Max Planck — Weizmann Joint Postdoctoral Program 2025 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: June 26, 2025

Applications are open for the Max Planck — Weizmann Joint Postdoctoral Program 2025. The Max Planck Society (MPG), based mostly in Germany, and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), situated in Israel, current an distinctive postdoctoral program that enhances scientific collaboration and encourages interdisciplinary analysis.

This distinctive initiative provides a unprecedented OPPORTUNITY for gifted researchers to interact in groundbreaking initiatives, profit from the huge experience of two prestigious establishments, and actively contribute to the development of data of their respective disciplines. The program not solely facilitates vital analysis developments but in addition fosters a vibrant tutorial neighborhood, enabling contributors to construct important skilled networks throughout varied scientific fields.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Research Support: Fellows profit from substantial institutional assets at each MPG and WIS, together with state-of-the-artwork lab services, numerous scientific experience, and a longtime framework for modern analysis.
• Generous Financial Package: At WIS, Postdocs obtain a tax-exempt fellowship with full household medical health insurance, nursing care subsidies, trip days, relocation help, and backed housing. During their time at MPG, Postdocs are salaried per the German Postdoctoral tips, together with well being, nursing, and pension advantages.
• Independent Research Travel Funding: An annual journey allowance of €3,000 permits fellows to attend conferences and seminars, supporting networking {and professional} progress on a global stage.
• Global Research Collaboration: The program promotes interdisciplinary work and worldwide collaboration, participating fellows with main scientists from each establishments and throughout varied fields akin to Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Earth Science and Life Sciences.

Eligibility

• Applicants should start this system inside 4 years of finishing their PhD or MD (the sooner of the 2 in case of candidates with each levels).
• Current WIS postdocs are eligible to apply, however should start this system earlier than the top of their first 12 months at WIS.
• Commencement into this system is contingent upon PhD thesis submission.
• Applicants can’t apply in collaboration with their PhD advisor.

Application

The subsequent application deadline is June 26, 2025, for positions beginning between September 2025 and March 2026.

• Contact researchers at MPG and at WIS, to debate potential collaborative initiatives for which the researchers from each establishments can function joint hosts.
• Provide an in depth CV highlighting your tutorial background, analysis expertise, listing of publications, listing of invited talks, awards, and another related data particular to your discipline of analysis.
• Arrange for not less than three letters of advice (one needs to be from the PhD advisor). These letters ought to come from people aware of your analysis work and may assess your potential as a postdoctoral researcher in your particular discipline.
• Support letters from the MPG and WIS host researchers (generally is a joint letter).
• Please observe: as at every institute the prices are break up between the institute and the PI, the PIs ought to declare that they’ve out there funds to help the candidate.
• A Research assertion explaining the venture and its collaborative nature between the MPG and WIS (Length: as much as 2 pages, Margins: 2 cm, Font dimension: 11 pt)
• An announcement concerning the deliberate break up between the institutes (MPG and WIS) at some stage in the 4 years. This ought to point out at which institute (MPG or WIS) you’ll start your 4-12 months place. The 4 years needs to be break up equally between the establishments. Several transfers are allowed, however typically not for a period of lower than a 12 months. This plan needs to be based mostly on scientific justification given the experience and infrastructure at each establishments. This plan may be modified throughout this system upon this system committee approval.
• Upon finishing the session and clicking the “Submit Application” button, you’ll obtain an e-mail verifying your application. Note: this e-mail additionally comprises distinctive hyperlinks for every of the referees you’ve got listed. You could ship every referee their distinctive hyperlink, which is able to enable them to entry the system and submit their letter of advice.

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For extra data, go to MPG-WIS Joint Postdoctoral Program.