Offer & Deadlines
PharMetrX has much to offer for both, students who are looking for a PhD opportunity bridging pharmacy & mathematics (PharMetrX Research+ Program) as well as for PhD students who are looking for a structured training curriculum in pharmacometrics & computational disease modelling and a network of peers for exchange (PharMetrX Training+ Program). See below for details and deadlines. Please see our call for application poster here.
Our Offer
PharMetrX offers two different opportunities for prospective PhD students:
- As a student of the PharMetrX Research+ Program, you will perform your PhD studies in the fields of pharmacometrics & computational disease modelling with Prof. Dr. Charlotte Kloft (Clinical Pharmacy & Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin), and with Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Huisinga (Mathematical Modelling & Systems Biology, Universität Potsdam), be assigned a mentor from one of our Industry Partners and part of the PharMetrX Network of PhD Students, participate in the module curriculum, and be financially supported by an attractive research fellowship.
- As a student of the PharMetrX Training+ Program, you will participate in the module curriculum and be part of the PharMetrX Network of PhD Students, while you already have a supervisor & funding and not yet completed the first year of your PhD studies when entering the PharMetrX program.
Deadlines
The call for application 2023 is open! For your information, please find below a detailed list of important dates of the application process. The call for application will be 15 July to 15 September 2023.
- Start of application period: July 15th, 2023
- Deadline for applicants to upload their information/documents: Sept 15th, 2023
- Deadline for the two researchers to upload their letters of recommendation: Sept 15th, 2023
- Email notification to shortlisted and waiting list candidates: Mid/End Oct 2023
Note: We will not notify applicants that are not shortlisted or not on the waiting list. If you do not hear back from us until Mid/End of October than your name is on neither of the two lists. - Pre-selection interviews with candidates (online): 17 to 27 Oct 2023 (via Skype, WebEx or Zoom).
They are intended to clarify some questions that came up during the review of your application by the Admission Board on your background, motivation etc; time frame ca 15-30 min. After all pre-selection interviews, the Admission Board will make its final decision about invitations to the personal interviews - Personal interviews will be online: 20 and 21 Nov 2023
- Email offers to selected candidates: within one week after the interviews
- Start of your PhD research project: oftentimes Mar 2024, but can be determined individually
- Start of application period: July 15th, 2023
- Deadline for applicants to upload their information/documents: Sept 15th, 2023
- Deadline for the two researchers to upload their letters of recommendation: Sept 15th, 2023
- Email offers to selected candidates: End of 2023
- Depending on vacancies, later applications may be accepted.
The joint module curriculum of the PharMetrX Research+ Program and the PharMetrX Training+ Program will start Mar 2024.
The modules will take place on site unless there is an unforeseen worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic.