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The 2023 application round has closed. Letters of recommendation can still be uploaded until November 15, 2023. In order to process successfully submitted applications, the application portal will remain active.
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Upcoming Events
- MPIfR/AIfA Main Colloquium, Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marta Sewilo on December 1, 2023 11:00
- IMPRS Career event: Exploring Funding Opportunities for Early Career Researchers on December 6, 2023 14:00
- IMPRS A&A Retreat at Schloss Ringberg. on January 14, 2024
News
Applications for IMPRS PhD positions are now possible (Deadline Nov. 1st).
Apply now Please find the new IMPRS portal for applications here: https://imprs.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/ Projects for this application round are listed here: https://blog.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/imprs/for-applicants/phd-projects/ IMPRS Supervisors are listed on this page: https://blog.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/imprs/people-research/imprs-supervisors/ Contact information for current [...]
Tycho Brahe Medal awarded to IMPRS Speaker Anton Zensus
MPIfR director and IMPRS Speaker receives prestigious award of the European Astronomical Society The 2023 Tycho Brahe Medal is awarded to Prof J. Anton Zensus (Max-Planck- Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany) for major advances [...]
Two IMPRS researchers, Laila Linke and Diana Scognamiglio, among female physicists of the week
IMPRS alumna Laila Linke and IMPRS researcher Diana Scognamiglio have been highlighted by the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), as female physicists of the week (Laila: week 12, Diana: week 35). Enjoy: https://www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigungen/fachuebergreifend/ak/akc/publikationen/physikerin-der-woche?set_language=en
Doctoral Thesis Prize to Arshia Jacob
The German Astronomical Society (AG) awards the 2022 Doctoral Thesis Prize to our IMPRS alumna Dr Arshia Maria Jacob. In her dissertation, Arshia Jacob addressed fundamental, long-known but still largely unanswered questions about the physics and [...]
IMPRS alumna Arshia Jacob receives Otto Hahn Award
Exciting news: IMPRS alumna Arshia Jacob not only received the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society, but in addition their prestigious Otto Hahn Award, which comes with funding for an independent research group. [...]