The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal Biology offers several fully funded PhD positions. The IMPRS is based in southern Germany and is jointly organized by the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen and Radolfzell and the University of Konstanz.

Outstanding students of all nationalities with a deep commitment to basic research in Organismal Biology are invited to apply. More than 25 internationally recognized research groups actively participate in the PhD program and offer challenging, cutting-edge PhD projects in the fields of:

- Behavioral Biology
- Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Physiology, and
- Neurobiology

Specific PhD projects include:
- Evolutionary Genetics of the Embryo Mortality Puzzle in the Zebra Finch
- Ecological genomics in urbanizing burrowing owls
- Comparative Analysis of Sexual Selection in Parrots of the World
- Early Sexual Development of the Chicken Brain
- Collective Animal Behaviour
- Computational Approaches to the Experimental Study of Animal Collectives

All students accepted to the program will be supported by stipends or contracts. The program offers a dedicated teaching program, high quality research experience, and outstanding research facilities in an inspiring research and living environment. The working language is English. Each PhD student receives individual supervision and mentoring and is guided in her/his research work by a PhD advisory committee.

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