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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shifting strategies: The role of strict autotrophic and mixotrophic algae in primary production and carbon cycling across Arctic coastal salinity gradients | Biology | Arctic, algae, primary production, marine ecosystems, mixotrophy | Applicants must have a relevant master’s degree in biology, oceanography, or similar subjects, and ideally have field experience, data analysis and programming skills (e.g., R, Python, Matlab, etc). | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
| Sovereign Flowers: Flora Danica and the Emergence of the National Flora, 1750–1900 | Mathematics | History of botany; natural history; visual epistemology; political economy; book history | A relevant master’s degree (or equivalent) is required for enrolment in the PhD program. The degree must be obtained at the enrolment date. | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
| Novel communities and food webs: Understanding the effect of ice loss on marine community structures and food webs in the Arctic | Biology | Arctic, Marine ecosystems, community structure, food webs, eDNA | Applicants must have a relevant master’s degree in biology, oceanography, or similar subjects, and ideally have field experience, experience with eDNA analysis, bioinformatics, data analysis and programming skills (e.g., R, python, matlab, etc). | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
| PhD Positions in Probability Theory and Analysis | Mathematics | Probability Theory, Analysis | A Master’s degree in mathematics or a closely related field (completed or expected before the start date). | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
| PhD in Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure in Landscapes under Transformative Change | Biology | Vegetation structure, remote sensing, lidar, spatial scaling, ecosystem fragmentation | A master’s degree within ecology, geoscience, geography or biology | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
| The Center for Basic Research in Program Verification | Computer Science | Program Verification, Logic and Semantic | Candidates are expected to have a good background in logic and semantics. Working knowledge of the Rocq proof assistant is an advantage. | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
| Controlling symmetry breaking in quantum materials with ultrafast correlated disorder | Physics & Astronomy | Quantum Materials, Lasers, X-rays, femtosecond | A relevant Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree in physics | 2025/11/01 23:59 CET |
