Application

The application procedure for admission to the IMPRS-Uncertainty is online. Since your registration as an applicant and your application form are submitted in one document, it is essential for you to read this entire section carefully so that you do things in the proper order. Please note that you will not be able to change your data after it has been submitted.





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• The Procedure at a glance
• Step 1: Submit Application and Registration Form
• Step 2: Submit Supplementary Application Materials
• For Referees

The Procedure at a glance

Here is the procedure at a glance. Read this before submitting any documents.

• See Information for Applicants to make sure you are eligible to apply
• Start compiling your documents early. You will need a fair amount of time to gather all required information, and allow your referees sufficient time to write their letters.
• Find referees. You will need to ask two referees to write a letter of recommendation for you. You have to name them in your Application and Registration form, so you must first ensure that they are willing to provide the recommendation. When you have submitted your Application and Registration form, the referees will automatically receive an e-mail linking them to the Letter of Recommendation form. It is your responsibility to contact your referees and make sure they submit the form in due time.
• Fill out the Application and Registration form.
• Look out for the Confirmation E-Mail with your Registration Code. Your spam filter might sort out the confirmation e-mail, so check your spam folder if you do not receive the confirmation e-mail within an hour.
• Upload your Supplementary Application Materials, including CV and transcripts.

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Step 1: Submit Application and Registration Form

The Application and Registration form should include:

• Your contact information,
• Your educational background,
• The names of two referees,
• A letter of interest (max 1.000 words) stating your interests in interdisciplinary research, a potential research topic and in which way this is related to the research school, and
• Your preference for location (Berlin, Bonn or Jena), depending on the faculty members you are interested in working with. If you select 'no priority' your application will be considered by all participating institutions!

This is also the form you register with for taking part in the whole online application procedure. You must submit it before you upload the supplementary application materials, and before your referees can submit their letters. Once we have received your application form, you will receive a confirmation mail with a personal Registration Code to which all later documents must refer. Since the system does not allow you to save this form containing your data, and the completed form will not be sent back to you, copy it (e.g. with copy and paste into Word) and save it for your records before submitting it. Save any long texts separately, as they will not be fully displayed in your Word copy.



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Step 2: Submit Supplementary Application Materials

Use the Supplementary Application Materials form to upload the other documents required for your application.

• Your curriculum vitae, including your academic training and professional experience,
• Scans of official transcripts/records of studies of all colleges/universities you attended.

The preferred document type is PDF. However, RTF/Word, JPEG and ZIP documents are also accepted. Your files should not exceed 10 MB as a whole. When scanning your documents, choose a lower resolution to ensure a smaller file size.



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For Referees

You have been asked by an applicant to the IMPRS-Uncertainty to write a letter of recommendation? Please refer to the applicant's Registration Code as stated in the e-mail you received from us. You may submit this letter of recommandation in English or German.