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Summer: Biology Research Abroad in Germany (Outgoing Program) Featured

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  • Locations: Seewiesen, Germany
  • Program Terms: Summer
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  • Restrictions: Sacred Heart applicants only
  • This program is currently not accepting applications.
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Program Description:
This program is for selected students to spend a summer program researching avian migration at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, in Seewiesen, Germany.  Students will receive SHU academic credit.  Information about this program is availble by contacting Dr. Barbara Pierce.
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Program Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Eberhard-Gwinner-Str. 
82319 Seewiesen
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Costs Application fee: You are required to submit a non-refundable $35 application fee payable online or by check to “Sacred Heart University."

Confirmation fee: You are required to submit a non-refundable $250 confirmation fee payable online or by check to “Sacred Heart University."  This fee covers the cost of mandatory basis international health insurance
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Contact Dr. Barbara Pierce
Department of Biology
Sacred Heart University
pierceb@sacredheart.edu
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Location Seewiesen is a small area in Upper Bavaria, situated between the lakes Starnberger See and Ammersee. From 1954 to 1999, it was the site of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology and was the workplace of Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz for many decades. Back in 1937, Lorenz and Erich von Holst had suggested establishing a Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology. But the war saw their plans put on hold. It was only on April 1, 1954 that a resolution of the Senate of the Max Planck Society allowed the realisation of a Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology and appointed von Holst and Lorenz as Directors at the Institute.
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Overview The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (MPIO) was founded in 2004. The headquarter is located in Seewiesen in Upper Bavaria. The other part of the institute is located in Radolfzell at Lake Constance. The institute has four departments and several independent research groups that investigate different ornithological topics by using an interdisciplinary approach. Manfred Gahr and Bart Kempenaers conduct their research in Seewiesen. Martin Wikelski and Iain Couzin are directors in Radolfzell and Konstanz (at Lake Constance), both also hold a professorship at the University of Konstanz. The MPIO has over 200 employees and maintains close cooperation with a number of international institutions with shared research interests.



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