Prof. Lanzer, Head of Parasitology Unit at the Dept. of Infectious Diseases, is also head of the EU-funded EVIMalaR International PhD Programme on Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite.
EVIMalaR is a collaborative research Network of Excellence, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the University of Glasgow. It currently engages 49 Principal Investigators from 34 institutions in Europe (29) and malaria endemic countries (5). The consortium conducts research on malaria parasites and their interactions with both mammalian hosts and mosquito vectors.
EVIMalaR’s International PhD Programme aims to train talented young scientists from both north and south in malaria research, with emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches. It thus offers a unique opportunity for students to become engaged in malaria research in world-leading malaria research institutions.
Training of the future EVIMalaR students is conducted through the virtual European Malaria Graduate School, which is organized and operated in collaboration with the EMBL and the Heidelberg University.
22 PhD positions were available within the EVIMalaR PhD Programme to be staffed in two calls.
During this first call 10 fellowships were awarded, during the second call 12 fellowships were awarded. All fellowships are linked to collaborative research projects, each supervised by two Principal Investigators from different countries.
For further information on EVIMalaR please visit http://www.evimalar.org/
For questions concerning the EVIMalaR PhD Programme please contact:
Ms Alessia Valdarno
EVIMalaR PhD Programme Administration
Heidelberg University Med. School
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology
Im Neuenheimer Feld 324
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Tel. ++49-(0)6221-567855
