Application Guideline
General Information
These Guidelines are meant for applicants who wish to apply for the Geo.X Young Academy. Please read them carefully in preparation of your application. Once you are successfully registered and logged in you will have access to the frequently asked questions and the online application form. You may log on any time using the username and password you specified to access these pages. Should we have left out anything that you would like to know about, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to answer any further questions you may have.
We offer 16 positions in the Geo.X Young Academy
Geo.Data Science & Geo.Society
salary according to the German TV-L 13
3-year PhD-positions (75%) and
2-year postdoctoral positions (100%)
Application deadline: 29 April 2019, 10:00 a.m. CEST
Proposed starting date of projects is September 1st, 2019
Applications that are not complete by the time of the deadline will not be considered!
Candidates must hold a PhD degree for Postdoc-position and a Master's degree for PhD-position. In addition they need to show strong interdisciplinary skills and for Postdoc-level have independent research experience.
Candidates are asked to identify supervisors and colleagues they want to collaborate with.
Please consider that your supervisors and collaborating colleagues should be a scientific tandem of scientists from the Earth sciences and the complementary discipline of your choice. All scientists must be appointed at one of the Geo.X partner institutions (AWI, DLR, FU Berlin, GFZ, HU Berlin, IASS, MfN, PIK, TU Berlin, UP). Please note that you have to combine at least two different Geo.X partner institutions.
Candidates who did their Master (for PhD applicants) or PhD (for Postdoc applicants) at one of the partner institutions must identify their first supervisor or collaborating colleague at a different institution.
Application Procedure - Online Application Form
All sections of the online application form must be completed and submitted by the deadline in order for your application to be considered. Fill in all mandatory fields (marked in red) and upload the required documents (see below for a list of required documents). Please upload all your documents, regardless text or image, as one single PDF document. Free conversion into PDF documents is possible for instance by using Foxit Reader (www.foxitsoftware.com) or LibreOffice (www.libreoffice.org).
You will need to complete the application form in a single session - the form will be cleared when you log out. Therefore, please prepare all required documents before starting to fill in the application form. However, it is your responsibility to check if your application and materials meet the requirements before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration.
In the case of severe technical problems with the online form please contact the coordinator.
Required Documents
| Order | Required documents | |
|---|---|---|
| PhD position | Postdoc | |
| 1 | Research proposal (max. 1 page) | Research proposal (max. 2 pages) |
| 2 | Letter of motivation | Letter of motivation |
| 3 | Curriculum Vitae | Curriculum Vitae |
| 4 | Two letters of recommendation | Two letters of recommendation |
| 5 | Academic transcripts | Academic transcripts |
| 6 | TOEFL certification | Link to electronic copy of doctoral thesis |
Admission decisions, deadlines and important dates
The Geo.X Selection Committee (SC) of this call will provide equal representation on scientists from mathematics, computer sciences, social sciences, and Earth sciences.
Application Deadline: 29.04.2019 10:00 a.m. CEST
Selection Workshop: Mid-End June 2019
Project start: 1st September 2019
Please note: application deadline is reached - registration is no longer possible.