Dear all, The MaxNetAging Research School (MNARS) is seeking applications for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships to start in February 2014. MNARS is an international graduate program launched by the Max Planck International Research Network on Aging (MaxNetAging).
Traditionally the focus of the MNARS Fellowships has been on human aging, but we wish to encourage applications from candidates interested in studying demography and aging across a broader taxonomic range including non-human animals and plants. We are particularly interested in candidates wishing to undertake studies on the evolution of aging across large clades using matrix modeling and comparative phylogenetic approaches. See http://tinyurl.com/compadre3 for brief details of some of our data. Candidates interested in these particular areas will work both with researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, and with us [Dr. Owen Jones (Max-Planck Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Odense, Denmark) and Dr. Roberto Salguero-Gomez (University of Queensland, Australia)]. Each fellow enrolled in the MNARS will be affiliated with a participating Max Planck Institute, in our case this will be the MPIDR in Rostock, Germany. During the first six months of the MNARS all doctoral and postdoctoral fellows will study together in Rostock. Please visit www.maxnetaging.mpg.de for more information on the program and the other participating Max Planck Institutes. Applications should include: - a CV, - a statement about the level of the job you are seeking (as doctoral or postdoctoral student) and why you are interested in working in the MaxNetAging Research School, details of qualifications, including information about honors, awards, or evaluations of your educational degrees (e.g., "cum laude"), - a list of publications, if any, - names and addresses of 2 people we can contact about you, and, - for postdoctoral fellows a brief outline about your research agenda in the upcoming two years. Applicants should also indicate the Max Planck Institute they wish to be affiliated with (in this case, the MPIDR in Rostock, Germany). The Max Planck Society wishes to increase the share of women in areas where they are underrepresented, and strongly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. Applications should be addressed to the MaxNetAging Director Prof. James W. Vaupel and sent by e-mail at the latest by September 6, 2013 to appl-mn...@demogr.mpg.de. E-mail inquiries concerning the application process and other aspects of MNARS should also be sent to appl-mn...@demogr.mpg.de. Informal enquiries can be made with Owen Jones (jo...@biology.sdu.dk) or Roberto Salguero-Gomez (r.salgu...@uq.edu.au) Best wishes, Owen Jones and Roberto Salguero-Gomez ---------- This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. Should you receive a mail that is apparently from a MPI user without this text displayed, then the address has most likely been faked. If you are uncertain about the validity of this message, please check the mail header or ask your system administrator for assistance.
