Career Advancement
We support young talent!
What we offer to support your career
Career Steps Opportunities not only provides comprehensive information on the MPG programs in the areas of career development and properly balancing life and work, but also provides the opportunity for researchers in facilities across Europe to reflect on their own perceptions of this subject.
The "International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS)" have been an integral part of the MPG's doctorate program since the year 2000. Talented young scientists are given the chance to study for their doctorate under excellent conditions. The common characteristic of these graduate programs at the Max Planck Institutes are the curricula, including but not limited to: research seminars and soft skills workshops as well as close cooperation with local universities. For more information about our institute’s graduate program, please visit the IMPRS Homepage.
Independent Max Planck Research Groups
The MPG offers excellent scientists further research possibilities through the establishment of independent research groups, which are equipped with personnel and material resources for five years. Some of these groups are reserved for under-represented gendered scientists, such as women, only.
Special support programs for female scientists at Max Planck
The Max Planck Society, in conjunction with the EAF Berlin organization (a network for advising businesses and political organizations in supporting equal opportunity, diversity and work-life balance in the workplace), has launched the „Sign-up! Careerbuilding” program.
Lise-Meitner excellence programme
The Lise Meitner Excellence Program is designed to attract and provide targeted support to exceptionally qualified female scientists
The Max Planck Society has established this mentoring program for its young female scientists (from diploma student to highly qualified scientist).
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation
This Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research supports talented young scientists with children in order to provide them with the necessary freedom and mobility for a scientific career.
In the Elisabeth Schiemann Kolleg, scientific members of the Max Planck Society foster the careers of excellent female scientists after their postdoc phase, helping them to succeed on their way to an appointment as a tenured professor or as a director of a research institution.