The NIM Graduate Program

NIM runs a dedicated graduate program (NIM GP) for PhD students who are working on a NIM related research project.

The aim of the program is to promote the collaboration of NIM students, help them with their research by sponsoring visits to other labs and prepare them for their future careers.

But who is a NIM graduate student?

A member of the NIM Graduate Program may become every PhD student who works in a group of one of the principal investigators (PIs) of NIM or associated NIM members and if his or her research covers a NIM relevant topic. It is not necessary that the PhD position itself is paid by NIM!

For each member of the NIM GP a second supervisor (not necessarily a NIM member) is obligatory. This person shall give additional advice concerning the PhD thesis from a different point of view. The second supervisor may probably be the leader of a collaborating research group.

These are the benefits of being a NIM GP member:

active network with your fellow PhD students
stimulating scientific exchange through regular winter meetings and summer retreats
funding for research stays in labs worldwide, e.g. at CNSI, Los Angeles or CNBI, Tokyo
funding for advanced education including soft skill workshops
advisory service for your future career, especially concerning the funding opportunities for postdoc positions
certificate of participation in the program after having finished the thesis
being listed on the NIM website

And these are the duties of a NIM graduate student:

regular communication with both, the first and the second supervisor
active participation in one meeting a year, i.e. winter meeting or summer retreat
the PhD thesis has to be finished after a maximal duration of four years

In order to become an ordinary member of the NIM GP, you have to register using our registration form. Please fill it and send it along with a personal picture
(120 px * 90 px, black and white) via e-mail to the general manager of NIM,
Dr. Peter Sonntag ( peter.sonntag(at)lmu.de).