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.
As of 1 August 2026, iNANO’s educational and research activities will be transferred to the faculty’s departments. Consequently, employments at iNANO will as of that date be with a department.
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.
As of 1 August 2026, iNANO’s educational and research activities will be transferred to the faculty’s departments. Consequently, employments at iNANO will as of that date be with a department.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REMAX: Rigorous Evaluation Methods for AI Explainability | Mathematics | AI Ethics, explainable AI, philosophy of science, philosophy of machine learning | A relevant master’s degree | 2026/02/01 23:59 CET |
| Readvertisement: Tracking ultrafast structural dynamics in photoactive small molecule crystals using high-resolution serial femtosecond crystallography | Chemistry | Serial femtosecond crystallography; X-ray free electron lasers, pump-probe studies, photocatalysis | A Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree in chemistry, physics, nanoscience or a closely related subject | 2026/02/01 23:59 CET |
| Converting CO2 on atomically defined electrocatalysts | Nanoscience | Electrocatalysis, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Surface Science, Synchrotron experiments, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy | A Master’s degree or 4-years of studies in chemistry, nanoscience, physics or equivalent disciplines | 2026/02/01 23:59 CET |
| Hunt for new clades of anaerobic hydrocarbon-oxidizing microbes | Biology | Anaerobic processes, hydrocarbon oxidation, archaea-bacteria consortia, microbial physiology, microbial ecology, environmental processes | Applicants must have a relevant MSc degree in biology, biochemistry, microbiology or equivalent and have graduated before the application deadline. | 2026/02/01 23:59 CET |
