PhD Scholarships in the Integrated Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Center, Germany (2016)

The SFB 974 is a research initative at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. The aim of our Research Center is to gain insights into mechanisms, communication- and decision-processes that govern liver regeneration and injury at a basic research level and to understand the retroactive effects on other organ systems in terms of systems relevance and the long-term objective of the systems analysis of organ network.

We offer
• 4 MD scholarships for medical students (6 month scholarship in order to perform an experimental doctoral dissertation).
• 2 PhD scholarships for international students of natural sciences (up to 12 months).
• All students performing their doctoral thesis within the SFB 974 will participate in the Integrated Research Training Group.
If you are interested in one of our Research Groups, please apply online: http://www2.hhu.de/sfb974/machforms/view.php?id=31385

Research Fields
Medical sciences - Medicine

Eligibility criteria

Requirements
• We are looking for motivated applicants with an excellent academic background and an interest in liver research.
• Applicants for 12 month scholarships should hold an excellent M. Sc. degree or an equivalent degree in biology, biochemistry, biophysics or related areas.
• Applicants for 6 month MD scholarships should hold their “Physikum" (preliminary medical examination). We encourage a 6 month sabbatical for the experimental part of the MD thesis.

Further details:
http://ec.europa.eu