18 Nov
2015
18 Nov
'15
3:38 p.m.
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From: Johanna Profft <mb-admission(a)hu-berlin.de>
Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:39 AM
Subject: Berlin School of Mind and Brain - Applications invited for
doctoral program
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Berlin School of Mind and Brain – Applications invited
The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international and
interdisciplinary graduate research school that offers a three-year
doctoral degree program in English. The School was established in 2006 as
part of Germany’s Excellence Initiative for German universities. It is the
Berlin School of Mind and Brain’s mission to train outstanding young
scientists to become experts in one of the relevant fields, and to give
them the ability, and the opportunity, to cooperate with researchers from
other disciplines.
Doctoral candidates are admitted by a four-step process that identifies the
10–15 best applicants. They are selected in a highly competitive and
internationally open admission procedure.
BASED at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, our main partner institutions in
research, education and training are the Charité Medical School and the
universities in Berlin and Potsdam, Magdeburg and Leipzig as well as the
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Max Delbrück Center for
Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and Max
Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
15 January: General application deadline for all students (with and without
funding)
15 July: Additional application deadline for students with secured funding
(scholarship or research post with a faculty member)
RESEARCH within the School concentrates on six paradigmatic topics each of
which connects brain- and mind-related research:
o perception, attention, and consciousness
o decision-making
o language
o brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny
o brain disorders and mental dysfunction
o human sociality and the brain
Research is strongly embedded in the basic and clinical research conducted
within the region allowing for synergistic research initiatives and
opportunities.
The School has a faculty comprised of nearly 60 distinguished researchers,
including five Max Planck directors, four Leibniz Prize winners, several
ERC advanced grant recipients, and the Einstein Visiting Fellow. Together
with the associated research groups they cover the most relevant research
areas in the mind and the brain sciences.
EIGHT GOOD REASONS to choose the Berlin School of Mind and Brain:
o You become part of a structured program that offers ample opportunities
in research, education and training in one of Europe’s largest mind and
brain research communities
o You are assigned at least two professorial thesis advisors – usually one
from the brain sciences, one from the mind sciences, in order to ensure the
interdisciplinary impact and support for your work
o You regularly meet with leading international researchers through the
School’s own scientific meetings and international lecture series
o You are provided with substantial financial assistance to attend
national and international conferences
o You arrange your own journal and methods clubs and participate in
academic retreats
o You attend a series of tailor-made courses on subjects relevant for
interdisciplinary mind and brain research, and you have access to
specialized scientific soft- and hard-skill courses, a mentoring program,
career development, and coaching
o No tuition fees associated with the program
o The best applicants will be granted a scholarship by the School
PARTNERSHIPS with several international universities are maintained for
research and training exchange, joint conferences, and lab rotations:
o University of Aarhus, Denmark
o Bar-Ilan University, Israel
o King’s College London, UK
o University College London, UK
o Duke University, USA
o George Mason University, USA
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please visit our website www.mind-and-brain.de or
contact mb-admission(a)hu-berlin.de.
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Berlin School of Mind and Brain
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