PhD Opportunities in Ecology in Germany

Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is offering a doctoral researcher position in the collaborative project SiProtect at its Müncheberg site. The role is part-time (65%, 26 weekly hours), funded under TV-L E 13, and is ideally due to start on 1 January 2027, with a fixed term running until 31 December 2030. The PhD project focuses on insect communities associated with rye and on how crop resilience strategies influence pest and beneficial insects. The res...

The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz and Radolfzell, Germany, is offering a fully funded PhD position on community ecology, stone tool use and social behavior in gracile capuchin monkeys . The position is part of the Ecology of Animal Societies and the Inheritance and Social Learning across Scales (ISLaS) group led by Dr. Brendan Barrett . The project sits at the intersection of animal behavior, ecology, cultural evolution, spatial ecology, and quantitative biology. The group ...

Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is offering a PhD position or postdoctoral researcher position within the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F). The project starts on 1 January 2027 and runs as a temporary appointment for 4 years until 31 December 2030. This is a part-time, funded research position with a PhD appointment at 65% or a postdoctoral appointment up to 60%, remunerated according to TV-H / E 13 . The po...

PhD position in community ecology, stone tool use, and social behavior in gracile capuchin monkeys at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany , within the Ecology of Animal Societies and the ISLaS group led by Brendan Barrett . The project is part of the IMPRS-QBEE doctoral program and offers a flexible start in summer/autumn 2027 . The position is fully funded for 4 years (TVöD E-13, 65%). Two project directions are available: (A) community ecology of stone tool use in ...

Thread highlighting several fully funded PhD and one fully funded Master's opportunity, mainly in Physics , Astronomy , Biology , Neuroscience , and International Relations / Political Science . PhD opportunities: DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Programmes in Germany (full PhD funding at a German university or research institute, up to 4 years; deadlines vary by country), Max Planck Graduate Center for Quantum Materials (multiple fully funded PhD positions across Max Planck Institutes in Dresd...

2 PhD positions are available in Molecular and Chemical Ecology and Evolution through the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Chemical Communication in Ecological Systems . This opportunity is shared by the International Society of Chemical Ecology and is aimed at students interested in chemical ecology , molecular ecology , evolution , and chemical communication in ecological systems. The post does not list detailed eligibility criteria, funding terms, or a deadline in the text sho...

Doctoral Researcher in eDNA-based biodiversity time series in rivers A PhD opening is available in the Aquatic Ecosystem Research group led by Florian Leese at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen campus, Germany). The project, TrendDNA 2.0 , is funded by the Umweltbundesamt / German Environment Agency and focuses on reconstructing long-term river biodiversity trends using archived samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank. The research combines environmental DNA (eDNA), biodiversit...

PhD opportunity in Natural Language Processing, Agentic AI, and Causal Scientific Reasoning at TIB in Hannover, Germany. This opening is for a Research Associate / Doctoral Researcher at the TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology . The project is part of the newly funded ECOAIRE collaborative excellence initiative, focused on AI-assisted hypothesis assessment in invasion biology and the restoration of freshwater ecosystems using fragmented and heterogeneous ecological evidence...

Fully funded PhD position in Geoecology at the University of Tübingen (Germany) on dragonfly migration in Northern Europe . The project is hosted by the Geoecology and Comparative Zoology Working Groups and supervised by Prof. Yvonne Oelmann . It is a strong fit for applicants interested in movement ecology , biology , environmental sciences , physical geography , and landscape ecology , with possible relevance to stable isotopes and population genetics . Eligibility highlights: a Master's degre...