<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 177, 50);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">15 PhD fellowships within the CEPLAS Graduate School</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(69, 60, 204); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">In CEPLAS - The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences - researchers investigate in an interdisciplinary approach the characteristics and mechanisms of complex plant traits and their impact on plant performance and adaptation. This knowledge builds a foundation for sustainable cultivation of food, feed and energy crops. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">CEPLAS is a joint venture of the Universities of Cologne and Düsseldorf, the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the Forschungszentrum Jülich. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The CEPLAS Graduate School offers a comprehensive graduate program covering the fields of molecular plant sciences, plant genetics, synthetic biology as well as quantitative and computational biology. The programme leads<b class=""> students with a bachelor’s degree</b> through a unique qualification phase to the PhD. <b class="">The program starts in October 2022. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">Application deadline is November 30, 2021.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></div></body></html>