English language competence, if applicable.

Please have both files ready and at hand.

Some fields, especially in Section 5, require more detailed answers. You should prepare these separately in advance and paste your text into the application.
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Please note that you cannot change your application once it has been submitted.
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1. Personal Information
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In this section, we would like some personal and contact information from you.

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Personal data
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* Family Name
* Given Name
Middle Name(s)
* Gender
* Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy)
City of Birth
Country of Birth
* Nationality
Marital Status
No. of Children
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* Email Address for correspondence
Additional email address

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Postal correspondence address

Please provide an address where you are able to receive letters from us during the application process. Please make sure the information is correct and complete.

* Address line 1 (name, institute, etc.)
* Address line 2 (house number, street)
* Address line 3 (city, postal ZIP code)
State/Province (if applicable)
* Country
Additional address information
(if applicable, e.g. C/O)
* Telephone
Fax

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Permanent address (if different)
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Here, we are asking for an alternative address to the correspondence address. This could be, for example, your parents' home address.

Address line 1 (name, institute, etc.)
Address line 2 (house number, street)
Address line 3 (city, postal ZIP code)
State/Province (if applicable)
Country
Additional address information
(if applicable, e.g. C/O)
Telephone
Fax


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2. Academic Education
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In this section, we are asking for information on your university degrees (for example Bachelor, Master, Diplom),
starting with your most recent degree or current university enrolment.
In addition, you will be able to give us information on honors or awards, if applicable.

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Current or most recent university studies
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* College or University
* City
State/Province (if applicable)
* Country
* Date attended from (dd/mm/yyyy) ....... .to (dd/mm/yyyy)
* Field of study / subject
* Degree



If other, please specify:
Date awarded (dd/mm/yyyy)
If you are currently enrolled in a course: When do you expect to finish your degree? (month/year).
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Grade point average (GPA) out of
Classification
(e. g. First Class, with distinction, with honor)
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Higher education institutions attended previously (University, College, High School)
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InstitutionCity, countryAttended from-toField of study / subjectDegreeGrade (GPA and classification)
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Merits / Honors / Scholarships / Awards
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3. Research-related Experience

In this section, we are asking for some information on your research-related experience:
Methodological background, an abstract of your Master's or Bachelor thesis project, and publications, if applicable.

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Methodological background
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Please describe briefly what kind of methodological background you received in lab internships or during your thesis project.
What kind of laboratory techniques, computational skills etc. did you learn? If applicable, you can include a list of the laboratory methods,
data analysis programs and/or programming languages you have used during research projects.


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Thesis project
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Here, we would like information on your most recent thesis project. If you are currently working on your Master's or Diplom thesis,
please give us information on this project.



Title of Thesis

Please provide a short abstract of your thesis (200 - 300 words approximately):



Thesis supervisor
Address of thesis supervisor (Institution, City, email)

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Publications (peer reviewed journals, book chapters, talk or poster presentations on conferences)
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4. Additional Expertise and Personal Interests
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In this section, we would like to learn about your personal interests, your language skills and any experience you may have had in living abroad.

Language competence
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Here, we would like information on your language skills, both written and spoken.

Native Language

Foreign language skills

English
* Written
* Spoken

* I have practiced speaking and writing in English in a scientific environment during my studies:
German
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* Spoken
Other language

English language test

* Have you taken an English language test?

Please give information on the English language test, if applicable.

Test Date Score
Test Date Score
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Other English language test Test Date Score
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* Have you included a certificate of an English language test in your PDF of certificates?
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Graduate Record Examinations
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If you took the GRE, we would appreciate if you gave us information on your results.

GRE General Score
GRE Date
verbal
quantitative
analytical
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Personal interests and hobbies
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Please give us some information about how you like to spend your free time.




Have you been studying or living abroad?
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If you have been living or studying abroad, please tell us when and where.





5. Research Preferences, Financing and References

In this section, we would like to learn more about your research interests and which IMPRS research groups you would like to do a PhD project with.
In addition, we are asking some questions regarding financing. Finally, we ask for the names and contact details of two academic referees.
Please note that several fields in this section are required/mandatory fields.

Research Preferences

Part 1: Preferred Research Groups

Please visit our web pages at http://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 briefly why you apply for these three groups (approximately 50-80 words for each group).

* Preference 1:


* Preference 2:


* Preference 3:



Part 2: Research Essay

* Which of the three groups 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:
What do you consider the most important questions to be answered in the research field of your top priority group?
How would you approach these questions (e.g. experimentally, bioinformatically)?

Note: Use approximately 300-500 words. The proposal 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.




Financing

* I am applying for financial support by IMPRS-PMPG

* I shall apply / have applied for a financial support from sources other than IMPRS-PMPG

If you are applying for financial support from other sources than IMPRS-PMPG, 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 note

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 application procedure for the IMPRS-PMPG.
 
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:
 
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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