2025 – Updates:

• The 2025 school will run from August 18 to September 5.
• Call for applications opens December 6, 2024. 
• The prepared forms (application and recommendation letter) must be used by everyone and uploaded via a ↪link (will be provided upon opening of the call). There will be no automatic response. Applications will be checked daily and a personal response will be sent.

Students

Please download the ↪template for your application and carefully read and follow the instructions provided there.

Academic advisor

Use the template for the ↪recommendation letters. These should give details about the applicant’s abilities, projects and career. In the letter, make sure that it is written professionally, neutrally and without influence of the gender of the applicant.

Grants

A limited number of travel grants are available for participants. Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.

However: Funding will be exceptional and will not cover the entire costs. Costs for participants will include:

• • accommodation (approx. €1100,- if you stay at the suggested hotel);
  • travel (applicant-dependent);
  • and daily food costs: breakfast is included in hotel costs; lunch at student cantina approx. €5-7/day (student price); diner €10-20/day at a restaurant – cooking option at the Pal institute; there are shops and bakeries all over Erlangen with sandwiches, etc;
  • desired extras (applicant-dependent).

Therefore, applicants should turn to their host institutions for funding support or any other funding agency. We are happy to help with letters to the institution or agency to support this.

Admission process

In the past we encountered a bias during the review process. To eliminate this we changed the admission process approved by the PaleoSynthesis Scientific Advisory Board and the Organizing Committee of the Analytical Paleobiology School.

If you have any questions about your application please feel free to contact us.