Wage rise for Max Planck PhD candidates approved
Around 3400 doctoral researchers will benefit from the higher salary
From January 2021, all doctoral researchers with Max Planck funding contracts are entitled to a higher basic salary that matches the standards of the German Science Foundation DFG. The new wage was recently approved by the Joint Science Conference – a meeting of Germany’s national and local science and finance ministers – and applies to Max Planck doctoral candidates in the country and abroad. The agreement will help to improve their economic situation and reduce existing gender pay gaps.