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Funding not stated 31 Dec 2026

MIT Presidential Teaching Fellow, NEI - Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Open Learning

  • Cambridge, United States
  • Mechanical Engineering

PRESIDENTIAL TEACHING FELLOW, NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVE (NEI), MIT Open Learning (multiple openings across disciplines), to help design and deliver innovative, stackable courses leading to bachelor’s degrees in engineering with computing/AI; develop digital content, flipped classroom materials, assessments, and co-op experiences; contribute to MIT’s Faculty Academy to train educators in this new model; collaborate closely with MIT faculty, staff, and researchers; and reimagine education for the AI era and prepare the next-generation workforce. Find a full job description here: https://openlearn

Funding not stated 31 Dec 2026

Energy Geoscience

Duke University · NSOE-Faculty

  • Durham, United States
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Division of Earth and Climate Sciences (ECS) in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University invites applicants for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Energy Geoscience. ECS plans to hire an Earth Scientist whose research focuses on Energy. We seek an innovative scholar who will develop a thriving research program using geoscience methods to help advance ongoing transitions in energy production and management, such as geothermal energy, exploration for critical minerals used in energy technologies, geo-based synthesis of next-generation fuels like hydrogen, geol

Fully funded 1 Jan 2027

PhD Studentship in Computational Quantum Materials Research - January 2027 Start

University College Dublin · School of Physics

  • Dublin, Ireland
  • Physics

Applications are invited for a fully funded 4-year PhD position in the School of Physics at University College Dublin (UCD), within the Computational Materials Research group led by Asst. Prof. Nuala Caffrey. The position is funded through the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future project Quantum Lego . The project explores how atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials can be stacked like LEGO blocks into heterostructures with tailored electronic, magnetic, and structural properties. By integrating first-principles electronic structure calculations, atomistic modelling, high-performan

Fully funded 1 Jan 2027

PhD fellowship with the title Collaboration, Organisation and Leadership (SOL): Strengthening Pedagogical Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care (5+3)

Aarhus University · Faculty of Arts

  • Aarhus, Denmark
  • Arts

The Graduate School at Arts, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, in collaboration with Partnerskab for Børneforskning (Partnership for Child Research), invites applications for a fully funded PhD fellowship in Collaboration, Organisation and Leadership (SOL): Strengthening Pedagogical Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care provided the necessary funding is available. This PhD fellowship is available as of 1 April 2027 for a period of up to three years (5+3). It is expected that candidate awarded the PhD fellowship will be able to commence the PhD degree programme on 1 April 2027.

Fully funded 1 Jan 2027

PhD Studentship: Computational Chemistry Driven Design of Improved Thermal Batteries

University of Birmingham · School of Chemistry

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • School of Chemistry

Thermal batteries (often termed primary reserve batteries) offer several key advantages over primary and secondary batteries due to their long shelf life, high temperature stability, quick activation, reliability, robustness and the fact that they are maintenance-free. Despite these many advantages, the exact mechanisms that control performance in industrially utilised thermal batteries has remained unclear for decades, and thus design principles for discovering new thermal battery materials have been lacking. In this industrially sponsored PhD studentship, we have partnered with AWE fund a 3.

Funding not stated 3 Jan 2027

RobotX Postdoctoral Fellowship

Academic Positions

  • Number of offers: 1, Switzerland

RobotX Postdoctoral FellowshipRobotX, the Center for Robotics at ETH Zurich, is looking for outstanding postdoctoral researchers who want to build robots that work in the real world. With the RobotX Postdoctoral Fellowship, you apply once and are considered by several RobotX research groups across...

Funding not stated 3 Jan 2027

RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027

Academic Positions

  • Number of offers: 1, Switzerland

RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027RobotX, the Center for Robotics at ETH Zurich, is looking for outstanding doctoral students who want to build robots that work in the real world. With the RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027, you apply once and are considered by several RobotX research groups across ETH Zurich. You...

Funding not stated 3 Jan 2027

PhD Position in Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics and Nanomechanics

Academic Positions

  • Number of offers: 1, Switzerland

PhD Position in Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics and NanomechanicsWe are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join our nonlinear dynamics team. Do you have a broad interest in physics and technology? Do you like the prospect of working in an experimental project in close collaboration with...

