BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Thanks to Manfred Drack for the pointer.

The Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS) at the University of Freiburg, Germany, is issuing a call for a Junior Research Group in the area of Bioinspired Materials Concepts.

The intended focus of this Junior Research Group is in research and development within the following fields:

• Bioinspired materials and surfaces
• Bioinspired soft machines and soft robots
• Bioinspired systems research
• Bioinspired sensing and actuation
• Bioinspired energy harvesting, storage and conversion

Funding within the program is up to 950.000 € for the duration of five years. The funding can be used for the candidate’s position and the establishment of a Junior Research Group. The candidate will be employed at the University of Freiburg. The position is a full-time position (100%) for a period of five years. The salary will be determined in accordance with TV-L E 14. The funding includes a position for a doctoral researcher (48 months, 65%, TV-L 13), a position for a lab technician (50%, up to TV-L E9), consumables, and an initial investment package of 80,000 €.

The call targets researchers within two to six years of their postdoctoral experience in the ar-eas of biology/biomimetics, materials
research, physics, engineering, soft matter chemistry or physics. 

Applications need to be submitted by February 28th, 2023, to positions [at] livmats [dot] uni-freiburg [dot] de. The use of the livMatS Junior
Research Group Leader Program template is man-datory and a formal prerequisite for the submission of your application.

For more information please consult https://www.livmats.uni-freiburg.de/en/career/livmats-jrg-program-bioinspired-materials-concepts