Calls for applications in DRS programs and sub-programs

Humanities and Social Sciences:

current:

Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS)
The call for applications will start on September 15, 2025; further information.

Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Society (BGSMCS)
The call for applications will start on September 15, 2025; further information.

Doctoral Studies Program History and Cultural Studies (HCS)
The call for applications will start on September 15, 2025; further information.

Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS)
The call for applications will start on September 15, 2025; further information.

EQUALFIN Doctoral Program
The call for applications will start on August 15, 2025; further information.

coming soon:

Berlin Graduate School forGlobal and Transregional Studies (BGTS)
The call for applications will start in December, 2025; further information.

Natural and Life Sciences:

current:

Research Training Group (RTG) 3096 "One Health approach to soil-transmitted helminths" (subprogram of DRS-member program Biomedical Sciences)

9 PhD student positions in One Health Helminthology in Berlin
Are you interested in interdisciplinary research on Helminth infections?
Are you interested in parasitology, immunology, social sciences, ecology modeling, economics, data sciences, biophysics, or veterinary medicine?
Come to Berlin and start your PhD project in the interdisciplinary Research Training Group 3096 “One Health Helminthology”!
We offer 9 PhD student positions in 9 different projects in different subjects.
Find more information on our internet page:
https://www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtungen/sonstige/grk3096/index.html
The call closes on October 30, 2025. Project start is on April 1, 2026.

coming soon:

Research Training Group (RTG) 3051 "3RTG - Assessment of Behaviour and Stress Responses to Understand and Improve Veterinary Infectious Disease Models" (subprogram of DRS-member program Biomedical Sciences)
The RTG 3051 will start at April 1, 2026.
The call for applications for vacant doctoral researcher positions will start soon; further information.

International Max Planck Research School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC)
new call for application will be announced in October 2025, further information.