PhD positions, Molecular Life Science, Vienna, Austria

http://www.univie.ac.at/vbc/PhD

Requirements:

Highly qualified applicants from all over the world are invited to
apply, provided that they are not older than 30 years. All
applicants must hold or anticipate receiving a university degree
within the first half of 2009. This university degree should qualify
for the start of a doctorate thesis in their home country and
ideally should be equivalent to a European university diploma /
degree.

Reapplications will not be considered

Application:
Application forms can be downloaded directly from this website or
are available together with the relevant brochures from the address
below. Please complete the application form carefully and return it
as soon as possible to:
Prof. Dr. Andrea Barta
Vienna Biocenter
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3
A-1030 Vienna, Austria
Fax: +43-1-4277-9616
or send an email to: PhD office

Online Submission:
You can send us an online form by clicking here!
http://www.univie.ac.at/vbc/PhD/registration.htm
Note: Therefore you will need a letter of recommendation, which can
be downloaded here.

Deadline:
Deadline for receipt of completed application is November 30, 2008.

Letter of recommendation:
In addition, we request letters of recommendation from two
scientists who are familiar with your academic work and who can
judge your potential as a PhD student. Please forward the enclosed
letters to the referees and ask them to send their letters of
recommendation directly to the dean of the PhD Programme. We can
only accept recommendation letters printed on the referee´s official
paper and signed by the referee. You can either send the letters
directly to the dean´s address above or email a scanned copy to the
phd-office@mfpl.ac.at. The student himself / herself is responsible
for obtaining the letters and should actively inquire with the
respective referees whether the letters have been sent.
Please note that we will be unable to process your application
without letters of recommendation. These letters are therefore an
essential part of your application, and it is your responsibility to
ensure that the referees write to us before November 30, 2008.

Selection procedure and admission:
Complete applications will be reviewed by a selection committee
consisting of group leaders of the Vienna Biocenter. The short-
listed candidates will receive invitations to visit the Vienna
Biocenter for a five-day period of interviews and information
exchange. These interviews will take place in January 2009. Travel
expenses will be reimbursed, and free accommodation will be
provided. Offers of admission will be made to the successful
candidates at the end of the interview period.

Click here to download the application package in RTF-Format (will
open with Microsoft Word) which includes the “covering letter”,
the “application form” and the “letter to referee”.

Note:
If you want to send the application form via e-mail to the PhD
office, make sure that your e-mail attachment is not larger than
1MByte! Please do not forget to add your (own) e-mail address for
replying you!