The fully funded scientific internships are aimed at students at the Master’s level who wish to gain research experience in a subject of their interest at a university in Berlin. The research experience is intended to increase chances of applying successfully to a doctoral program in the Global North as well as provide candidates with hands-on research experience in an interdisciplinary environment.

The internships are paid and include return flight tickets (economy class) to Berlin. The honorarium (1,500 EUR/month) will cover a substantial part of the cost of living for the duration of your stay in Berlin (accommodation, food, transportation, insurance etc.).

As an intern you will work in the lab of one of our principal investigators. You will take part in events and come into contact with doctoral and postdoctoral researchers across the cluster’s research groups.

During your stay you will not only get to know the lab of the faculty member you applied for but also participate in scientific soft-skill courses, career planning, training on graduate school applications as well as an introduction to the German academic system.

The working language at SCIoI is English. No German skills are required.

Marc Toussaint, Machine Learning and Robotics

https://www.user.tu-berlin.de/mtoussai//index.html

Klaus Obermayer, Machine Learning
https://www.ni.tu-berlin.de/menue/neural_information_processing_group/

Guillermo Gallego, Computer Vision and Robotics

sites.google.com/view/guillermogallego

Olaf Hellwich, Computer Vision and Remote Sensing
https://www.cv.tu-berlin.de/menue/computer_vision_remote_sensing/

Jörg Raisch, Control Theory
https://www.control.tu-berlin.de/Welcome

Alan Akbik, Natural Language Processing
https://alanakbik.github.io/

Pawel Romanczuk, Collective Information Processing
http://lab.romanczuk.de/

Henning Sprekeler, Modelling of Cognitive Processes
https://www.cognition.tu-berlin.de/menue/modelling_of_cognitive_processes/

Oliver Brock, Robotics and Computational Biology
https://www.robotics.tu-berlin.de/menue/home/

Required documents

(1) A letter of motivation (detailing your reasons for applying for the internship and lab you want to visit, your background and research interests; max. 1,000 words)

(2) Your academic CV (max. 2 pages)

(3) Copies of your transcripts from your undergraduate (e.g. BSc) transcript to your most recent transcripts (e.g. Master’s). These do not need to be certified copies at this stage.

(4) Written confimation of your nomination for the internship

Please upload your application in ONE PDF file no larger than 7 MB (YourSurname_INTERN_2020.pdf) via our application tool.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for this award you need to meet the basic eligibility criteria:

• nomination by AIMS coordinator
• completed or in the process of completing a Master’s or equivalent degree
• excellent English skills
• interest in interdisciplinary work and study
• ability to work independently as part of a larger team

Most of all, you should be keen on working in a different academic environment, join social and cultural activities and engage in scientific discussions and events.

If you have any questions, please contact graduate coordinator Zarifa Mohamad