Open Positions
The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals. AWI operates polar research platforms such as RV "Polarstern” and co-ordinates German polar research.
Open Positions are offered at different locations. To find jobs that are currently offered, please select and click on the different locations shown in the menu navigation.
For all open positions send your job applications by mail.
General questions can be addressed by email to our staff department (personal(at)awi.de). For technical job-related questions please contact the email-address shown in the respective job announcements.
Scholarships
If you are interested in scholarships, AWI offers the following graduate school programmes.
Helmholtz Research School ESSReS
The new Helmholtz Research School of Earth System Science (http://www.earth-system-science.org), a common initiative of the AWI, the University of Bremen and the Jacobs University Bremen, provides a unique research environment for excellent students who apply for a PhD-programme, accompanying the traditional graduation. A course system in earth system science, funding for conference attendance, visits at international institutes, and compulsory training in 'soft skills' result in a widespread additional education in this topical field. More information can be found on the related web-page.
Helmholtz Graduate School POLMAR
Besides the Earth System Sciences Research School (ESSReS), the Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine Research (POLMAR) provides a coherent framework for a well-structured PhD programme at the AWI. Together with the cooperating institutions, the Graduate School POLMAR intends to promote a new generation of internationally competitive young scientists in the field of marine research with a focus on high latitude marine ecosystems and polar climate change. Besides the training in the specific research fields, the PhD programme offers a broad range of transferable skill courses and provides an excellent research infrastructure and supportive environment. For more information about the PhD programme and open positions, please visit our POLMAR web-page: http://polmar.awi.de!
Additional information for physically challenged people
Zu den Aufgaben der ausgeschriebenen Positionen gehört ggf. die wiederholte Teilnahme an längeren Forschungsexpeditionen in die Polargebiete. An die körperliche Eignung der Bewerber und Bewerberinnen werden dann erhöhte Anforderungen gestellt. Sofern aufgrund einer vorhandenen Schwerbehinderung Zweifel an der Befähigung zur Teilnahme an Forschungsexpeditionen bestehen, kann eine positive Entscheidung zur Einstellung eines schwerbehinderten Bewerbers/einer schwerbehinderten Bewerberin erst erfolgen, wenn die Eignung durch eine betriebsärztliche Untersuchung bestätigt wird.