Newsletter 30/2012
PhD positions at the German Cancer Research Center
Deadline: May 31, 2012
The Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research (I) and the German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School in Cancer Research (II) are now recruiting PhD students for the 2012 Summer Selection.
Graduates from the life sciences, mathematics or physics are encouraged to send their applications for:
I. Phd positions at the Graduate School HIGS: Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research
The Summer Selection has now opened for the Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research, an interdisciplinary PhD program providing students with the opportunity to conduct research at the forefront of basic and translational cancer research.
Further Information: http://www.dkfz.de/phd
Application Procedure: http://www.dkfz.de/en/phd-program/HowToApply.html
Online application system
II. Phd positions at the Research School GIHRS: German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School in Cancer Biology
The newly established German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School in Cancer Biology is a PhD initiative between the DKFZ and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Rehovot, Israel. The Research School will accept 24 PhD students over 6 years (12 from the DKFZ and 12 from the WIS). All PhD students of the Research School have either the DKFZ or Weizmann Institute as their home institute and are a member of the PhD program of their home institute, the Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research, or the Feinberg Graduate School respectively.
Further Information: http://www.dkfz.de/en/phd-program/GIHRS.html
Current Open Projects: http://www.dkfz.de/en/phd-program/GIHRS_Projects.html
Application Procedure: http://www.dkfz.de/en/phd-program/GIHRS_Application.html
Please note that the application process for the Graduate School and the Research School is different, however PhD candidates may apply to both.
Contact:
Dr. Lindsay Murrells
Ph.D. Program Manager
Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research
The Graduate Program Office (M070)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
German Cancer Research Center
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Tel: +49 6221 422141
Fax: +49 6221 422144
Email: higs@dkfz.de 
Website: http://www.dkfz.de/phd
