Here you can apply for a PhD position with your own project description. An application for the general call must include a project description (½-4 pages), where you describe your ideas and research plans for your project. You can indicate a URL to further information, if you like.
Before starting the application process, it is strongly recommended that you contact a prospective supervisor in order to discuss a potential project. This may contribute to writing a better and more targeted application. Furthermore, it is a good idea to inquire about possible financing, since the likelihood of securing admission through the general call depends on the available resources of the supervisor and the PhD programme for which you apply.
You can find AU researchers/potential supervisors by searching on subject headings here. Furthermore, you can find more info on the various PhD programmes at GSNS on each of the programme websites.
It is not a requirement that the applicant has been in contact with a prospective supervisor before the application process begins.
Before you apply, please read the application guide thoroughly. All applications must be submitted via the application portal.
Here you apply for one of the positions on the list of specific calls below. Please note that the list is regularly updated. The list will be complete approximately two weeks before application deadline. If you can’t find a project within your field of research on the list, please have a look later or apply via the general call.
Before you apply, please read the application guide thoroughly. Please follow the application instructions in the specific call announcement.
You can use the filter function to narrow down your search field or search for something specific.
Project title | Programme | Keywords | Candidate background | Application deadline |
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Metabolic and Respiratory Physiology in the Zebrafish Retina | Biology | respiratory physiology, metabolism, neuroscience, cell biology, transcriptomics | Master’s degree or a Bachelor's degree and one year of Master's studies within Biology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Bioinformatics, or similar | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
TREAT: Towards Responsible Explainable AI Technologies | Mathematics | AI Ethics, philosophy science, philosophy of technology, explainable AI | Completed or expect to complete a relevant Master’s degree by the start of the PhD | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Dissecting O-GlcNAc transferase intellectual disability | Molecular Biology and Genetics | Intellectual disability, neurobiology, disease models, biochemistry, cell biology | Master’s degree and at least one first author publication in a peer reviewed journal | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Special metrics and cohomology of complex manifolds | Mathematics | complex manifolds, special metrics, cohomology | Master’s degree in Mathematics | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Center for Chemistry of Clouds (C3) funded PhD in Quantum Chemical Modelling of Aerosol Processes | Chemistry | Quantum Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Clusters, Aerosols, Climate | Master’s degree (5+3 scheme) or a Bachelor's degree plus one year of Master's studies (4+4 scheme), within Chemistry, Physics, Nanoscience or related fields. | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Functional variation in arthropod performance across agro-ecosystems | Biology | Evolutionary biology, ecophysiology, genetics | Master's or Bachelor's degree in Biology or a similar relevant subject | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Human-Computer Interaction in Extended Reality (XR) | Computer Science | Human computer interaction, extended reality, 3d user interface | Relevant master’s degree in computer science, HCI or related field | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Theoretical Understanding of Classic Learning Algorithms | Computer Science | Machine learning theory, learning algorithms, generalization, supervised learning, boosting | Computer Science or Mathematics background | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
De Novo Design of Photoactive Proteins | Chemistry | Computational protein design, Experimental protein engineering, Biophysical protein characterization, Time-resolved optical spectroscopy, Biosensors for fluorescence microscopy | One full year of a relevant Master’s program | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Drowned Paleolandscapes – a geological record for assessing landscape and environment response to postglacial sea level rise and climate change | Geoscience | Drowned paleolandscapes, seismic stratigraphy, seismic morphology, landscape evolution, paleoenvironmental analysis | Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree in geology, geophysics or similar | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Structure-property relations of disordered electrode materials for rechargeable batteries | Chemistry | Battery materials, Crystallography, Electrochemistry, Structural disorder | At least one year of a relevant Master’s degree in Chemistry, Material Science or a related topic | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Elucidating multiple and non-local ionization of the building blocks of DNA by X-ray irradiation | Physics and Astronomy | Synchrotron spectroscopy, water clusters, biomolecules, radiation damage, nanoparticles in the gas-phase, photoelectron spectroscopy, electron-ion coincidence detection, photoionization, mass spectrometry | Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree in physics, chemistry or nanoscience | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Co-transcriptional RNA folding and fluorescent aptamers | Nanoscience | RNA Co-Transcriptional Folding, Fluorescent Aptamers, fluorescence spectroscopy, single molecule fluorescence and FRET | Master’s degree in Nanoscience, Chemistry, Physics, Molecular Biology or equivalent | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Experimental Surface Science Studies of Electrocatalysts | Nanoscience | Electrocatalysis, Surface Science, Nanoscience, Scanning Probe Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy | Master’s degree (3-year PhD programme) or 4-years of studies (4-year PhD programme) in physics, chemistry, or nanoscience | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Cloud interfacial chemistry probed by ultrafast surface spectroscopy | Chemistry | Aerosol, femtosecond laser, sum frequency generation, photochemistry | Master’s degree or a Bachelor´s degree and one year of Master´s studies within Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Nanoscience or similar | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Protein interaction with nanoparticles – PhD project using ultrafast surface spectroscopy to understand nanoplastics toxicity | Chemistry | Nanoplastics, microplastics, environment, green chemical, lasers, non-linear optics | Master’s degree or a Bachelor´s degree and one year of Master´s studies within Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Nanoscience or similar | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
CO2 Sequestration by Carbon Mineralization of Magnesium Silicate Minerals | Chemistry | CO2 sequestration, materials science, mineral carbonation, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, new cement binders | Master’s degree (3-year PhD programme) in chemistry, nanoscience, physics, or materials science | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Multiplex Visualization and Analytics | Computer Science | Data visualization, visual analytics, human-computer interaction | Relevant Master’s degree (or equivalent) and excellent computer programming skills | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Readvertisement: Pipette based scanning probe microscopy | Nanoscience | Scanning Probe Microscopy, Biophysics, Surface Science, Electrochemistry, Live-cell imaging | Relevant qualifications within Applied Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science or similar | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |
Quantum Edge Topology | Physics and Astronomy | Quantum theory, numerical simulations, topology | At least one year of a Master’s degree in physics or a closely related field | 01/05/2024 23:59 CEST |