PhD positions

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• PhD Student (f/m/d) (opens in new tab)

  Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research · Germany

  Join the Molecular Plant Nutrition research group at the IPK in frame of the DFG-ISF joint project “UNLOCK”. Our research focuses on deciphering the nutrient-sensing mechanisms that regulate root development, nutrient u…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Doctoral Candidate (PhD student position) at University Hospital Regensburg, Germany / DC3 - SHIELD Doctoral Network (opens in new tab)

  University of Gothenburg · Regensburg · Germany

  Join the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network SHIELD (Strategies for Healing Implant-associated infections and Enhancing Longevity in Devices) and contribute to cutting-edge research aimed at comb…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Doctoral Researcher in the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense (opens in new tab)

  University of Oldenburg · Oldenburg · Germany

  The newly funded Cluster of Excellence NaviSense - working on the Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation - is a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research consortium hosted at the Universit…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 2 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• DOCTORAL RESEARCHER (5) – High-Voltage PPU for E-sail (opens in new tab)

  Technische Universitaet Dresden · Dresden · Germany

  TUD Dresden University of Technology, as a University of Excellence, is one of the leading and most dynamicresearch institutions in the country. For TUD diversity is an essential feature and a quality criterion of an ex…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• 12 FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITIONS at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (opens in new tab)

  Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research · Cologne · Germany

  The Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) in Germany is a joint venture of the University of Cologne Excellence Cluster on Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), the University Hospital and th…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Fully Funded PhD Positions at the International Max Planck Research School for Functional Material Design in Potsdam, Germany (opens in new tab)

  Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · Potsdam · Germany

  Join the new International Max Planck Research school (IMPRS) for Functional Material Design in Summer 2027!We are recruiting doctoral candidates to help shape a resource-efficient future. The candidates will work on in…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Doctoral Researchers (f/m/d) in Molecular Communications at the Institute for Digital Communications (opens in new tab)

  Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Erlangen · Germany

  Overview on the Research Area: While conventional communication systems rely on electromagnetic waves, in Molecular Communication (MC), information is encoded into the properties of molecules. This allows communication…

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• Call for PhD Fellow position interested in applying for MSCA DN in Hub Molecules of Metabolism and Signalling -Key regulators of Life (HubMOL DC7) (opens in new tab)

  Eisbach Bio GmbH · Martinsried · Germany

  In the context of the European Horizon funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - doctoral network HubMOL - Hub Molecules of Metabolism and Signalling – Key regulators of Life we have 1 PhD position available at the compan…

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• Research Associate (f/m/d) in Applied Mathematics (opens in new tab)

  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät · Germany

  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences – Department of MathematicsResearch Associate (f/m/d) in Applied Mathematics with expected 3/4 part-time employment – E 13 TV-L HU (third-party funding limited until 31.10.202…

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• Programme Officer – EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training (opens in new tab)

  EMBL - Personnel Section · Heidelberg · Germany

  Training the next generation of scientists is a core mission of the EMBL. EICAT’s Internal Scientific Training team coordinates EMBL’s Predoctoral and Postdoctoral programmes. Both programmes leverage EMBL’s interdiscip…

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• CISPA PhD General Call: Summer 2026 (opens in new tab)

  CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security · Saarbrücken · Germany

  We’re excited to share that applications are now open for the CISPA PhD General Call: Summer 2026–our largest annual PhD intake. It’s a unique chance to join a leading international research institution, work in a highl…

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  EURAXESS · EU portal · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled