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Max Planck Society: PhD positions, fellowships and funding
Submit an opportunity18 open now. The Max Planck Society runs research institutes across Germany. Its institutes and the Max Planck Schools advertise funded doctoral positions individually, each read here from mpg.de.
- 18 open now
- 23 verified calls on record
- PhD: 14
- Postdoc: 5
- Multiple levels: 3
- Germany
- Official site: mpg.de
- Last verified 9 November 2026
Max Planck Society has 18 verified funded calls open as of 9 November 2026, mostly PhD positions in Germany. The next deadline is 10 November 2026. Every call is read from mpg.de, and closed rounds stay listed so you can plan for the next one.
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18 open now, 23 records in total. Last verified 9 November 2026.
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Postdoctoral Researchers (m/f/d), Applied and Computational Mathematics for the life sciences, Center for Systems Biology Dresden (Job Code 2026-PostDoc-AppliedMathematics-1120)
Two positions, each a 2-year full-time postdoc with possible extension, salary under TVöD Bund up to E13 depending…10 November 2026Closes tomorrowOpen to internationalClosing soonPhD Student (m/f/d) – Oceanic Collective Intelligence
Full-time, fully funded for 4 years (TVöD salary scale E-13, 65%); start summer or autumn 2027; funded by…15 November 2026Closes in 6 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Student (m/f/d) – Analysis of Communication and Coordination in Animal Groups
Full-time, fully funded for 4 years (TVöD salary scale E-13, 65%); flexible start in summer or autumn 2027;…22 November 2026Closes in 13 daysOpen to internationalOpenMPIIB International Summer Internship (MPIIB-ISI) 2027
EUR 1,40027 November 2026Closes in 18 daysOpen to internationalOpenCALL 2026 for PhD positions at the IMPRS “The Leipzig School of Human Origins”
PhD students are supported by Max Planck support contracts at 65 percent of TVöD pay group 13, by…30 November 2026Closes in 21 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Student: community ecology, stone tool use and social behaviour in gracile capuchin monkeys (ISLaS group, IMPRS-QBEE)
A fully funded four-year PhD position in Konstanz, paid on the German public-sector TVöD scale E-13 at 65%,…1 December 2026Closes in 22 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD Student: Community ecology, stone tool use and social behavior in gracile capuchin monkeys
TVöD salary scale E-13, 65%1 December 2026Closes in 22 daysEligibility not statedOpenPost-doctoral position (m/f/d) in ancient pathogen genomics (Job Code LH-10-2026)
Full-time two-year renewable contract at pay scale E13 TVöD; start as soon as possible.1 December 2026Closes in 22 daysOpen to internationalOpenMax Planck School of Cognition doctoral program, 2027 intake
EUR 1,565/month net stipend in the orientation year, then a public-service wage agreement contract1 December 2026Closes in 22 daysOpen to internationalOpenMax Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence PhD Program, first cohort (2027 start)
The first PhD cohort of a new Germany-wide graduate school at the interface of AI and biomedicine, starting…1 December 2026Closes in 22 daysOpen to internationalOpenIntegrated Master’s/PhD Program in Matter to Life, 2027 intake
EUR 1,565 stipend (Master's phase, period not printed); TVoD/TV-L E 13 contract in the PhD phase1 December 2026Closes in 22 daysOpen to internationalOpenMax Planck-Weizmann Postdoctoral Programme, 7th round
A four-year appointment, with half of the time at the Max Planck Society and half at the Weizmann…21 December 2026Closes in 42 daysEligibility not statedOpenPostdoctoral Researcher, Developmental Biology: single-cell and spatial approaches to plant organ development (Tsiantis department, ERC AdG CLONAL)
Postdoctoral position initially for two years with possibility of extension, under German regulations for scientific training.4 January 2027Closes in 56 daysOpen to internationalOpenIMPRS on Interdisciplinary Plant Biology (Cologne): 7 fully funded PhD positions in computational and experimental plant sciences, 2027 call
Seven PhD positions fully funded for three years with possible extension, on a Max Planck Society doctoral funding…5 January 2027Closes in 57 daysOpen to internationalOpenInternational Max Planck Research School for Evolutionary Biology (IMPRS EvolBio): six doctoral positions, start September 2027
Six fully funded doctoral researcher positions in a programme of a six-month training period followed by a three-year…10 January 2027Closes in 62 daysOpen to internationalRollingPhD Student, Engineering Crystallization and Precipitation Processes for Biopharmaceuticals
Four-year employment contract paid according to TVöD (Bund), E13, 75 %, with funding for international conferences.Until filledEligibility not statedRollingPostdoctoral Researcher, Biomolecular Phase Transitions from Microfluidics to Processes
Three-year employment contract paid according to TVöD (Bund), E13, 100 %, with conference funding and Max Planck career…Until filledEligibility not statedRollingPhD Student or Postdoc, non-equilibrium theory and atomistic simulations of complex biomolecules (Job Code 25-26, Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics)
PhD students get three years of funding within a PhD programme run with the University of Goettingen; the…Until filledEligibility not statedClosedIMPRS on Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS CoNI) PhD Call for Applications 2026/2027
EUR 3,4002 November 2026Closed 7 days agoOpen to internationalClosedPhD Position (m/f/d) – Reproductive Mechanobiology (Job Code 23/2026)
Funded for an initial three years within the ERC Starting Grant REPROMECH, with possible extension; remuneration 75% of…1 November 2026Closed 8 days agoOpen to internationalClosedPhD student (m/f/d) 100% “Cultural Grooming and Social Bonds in Great Apes” (Job Code 176)
Fully funded for 3.5 years (TVöD salary scale E-13, 65%); start 1 January 2027, no later than 1…23 October 2026Closed 17 days agoOpen to internationalClosedMatter to Life Undergraduate Research Opportunities (MtL-URO) 2027
A funded 10-week research internship for Bachelor's students in the lab of a Max Planck School Matter to…1 October 2026Closed 39 days agoEligibility not statedClosedInternational Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS)
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Questions students ask
Does Max Planck Society accept international applicants?
16 of its 23 verified calls state that international applicants are eligible, and 7 do not say. Eligibility is set call by call, so read it on each record before applying.
What levels does Max Planck Society fund?
By its verified calls on record: PhD (14), postdoctoral (5), several levels at once (3), undergraduate (1). Each record shows the funding amount the institute states, where it states one.
When does Max Planck Society usually set its deadlines?
Its recorded deadlines fall most often in January, October, November and December. Closed rounds stay listed on this page, so the pattern stays visible.
How do I apply to Max Planck Society?
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New calls are added through the week, and every record carries the date it was last verified on the funding organisation's own website. Records whose deadlines pass are closed automatically, so anything listed here was open at its last check.
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