Subject: Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Fellowships in Global Change Research / Earth System Modelling available Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:56:52 +0200 From: Almut Arneth arneth@dkrz.de To: "Climate Change Info Mailing List" climate-l@lists.iisd.ca

Please forward the following opportunity to potentially interested students.

The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling supported by the Max Planck Society and by the ZEIT Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius offers several fellowships for interdisciplinary Ph.D. studies in the comprehensive field of Earth System Modelling. Key questions of Global Change will be investigated by means of numerical modelling at the global and/or regional scale.

The Ph.D. programme is open to candidates with a university education in geophysical sciences (incl. meteorology and oceanography), economics, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science or political science. Students who apply to the school must have the academic qualifications comparable to a German Diplom degree (e.g., a Master's degree including a written thesis), as required by the enrolling universities, either the University of Hamburg or University of Kassel. Since the programme focuses strongly on numerical simulations, candidates with computer literacy (e.g., Unix environment, Fortran programming or other programming languages) will be given priority.

The application file must contain all documents specified below (in English). Candidates who are close to completion of their Master's degree at the time of application (and thus cannot include all of the required documents) are invited to contact the IMPRS coordinator. An important selection criterion will be the statement of the research interests and future career goals of the applicant; this statement should describe concisely the area within the Earth System Sciences the applicant wishes to focus on in her/his Ph.D. research, particularly with respect to modelling, as well as her/his longer-term professional ambitions upon completion of the Ph.D. degree.

A short-list of top candidates will be interviewed by the Executive Committee of the school in late-November 2003. Successful applicants will begin their Ph.D. research in early 2004 at one of the participating institutions:

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg University of Hamburg GKSS Institute for Coastal Research, Geestacht Hamburg Institute of International Economics Centre for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

To cover living costs the IMPRS offers monthly fellowships of approximately 950 Euro (net), for up to three years. The students' progress will be reviewed annually. The participating institutions seek to increase the number of female scientists and encourage them to apply. Handicapped persons with comparable qualifications receive preferential status.

Application documents required Detailed curriculum vitae List of courses attended and credits received Copies of degree (German diploma or equivalent, e.g. Master with written thesis) Copy of thesis, including English translation of abstract and conclusion Description of research interests and career goals (1 page) Two letters of recommendation

Submit your complete application by September 12, 2003 to: Coordinator – Earth System School Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Bundesstr. 55D-20146 Hamburg, Germany or to coordinator@earthsystemschool.mpg.de (please send files as .pdf

________________ A. Arneth Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Bundesstr. 55 20146 Hamburg, Germany

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