The establishement of the  "Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Groups" program aims to provide the best foreign and domestic junior researchers with excellent working conditions in a research-oriented environment.   AWI, together with University of Bremen and University of Heidelberg,  is currently hosting 4 groups funded by this program (see navigation links in the left-column).  These are:

• Applications of compound-specific 14C analysis for the study of sedimentation processes and carbon cycling in marine sediments
• Sensitivity of the permafrost system's water and energy balance under changing climate: a multiscale perspective
• PHYTOOPTICS - Marine Phytoplankton studied by global biooptical methods
• PLANKTONSENS - "Assessing Climate Related Variability and Change at the Base of Planktonic Food Webs in Polar Regions and the North Sea"

Additional information and call for applications are found in the Helmholtz pages.