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Fully funded 26 Jun 2027

Doctoral researcher in Economics

University of Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Educational sciences

About us The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) at the University of Luxembourg offers a unique academic and research environment. Rooted in Luxembourg but with a European and international outlook, teaching and research benefit from the proximity of the European institutions, Luxembourg's leading international financial centre and its vibrant business community. Institutional and private sector partnerships, sponsored Chairs and a growing network of in

Fully funded 26 Jun 2027

Doctoral Researcher in Services and Data Management

University of Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Educational sciences

About us... The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust ( SnT ) at the University of Luxembourg is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Europe by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent. We look for researchers from di

Funding not stated 30 Jun 2027

15 PhD positions in the MSCA Doctoral Network PHOTONIQC - Building on Europe’s leadership in integrated quantum photonics to address scalability

DTU Electro · Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering

  • 2800 Kongens Lyngby, France
  • Engineering

15 PhD positions in the MSCA Doctoral Network PHOTONIQC - Building on Europe’s leadership in integrated quantum photonics to address scalability Grant Agreement No. 10132868 Technologies for Scalable Quantum Computing Our distributed photonic quantum computing platform will use qubits encoded by single photons, deterministic single-photon sources, dense high-transmission chips, record-efficiency detectors, and new quantum algorithms. Together, these technologies form a pathway toward scalable and practical quantum computers. PHOTONIQC unites leading European academic and industrial partners to

Fully funded 1 Jul 2027

PhD Studentship - Mechanosensitive Nanochannels

The University of Manchester · Physics and Astronomy

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Physics and Astronomy

Application deadline: All year round This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply (more details can be found here ). The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. Self-funded home and overseas students are welcome to apply. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. Nano- and Angstrom-scale capillaries ha

Fully funded 19 Jul 2027

Ph.D. position in Concrete Reuse - Advanced deconstruction and re-construction methods

McGill University (Montreal)

  • Montreal, Canada
  • Other Environmental science

Position summary Prof. Célia Küpfer (she/her) is welcoming applications for a new, fully funded PhD candidate position at McGill University, in the School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering. In this position, the Ph.D. candidate will work on developing new deconstruction and re-construction methods for the reuse of concrete elements. This project is part of a larger project sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) on concrete reuse. As the successful candidate, you will contribute to a research project at the intersection of architecture, constr

Fully funded 21 Jul 2027

Doctoral Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction

University of Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Computer science

About the SnT The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust ( SnT ) at the University of Luxembourg is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Europe by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent. We look for researchers from

Funding not stated 24 Jul 2027

PhD in Trustworthy World Models for Critical Systems

University of Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Educational sciences
  • Dr. Salah Ghamizi

About the SnT The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust ( SnT ) at the University of Luxembourg is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Europe by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent. We look for researchers from

Funding not stated 24 Jul 2027

PhD Structural and Functional Characterization of a Novel Non-Specific Lipase Identified in Hazelnut

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Grenoble, France
  • Chemistry

Context & Job description Thesis subject: Structural and Functional Characterization of a Novel Non-Specific Lipase Identified in Hazelnut Seeds You will join the multidisciplinary collaboration between the time resolved serial crystallography team at ID29, the Department of Science and Pharmaceutical Technology of the University of Turin and Soremartec company part of Ferrero for the study of lipase mechanism that is responsible for hazelnut rancidity outset. The study will combine biophysical and biochemical techniques combined with time resolved crystallography to understand the biochemical

Funding not stated 31 Jul 2027

REF. 127/25; Doctorate and qualifications for performing procedures and euthanasia in experimental animals (functions A+B+C)/ Ms. Juana Gallar Martínez/Recognized researcher.

Universidad Miguel Hernandez · Servicio de Personal de Administracion y Servicios

  • Elche, Spain
  • Neurosciences

https://boumh.umh.es/files/2025/07/RR_01824_2025.pdf • Study of morphological and functional regeneration of mouse corneal innervation following injury. • Immunohistochemical and microscopic image acquisition and analysis techniques. • Extracellular electrophysiological recordings of activity of corneal sensory nerve terminals and ciliary nerves of the eye in in vitro repairs.

Fully funded 31 Jul 2027

Visiting Fellow

National University of Singapore · Dept of Statistics and Data Science

  • Singapore, Singapore
  • Statistics

The Department of Statistics and Data Science at the National University of Singapore is one of the leading departments of its kind in Asia and globally. Comprising close to 40 full-time faculty members and around 70 research staff and PhD students, along with a strong network of industry affiliates, the department fosters a comprehensive and engaging research and educational environment. We invite applications for Visiting Fellows. These non-tenure track positions are aimed at early-career researchers, particularly recent or soon-to-be PhD graduates, with research interests within all areas o

Fully funded 1 Aug 2027

Doctoral / PhD Researcher in Multimodal and More-than-Human Ethnography

IPNA-CSIC · Ciencias de la Vida y de la Tierra

  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
  • Sociology

Position within the ERC project FRONTCAT The Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology of the Spanish National Research Council (IPNA-CSIC) invites applications for a fully funded doctoral position within the ERC-funded project FRONTCAT – Beyond the Cat Wars: Reimagining Multispecies Governance and the Ethics of Care amid Rural Populism , led by Dr Pablo Alonso González. FRONTCAT investigates conflicts surrounding free-ranging, feral and community cats as a privileged site for understanding wider transformations in multispecies governance. Bringing together anthropology, environmental soci

Funding not stated 6 Aug 2027

PhD In situ X-ray nanodiffraction analysis of hydrogen interaction with microstructures

