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Funding not stated 12 Nov 2026

Senior Lecturer (Doctorate/PhD)

University of Innsbruck · Faculty of Language, Literature and Culture

  • Innsbruck, Austria
  • Language sciences » Linguistics

Start date/duration 01.03.2027 for 4 years, possibility for a permanent position depending on requirement and performance evaluation Job profile: Your responsibilities: Designing and delivering courses totalling 10 semester hours per week in the fields of German as a Second Language (DaZ), multilingualism and language education within the teacher training programme "Specialisation in German as a Second Language

Funding not stated 15 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Researchers in Pediatric Cancer & Translational Control (f/m/d

St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (St. Anna CCRI)

  • Austria
  • Biological sciences

Join us in decoding a new layer of pediatric cancer biology! Our FWF Emerging Fields Consortium brings together six complementary research groups across leading biomedical research institutions in Vienna to investigate ribosome biology and translational control as a new and largely unexplored layer of pediatric cancer biology and therapy resistance. By combining cutting-edge genomic, proteomic, biochemical and stru

Funding not stated 25 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher in tissue regeneration and stem cell metabolism (m/f/d)

Medizinische Universität Wien (Medical University of Vienna)

  • Austria
  • Biological sciences » Other

With around 6.500 employees and 8.600 students, the Medical University of Vienna is one of the largest top-level biomedical research and teaching institutions in Europe. The Center for Pathobiochemistry and Genetics/Institute of Medical Genetics is looking for a full-time (40 hours per week) Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) to start immediately on a fixed-term contract for two years (with the option to extend). W

Funding not stated 26 Nov 2026

Assistant Professorship (all genders) - Tenure Track

Technical University of Vienna · Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry

  • Vienna, Austria
  • Chemistry » Biochemistry

"Protein Engineering (CoE CircBioeng)“ - Assistant Professorship (all genders) - Tenure Track TU Wien is Austria's largest institution of research and higher education in the fields of technology and natural sciences. With over 26,000 students and more than 4000 scientists, research, teaching, and learning dedicated to the advancement of science and technology have been conducted here for more than 200 years, guided

Fully funded 15 Dec 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction and Educational Technology

Graz University of Technology · Institute of Human-Centred Computing

  • GRAZ, Austria
  • Computer science
  • Viktoria Pammer-Schindler

Your Responsibilities • Conduct and disseminate research on human-computer interaction, with interest and focus on mixed methods in field studies. • Conduct and disseminate research on educational technologies, with interest and focus on interactive multimodal learning analytics and reflection. • Engage in human-centred design practices • Develop innovative AI-based interaction designs, and implement research prototypes. • Design, execute, and analyse user studies in the lab or field, using mixed methods. • Contribute actively to the Horizon Europe project THRIVE . • Contribute to the HCI and

Funding not stated 30 Dec 2026

ERC Advanced Grant – Postdoc Positions in Biomedical Optics

Medical University of Innsbruck · Institute of Biomedical Physics

  • Innsbruck, Austria
  • Physics
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr.

ERC Advanced Grant – Postdoctoral Positions in Biomedical Optics We invite applications for postdoctoral positions within the newly funded ERC Advanced Grant "DeepVibes" . DeepVibes aims to overcome one of the fundamental limitations of optical microscopy: imaging deep inside living tissue while maintaining molecular specificity and diffraction-limited resolution. To achieve this, the project combines label-free, chemically specific Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) microscopy with next-generation adaptive optics , dynamic wavefront shaping , and computational imaging . The technologies develo

Fully funded 31 Dec 2026

Postdoc (f/m/x) at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna IQOQIVIE - IQOQIVIE095PD226

Austrian Academy of Sciences, The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna (IQOQIVIE)

  • Vienna, Austria
  • Physics

Job ID: IQOQIVIE095PD026 The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austria’s leading non-university research and science institution, is offering a position as Postdoc (f/m/x) Your Tasks Conduct high-level independent research in one or more areas represented at IQOQI Vienna, including but not limited to: • quantum optics and quantum information, • foundations of quantum mechanics, • quantum communication and quantum networks, • theory–experiment interfaces, • quantum aspects of gravity and spacetime physics. • De

Funding not stated No deadline given

University Assistant PostDoc / Pharmacology

Graz Medical University · HR

  • Austria

The Medical University of Graz is looking for an University Assistant PostDoc.Identification number: LS-PHARMA-2026-003903All applicants are invited to submit their application online via the recruiting platform.For further job related details see link below: https://www.medunigraz.at/offene-stellen ...

Funding not stated No deadline given

University Assistant (postdoc)

University of Innsbruck · Faculty of Philosophy and History

  • Austria

Start date/duration 01.12.2026 for 6 years Job profile: Your responsibilities: Independent research in historical archaeology, with a focus on social archaeology and digital methods of interdisciplinary source analysis Collaboration on projects run by the Chair of Historical Archaeology (helping to...

Funding not stated No deadline given

University Assistant (postdoc)

University of Innsbruck · Faculty of Biology

  • Austria

Start date/duration as soon as possible for 2 years Job profile: Your responsibilities: · Independent research in the field of landscape ecology, with a focus on spatial processes, ecological legacies or human–environment interactions, including the publication of high-quality scientific papers in...

Funding not stated No deadline given

Senior Scientist Post-Doc (2026/0254)

Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) · VetFarm

  • Austria

area of work: Reproduction, Animal Breeding and Genetics

Funding not stated No deadline given

Senior Lecturer PostDoc / Pharmacology

Graz Medical University · HR

  • Austria

The Medical University of Graz is looking for a Senior Lecturer.Identification number: LS-PHARMA-2026-003902All applicants are invited to submit their application online via the recruiting platform.For further job related details see link below: https://www.medunigraz.at/offene-stellen ...

Funding not stated No deadline given

PostDoc position: Yeast engineering for metabolite secretion

Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH) · Human Resources Management

  • Austria

That’s the project This project develops a new biomanufacturing strategy to make recovery of intracellular metabolites simpler and more economical. The cell membrane is a bottleneck for product recovery as the lipid bilayer is built to retain metabolites inside the cell. Cell disruption and solvent...

Funding not stated No deadline given

PostDoc Senior Scientist New Testament Studies

University of Salzburg · Human Resources

  • Austria

Application deadline: 14.10.2026Job Category: Scientific StaffJob Profile: Senior ScientistEmployment Start: March 2027Hours per week: 40 h/wDuration of Contract: Permanent Your ResponsibilitiesAcademic support for research and teaching in the field of New Testament studiesIndependent research...

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