HEiKA Graduate School on Functional Materials

["The Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made to Order (3DMM2O)is a Research Cluster jointly run byKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)andHeidelberg University.The main task of the Cluster is to take 3D Additive Manufacturing to the next level by breaking current barriers of scale, precision and speed. The Cluster aims to advance 3D Additive Manufacturing from the macroscale to the microscale, nanoscale, and eventually the molecular scale. It also aims to implement technology in three selected application areas.Built upon the scientific expertise of more than 40 Principal Investigators from KIT and Heidelberg University, the Cluster is characterised by a highly interdisciplinary research approach. Principal investigators (PIs), postdoctoral and doctoral researchers in chemistry, physical chemistry, physics, biophysics, biology, biomechanics, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering work together in the Cluster.The HEiKA Graduate School on “Functional Materials”with its about 100 members is a central structural element of the Cluster. It offers a training programme preparing the doctoral researchers not only for their research career and their work in the Cluster but also in the areas of science communication and management. Individual mentoring committees ensure the supervision for the doctoral researchers.In addition, annual research conferences in rotating subfields of the Cluster and annual retreats of the doctoral researchers as well as welcome and networking events are part of the programme.HEiKA's offer contributes to the continuous deepening of the partnerships and to the development of new cross-disciplinary connections between the PIs, doctoral candidates and postdocs from KIT and Heidelberg University.ApplicationFind open positions here:Open Positions | 3D Matter Made to OrderYou can also apply for a doctoral scholarship funded by theCarl Zeiss Foundation Qualification Scholarship | 3D Matter Made to Order."]