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Grenoble, France
  • Other

Context & Job description Thesis subject: In situ X-ray nanodiffraction analysis of hydrogen interaction with microstructures You will join ID13’s team composed of 7 people. The beamline ID13’s mission is to provide fast scanning X-ray micro-/nano-beam diffraction combined with X-ray fluorescence detection often employed for in-situ/operando experiments. This PhD project focuses on advancing the understanding of hydrogen interactions with materials, a critical area for hydrogen-based technologies essential to global sustainability and energy transition goals. Utilizing the capabilities of the

Funding not stated 14 Aug 2027

PhD thesis student (f/m) at ESRF and University of Bath to study CO₂ capture by coupling X-ray Raman

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Grenoble, France
  • Physics

Context & Job description Thesis subject: Coupling X-ray Raman and optical Raman spectroscopies for improved understanding of atmospheric CO₂ Capture You will join the team at Beamline ID20 of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, to undertake a groundbreaking PhD project dedicated to advancing carbon capture technology. The core objective of your research will be to probe the electronic interactions between carbon dioxide (CO₂) and amine-based materials—key candidates for large-scale industrial carbon capture—using a unique combination of cutting-edge techniq

Funding not stated 14 Aug 2027

Ph.D. thesis student on operando TEM analysis of ionotronic materials

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Grenoble, France
  • Physics

Context & Job description Thesis subject: Growth and Characterization of Two-Dimensional Free-standing Functional Oxides This PhD project focuses on the development of a stable, electron-transparent crystalline platform for advanced in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies of functional materials during epitaxial growth and under external stimuli such as electric and magnetic fields and light illumination. The platform, developed at PGI-7, enables the fabrication of free-standing single-crystalline membranes that serve as substrates for direct growth and operando TEM investigatio

Funding not stated 19 Aug 2027

PhD Probing conformational membrane protein dynamics by time-resolved X-ray solution scattering

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Grenoble, France
  • Physics

Context & Job description Thesis subject: Probing conformational membrane protein dynamics by time-resolved X-ray solution scattering (TR-XSS) Do you want to explore how proteins move, react, and function? You will join the ID09 team at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and study the structural dynamics of membrane proteins using time-resolved X-ray solution scattering. The mission of the ESRF beamline ID09 is ultrafast X-ray science, providing unique opportunities to follow molecular processes as they happen. In this PhD project, you will investigate two biologically and medi

Funding not stated 31 Aug 2027

STUDY PROGRAMME PHARMACOLOGY IN THE STUDY FIELD PHARMACY (Department of pharmacology a toxikology)

Centre of Experimental Medicine SAS · Department of pharmacology of inflammation

  • Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Medical sciences
  • Mgr. Adriana LENDVAYOVÁ

Topic: Pharmacological intervention of extraarticular manifestations in experimental arthritis focussing on natural substances External educational institution : Centre of experimental medicine SAS: We offer the PhD study under the supervision: PharmDr. Katarína Bauerová, DrSc. Form of study in Slovak language: full-time. For detailed information, please contact: Mgr. Adriana LENDVAYOVÁ tel.: +421 2 50 117 107 e-mail: ov@fpharm.uniba.sk

Funding not stated 31 Aug 2027

Family commitment

Université de Caen Normandie · Law

  • Caen, France
  • Juridical sciences

Focused thesis topic . Family commitment. A brief explanation . The notion of family commitment covers the various aspects of family life, within a couple or between a parent and child. When we think of family commitment, we see, underneath the sum of obligations (alimony, etc.), a founding act of the family, in its unity and in its variations: unilateral or reciprocal commitment, spontaneous or reflected, formal or informal... Doctoral research will go beyond these examples alone and explore the variety of family commitments, adapting to the multiple realities of family structures. Viewed thr

Funding not stated 2 Sept 2027

PhD Sub Nanosecond Imaging of Operating Microelectronic Devices by X-ray Diffraction Microscopy

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Grenoble, France
  • Physics

Context & Job description Thesis subject: Sub Nanosecond Imaging of Operating Microelectronic Devices by X-ray Diffraction Microscopy Beamline ID01, at the ESRF is a world leading instrument dedicated to micro- and nano-beam X-ray diffraction imaging experiments. It enables advanced studies of epitaxial materials and microelectronic devices, including time-resolved full-field diffraction microscopy. The ID01 team has successfully carried out several lighthouse experiments that attract collaborators and users worldwide. The successful candidate will join the team and collaborate with a network

Fully funded 17 Sept 2027

Northeastern University London Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Computer Science - Reliable Quantum Statistics

Northeastern University London

  • London, United Kingdom

Northeastern University London Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Computer Science Reliable Quantum Statistics Northeastern University London > Computing, Mathematics, Engineering & Natural Sciences Funded PhD Project (UK or International Students) Funding provider: Northeastern University London (NU London) Subject areas: Project start date: October 2026 Supervisors (*lead): • Osvaldo Simeone (Northeastern University London) • Carlos Perez Delgado (University of Kent) Aligned programme of study: PhD in Computer Science Mode of study: Full-time Northeastern University London As part of a major in

Fully funded 21 Sept 2027

Preuve d'équivalence fonctionnelle de programmes binaires pour la cyber-sécurité // Proof of Functional Equivalence of Binary Codes in the Context of Programs Hardening.

Université Grenoble Alpes

  • Grenoble cedex 9, France
  • Other

cf. summary in english. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Ph.D. thesis takes place in the general context of cyber-security in embedded systems. The research background of this thesis is tied to the automatic application of counter-measures against so-called physical attacks: observation at

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