Summer Academy for PhD - scholarship and deadline update!

The Marsilius-Kolleg of Heidelberg University, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (MPImR) are excited to announce their upcoming Marsilius Academy, a week-long program, which will be held from Sunday, 10 September, to Fri-day, 15 September 2023, in Heidelberg, Germany.

Titled “[At the] Limits of Life: Dealing with Biofacts, Embryoids and Hybrids – Perspectives from Sciences and Humanities” the Academy aims to bring together an international group of excellent PhD students and early Post-docs from different fields of study to discuss societal, judicial and ethical challenges arising from recent breakthroughs in biology, biomedicine, and bioengineering.

Its work-shops, masterclasses and further sessions are led by renowned expert researchers and will provide a unique opportunity for participating students to engage in interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration.

Please have a close look at the Call for Applications with all the main pieces of information students will need in order to apply.

Update:

8/6/2023

Please see update about scholarship and extended application deadline!!!

Every applicant has the opportunity to request the reception of a stipend that either eliminates the participation fee or assists with travel costs (up to 2000€). Fees and stipends are specifically designed to ameliorate the financial constraints of prospective participants who do not have the institutional support that is generally required to apply for a program like ours. While this may especially be necessary for international candidates from underrepresented communities, we encourage every young scholar without a budget for travel/conferences to apply for the stipend they would benefit from the most.

We have extended our application deadline until Sunday, 2 July 2023 to give those with financial concerns a little more time to hand in their applications. If you could be so kind as to distribute this information (updated documents attached) as broadly as possible among early career researchers in your organization, we would appreciate that very much.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us at schuetz@mk.uni-heidelberg.de.