Funding not stated 3 Jan 2027

PhD Position in Determinants of Human Performance in Running

Academic Positions

  • Number of offers: 1, Switzerland

PhD Position in Determinants of Human Performance in RunningInterested in pushing the boundaries of running performance by identifying new important targets for training and other interventions? The Running Performance Group of the Exercise Physiology Lab at the Department of Health Sciences and...

Funding not stated 4 Jan 2027

Doctoral Student in Photonic Fluids and Frequency Combs

ETH Zürich

  • Zurich, Switzerland
  • Engineering » Electrical engineering

Doctoral Student in Photonic Fluids and Frequency Combs Our group explores new regimes of frequency comb physics — laser sources that generate thousands of evenly spaced spectral lines, acting as ultra-precise rulers for measuring light. We study liquid-like light in fast-gain semiconductor lasers, where strong nonlinear dynamics can produce stable and controllable broadband states. Our research combines semicondu

Funding not stated 5 Jan 2027

Research Engineer for Visual Programming

ETH Zürich

  • Zurich, Switzerland
  • Computer science » Informatics

Research Engineer for Visual Programming In the AST Lab, led by Prof. Zhendong Su, at ETH Zurich's Department of Computer Science (D-INFK) we advance and reimagine the science of software construction, working towards systems that help people turn their creative ideas into working software. Duration: 3 to 6 months (depending on workload) Workload: 50-100% Salary: according to ETH guidelines for scientific staff

Fully funded 7 Jan 2027

PhD Studentship: Bioresorbable Intestinal Devices with Embedded Resorbable Sensors for Gastrointestinal Monitoring

University of Birmingham · Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
  • Dr Gerard Cummins

Swallowable sensors are limited by how long they stay in place. A capsule passes through the gut within a day or two, so it can only take a snapshot when conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease need to be tracked over weeks without the risk of obstruction. Devices that stay longer exist, but they carry a problem. A structure designed to resist peristalsis is also a structure that can obstruct the bowel, and that risk is why intestinal residence has largely been abandoned in favour of the stomach. Attempts to solve it have relied on external magnets, tissue-piercing anchors, or adhesives

Fully funded 8 Jan 2027

cryo-EM of ribosomal complexes involved in eukaryotic translation control

CEITEC MU

  • Brno, Czech
  • Biological sciences
  • Petr Tesina

Fully Funded PhD Position in Structural Biology of Eukaryotic Translation Control – CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in Petr Tesina's Research Group at CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology), Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia — a leading European centre for life sciences with state-of-the-art research infrastructure. Why apply? 💸 Competitive ERC-funded salary and a high quality of life This position comes with an attractive ERC-funded salary (starting at 30,000 CZK net, with yearly increase), that will allow you

Funding not stated 8 Jan 2027

Research Specialist in Structural Biology

CEITEC MU

  • Brno, Czech
  • Biological sciences

We are a group of structural biologists at CEITEC MU, looking for a new colleague for the position of RESEARCH SPECIALIST IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Who are we? Our research group focuses on the study of macromolecular interactions of ribosomes in the context of translation control and cotranslational processes. We use methods of molecular biology, heterologous protein expression and purification, human tissue cultures, and structural biology methods, particularly cryo-EM. We are looking for a highly motivated colleague who would assist us with technical and experimental support for our ongoing res

Fully funded 8 Jan 2027

Fully Funded PhD Position in Structural Biology of Eukaryotic Translation Control

CEITEC MU

  • Brno, Czech
  • Biological sciences
  • Lenka Divinová

Come to CEITEC MU in Brno and join us! We are passionate structural biologists at CEITEC opening Fully Funded PhD Position in Structural Biology of Eukaryotic Translation Control We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in Petr Tesina's Research Group at CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology), Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia — a leading European centre for life sciences with state-of-the-art research infrastructure. WHY APPLY? • Competitive ERC-funded salary and a high quality of life This position comes with an attractive ERC-funded salary (starting at 30,00

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