2 Full DAAD PhD scholarships: Earth and Environmental Sciences 1950 views

The applications are invited for the funded positions by the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the NatRiskChange Research Training Group. The full DAAD PhD scholarships are available at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences of University of Potsdam.

Duration: 04 years

Project titles:
  • Forecasting of Urban Flash Floods Based on Rainfall Radar Image Analysis and Urban Hydrological Modelling” AND
  • “Development of a consistent and transferable method to identify most effective locations for dyke relocations on landscape scale”

Responsibilities:

  • The selected student will be based at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Potsdam.
  • The selected candidate is expected to participate in group seminars and research activities within the graduate school as well as in teaching activities in undergraduate level.

Scholarship value:

  • a monthly rate of 1200 Euro
  • travel support and potential support for studies and research
  • combined insurance (health, accident, liability)
  • potential support for rent, or family allowance
  • full funding for a German language course in Germany of up to 6 months, preceding the scholarship

Starting date: April to October 2019

Requirements:

  • At the time when DAAD receives the nomination letter, applicants must not have resided in Germany for more than 15 months prior to the nomination.

Application procedure:

Applications must include the following details:

  • CV
  • A letter of motivation
  • A brief research concept (approx. 2 pages) for the PhD project
  • A record of studies, master and bachelor certificates including a transcript of records
  • An English synopsis of the Master thesis
  • A list of publications, oral and/or poster presentations at conferences
  • 02 letters of recommendation
  • Applications to be submitted onlineĀ 
—————–Quick Overview————-
Organization University of Potsdam
Country Germany
Fellowship Level Doctoral
Subject areas Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences
Fellowship amount 1200 Euro per month + allowances
Eligibility Open to all nationalities
Deadline 15th October 2018
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