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Scholarship Title: Humboldt University Berlin: Berlin School of Mind and Brain International Doctoral Programme

In collaboration with: In Berlin: Humboldt-Universität, Charité, Freie Universität, Technische Universität, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Center for General Linguistics, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin NeuroImaging Center, Neuroscience Research Center at Charité; Universität Magdeburg, Universität Potsdam, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig

Program Duration: Three years

Scholarship Application Deadlines:

Deadline for students applying for the programme and for one of the School’s own scholarships (i.e. for all those currently without funding): 15 January
Applications by students who have secured funding (e.g. scholarships from funding agencies such as DAAD or Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, or have been offered research grants or research positions by their supervisors) will be accepted on a continuous basis throughout the year. Exclusive deadlines for these latter applicants (in addition to 15 January): 15 May and 15 September

Brief Description:

The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international research school, located in the vibrant heart of Berlin. Founded in 2006 as part of Germany’s Excellence Initiative, it offers a unique three-year interdisciplinary doctoral programme in English in the mind/brain sciences.

Research within the School focuses on the interface between the humanities and the neurosciences. Of particular interest are research areas that fall on the borders between the mind sciences (e.g., philosophy, linguistics, behavioural and cognitive science, economics), and the brain sciences (e.g., neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, neurology, and neurobiology). Major topics of research within the programme include: conscious and unconscious perception, decision-making, language, brain plasticity and lifespan ontogeny, mental disorders and brain dysfunction, and the philosophy of mind. However, research is not limited to these areas, and students are strongly encouraged to develop and work on their own initiative on any projects that are relevant to interdisciplinary questions relating to mind and brain.

Further Program Information and Application

Program Information can be found here.

www.mind-and-brain.de
www.neuroscience-berlin.com