Create Application for "Max Planck Research Group Leader" position

To apply for a 6+3-year "Max Planck Research Group Leader" position at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, please fill this form carefully and upload a PDF of your application below.

The details of this job opening can be found on our web page.

The deadline for application is November 15, 2026. If you have further questions contact w2.2026@mpim-bonn.mpg.de.

AI policy:

The MPI is a place for human interactions and discussions.

Your research statement must be fully written without the use of AI, and we encourage you to keep it to at most 5 pages. When describing your previous work, please disclose the extent of AI use therein.

We will not use AI in the evaluation of applications.

The Max Planck Society provides free access to current LLM's for everybody who is at MPIM for more than a year, and researchers who use AI in their work are welcome.

We believe that it is important to sustain a subcommunity of mathematicians who choose not to use AI in their work, and we also welcome their applications.

We expect our members to support the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics.

Please enter your last name
Please enter your first name.
Please enter a valid email address we can use to contact you.
Please enter the year you finished your PhD.
Please enter your present position.
Please enter the institution (e.g., university) you are currently affiliated with.
Please characterise your research with a few keywords, e.g., modular forms, 4-manifolds, etc.

Please upload your application in PDF format. The document should contain your

  1. curriculum vitae,
  2. list of publications,
  3. short description of past and planned research,
  4. names of possible referees,
  5. up to 3 selected reprints or preprints.
If you have problems preparing a single PDF file, have a look at: How to merge PDF files.


Files must be less than 12 MB.
Allowed file types: pdf.

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