Application & Funding

Within the Graduate Research Academy RNA Biology our PhD Students have various funding opportunities. The funding depends on the relevance to the PhD project, the quality of work and on the expertise of the targeted research group. Decisions upon the support will be taken by the advisory board of the Graduate Research Academy.
For further information in order to apply for funding please contact the Management Office of the Graduate Research Academy.

For PhD Students

Method Courses

We fund the participation in special method courses of your choice with immediate relevance to your PhD project.

Application deadline | no
Target group | PhD students of the Graduate Research Academy RNA Biology, PhD students of the RIGeL section Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics working on projects related to RNA biology
Description of funding | course fee, accomodation and travel costs

Application Form

Personal Student Helper

We fund the employment of your personal student helper who supports your own PhD project.

Application deadlines | January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15
Target group | PhD students of the Graduate Research Academy RNA Biology; PhD students of the RIGeL section Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics working on projects related to RNA biology
Period of support | 3 months with a maximum funding period of 6 months during the whole PhD
Workload | max. 40 h/ month
Further comments | The person who will be contracted as student helper is not allowed to perform his/her bachelor-/master thesis at the same time.
Further documents | Einstellungsantrag nebenberufl. WHK | Einstellungsunterlagen WHK  |  Musterbogen Dokumentationspflicht MiLoG

Application Form 

Short Term Research Visits

We fund short term research visits in cooperating labs abroad of up to 3 months.

 Application deadline | 1st March, 1st June, 1st September, 1st December
Target group | PhD students of the Graduate Research Academy RNA Biology; PhD students of the RIGeL section Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics working on projects related to RNA biology
Descriptioin of funding | Accomodation and travel costs
Period of support | 1-3 months

Application Form

Please send the complete application documents to the following address:

Others

Conference Funding

For conference funding please contact the secretary of the SFB960. This possibilty just applies to PhD students of the SFB 960.

Doctoral Scholarships

To explore the research environment in Regensburg we fund doctoral scholarships of up to 3 months. If interested please contact the Management Office of the Graduate Research Academy.

Membership | Graduate Research Academy RNA Biology

If you are PhD student of one of the four RIGeL sections and if you are working on a topic related to RNA biology you can apply for membership of the Graduate Academy. As member of the Graduate Research Academy you benefit from the services of our Graduate Academy. For more information please contact the Management Office of the Graduate Research Academy.

Application deadline| no
Target group | PhD students of all RIGeL sections working on a topic related to RNA biology
Other requirements | no membership in further research associations (SFB etc.)

Application Form

Please send the complete application documents to the following address:

PhD Positions

At the moment there are no open PhD positions.

If you are interested in a particular research area or project you can directly contact the respective project leaders and discuss possible projects, possibilities for funding and formal requirements.