The international Graduate School in Energy and Climate HITEC (Germany) announces

7 Ph.D. fellowships

in energy research: specifically in materials science, energy conversion, photovoltaics, plasma phyics, nuclear waste management, reactor safety, modeling, numerical simulations, and in climate research, and in climate research: specifically in atmospheric physics and chemistry.

For their application candidates have the choice between 22 HITEC Ph.D. porjects and 6 research fields: for details of projects and research fields as well as the online application go to http://www.hitec-graduate-school.de.

HITEC (Helmholtz Interdiciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate) is a graduate school for scientists and engineers who want to earn a Ph.D. in the challenging fields of energy and climate research, and is a joint initiative between Forschungszentrum Jülich, the RWTH Aachen University, the University of Bochum, the University of Cologne, the University of Düsseldorf, and the University of Wuppertal. HITEC offers a 3-year training programme which fosters scientific and professional qualification. HITEC is committed to scientific excellence, to an interdisciplinary and international research environment, to an accepting learning environment which embraces diversity, and aims to turn the Ph.D. students into well needed experts for academia and industry.

Requirements
We are seeking highly qualified and motivated scientists and engineers. Candidates are expected to have a Master, a German 'Diplom' or an equivalent degree, when they start their Ph.D. project. The specifics of the degree and the experience required are indicated for the individual projects. The integration in national and international co-operations requires the willingness to cooperate in teams. We expect that you are able to communicate your results in oral and written form in very good English.

Selection
The best candidates will be invited to Germany from 18-27 April 2016 in order to work out the details of the project with the research group which hosts the project. Successful candidates will receive an email notification about the invitation in early February. The final decision will be reached after individual presentations to the HITEC Advisory Board on 26 April. The earliest starting point will be June 2016, later starts are possible. Funding will be provided for three years. HITEC Fellows will be able to finish their Ph.D. work within these three years.

For your application please use the online recruitment system on the HITEC website http://www.hitec-graduate-school.de.

Please submit your application with the relevant documentation until 6 January 2016.

Contact
Bärbel Köster
[email protected]

Graduate School HITEC
Forschungszentrum Jülich
52425 Jülich
http://www.hitec-graduate-school.de
http://www.fz-juelich.de