PhD positions

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• PhD In Materials and Mechanics for Advanced Ceramic-based Protection Systems | Cera-Shield (opens in new tab)

  Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) · Eindhoven · Netherlands

  Are you inspired to push the limits of materials for safer and lighter protection systems? Join us to develop innovative ceramic-based systems that redefine lightweight protection performance. Information We are offerin…

  Closes in 2 days

  AcademicTransfer · Netherlands · posted 4 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Advanced Materials and Processing Research (opens in new tab)

  Hampton, VA · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 8 weeks ago

• Computational Micromechanics and Microstructure-Sensitive Analysis for Advanced Metallic Materials (opens in new tab)

  Hampton, VA · United States

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  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 8 weeks ago

• Nuclear Fuels and Materials Development for Space Nuclear Propulsion (opens in new tab)

  Huntsville, AL · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Inorganic and ductile thermoelectric materials for development of efficient thermal blankets and powering sensors (opens in new tab)

  Hampton, VA · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Thin Film Materials and Optical Coatings for Advanced Ultraviolet Instrumentation (opens in new tab)

  Pasadena, CA · United States

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  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Miniaturized instruments enabled by nanomaterials for future space missions (opens in new tab)

  Greenbelt, MD · United States

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  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• The Nature of Early Solar System and Presolar materials (opens in new tab)

  Houston, TX · United States

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  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Mineralogy of Fine-Grained Extraterrestrial Materials (opens in new tab)

  Houston, TX · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• The Origin of Modified Optical Properties of Natural and Experimental Space-Weathered Materials (opens in new tab)

  Houston, TX · United States

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  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Advanced Solid State Lithium-Sulfur Battery Electrochemistry and Materials Development (opens in new tab)

  Cleveland, OH · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Solar System: Development of Protocols and Techniques for Analysis of Planetary Materials and Analogs Using Laser Mass Spectrometry (opens in new tab)

  Greenbelt, MD · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Computational Materials Science for In-Space Welding, Joining, and Additive Manufacturing (opens in new tab)

  Huntsville, AL · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Planetary Science: Geochemistry and Geochronology of Planetary Materials (opens in new tab)

  Greenbelt, MD · United States

  Closes in 3 days

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 7 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• PhD position (Photocatalytic membranes for contaminant removal) - Multiple positions are available (opens in new tab)

  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen · Germany

  This PhD project builds on ongoing research projects in the area of photocatalytic membranes at IAMT. Current work will be expanded to (select) novel materials and membrane preparation methods for photocatalytic membran…

  Deadline Dec 31, 2026

  DAAD PhDGermany · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• PhD position (Novel nanofiltration membranes for contaminant removal) - Multiple positions are available (opens in new tab)

  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen · Germany

  This PhD project builds on ongoing research projects in the area of Nanofiltration for Contaminant Removal at IAMT. Novel nanofiltration membrane materials will be examined with the target of achieving perfect / good re…

  Deadline Dec 31, 2026

  DAAD PhDGermany · posted 3 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• Analysis of Ore Materials Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Critical Minerals Processing (opens in new tab)

  Morgantown, WV · United States

  Deadline Dec 31, 2026

  ORISE/Zintellect · US federal labs · posted 10 months ago · older posting, may have been filled

• EGFP (STEM Education): Targeted STEM PhD Production at UAH –Aerospace Materials & Structures (opens in new tab)

  University of Alabama in Huntsville · United States

  Deadline Jun 30, 2028

  NSF ETAP · US traineeships

• EGFP: STEM Workforce Development in Materials Research (opens in new tab)

  University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · United States

  Deadline Jul 15, 2028

  NSF ETAP · US traineeships

• Doctoral Position (f/m/x) Chemistry - N2 Reduction through TiO2 Aerogels (opens in new tab)

  University of Cologne · Cologne · Germany

  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesDoctoral Position (f/m/x) Chemistry - N2 Reduction through TiO2 AerogelsInstitut of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry We are one of the largest and oldest universities in Europ…

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

• PRISM programme - PhD student in materials science and electrochemistry for Project STREAM (MSCA COFUND) (opens in new tab)

  ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS - PSL · Paris · France

  *PRISM programme*The PRISM (PhD Research Programme for International Training in Sustainable Soft Matter) programme has launched its first call for applications, offering up to 14 fully funded PhD fellowships starting f…

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

• Phd Position : Moirés of orthorhombic van der Waals magnets (opens in new tab)

  COFUND QuanG · France

  General Scope:Moiré physics, arising from the twist between two van der Waals (vdW) monolayers, has opened new routes to engineer electronic, optical, and magnetic properties in 2D materials. While most studies focus on…

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

• CeNT-40-2026 (opens in new tab)

  University of Warsaw · University of Warsaw · Poland

  CeNT- 40-2026 Director of Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw, with the Project Leader, announce opening of the competition for the position of PhD Student in Materials and Processes Simulation Labora…

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

• PhD Position : Superconductivity and charge-density waves in Kagome Lattices (opens in new tab)

  COFUND QuanG · France

  General Scope: The kagome lattice (see Fig. 1A) has long attracted attention to the quantummaterials community. Originally, the focus was on insulating frustrated magnets in the search fora quantum spin liquid state. Mo…

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

• PhD scholarship in Development and Modelling of Natural Fibre Over-Moulding Process (opens in new tab)

  Technical University Of Denmark · Technical University of Denmark · Denmark

  If you are building your career as a scientist in advanced manufacturing, materials innovation, or simulation/data‑driven process modelling – and you are looking for a PhD position where your work can shape the sustaina…

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