One-year Predoctoral Fellowships MPIWG Berlin
One-year Predoctoral Fellowships
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (MPIWG) offers three one-year predoctoral fellowships for outstanding students in the final stage of completing their dissertations. Dissertation topics should be related to an ongoing research project (see website link below) in Department II (Director: Prof. Lorraine Daston).
The fellowships are open to doctoral candidates of all nationalitites and disciplines, except those who have already received three years of Max Planck Society predoctoral fellowship funding. Department II holds a bimonthly colloquium in English, and candidates are expected to be able to present and discuss their work and that of others in that language. Applications, however, may be submitted in German, French or English.
The fellowships run from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2013.
Applicants should submit the following materials:
1. Curriculum vitae and list of publications.
2. Brief (maximum 750 words) description of dissertation, in which its relevance to an ongoing MPIWG-Department II research project is made clear.
3. A letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor. This letter may be sent separately.
Applications should be sent by 15 January 2012 to:
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte Verwaltung – Predoc II Boltzmanstr. 22
14195 Berlin
Germany
Electronic submission is also possible: rheld@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Project descriptions are to be found under
Questions concerning stipends and the MPIWG should be addressed to the MPIWG Research Coordinator, Jochen Schneider, jsr@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Contact in Department II: Fernando Vidal, vidal@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Applications from women are especially welcomed. The Max Planck Society is committed to promoting more handicapped individuals and encourages them to apply. Candidates may expect a decision by 15 February 2012.