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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GreenFjords | Geoscience | Greenland, Paleoceanography, Marine geology, Paleoclimate, Micropaleontology, Organic geochemistry | Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree in natural science, including but not limited to geology, geophysics, oceanography, environmental science, chemistry, biology, or ecology | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Re-advertisement: How does glacier melt affect biogeochemical processes and phytoplankton production in Arctic coastal areas? | Biology | Ocean, glacier, physical, chemical and biological oceanography | Applicants must have a relevant master’s degree in physical-, chemical- or biological oceanography. | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Readvertisement: Investigating in-cloud processes of Arctic bioaerosols | Biology | Bioaerosols, Arctic microbial ecology, atmospheric science, ice nucleation, cloud formation | MSc degree in a relevant discipline with a solid background in natural or technical sciences, such as microbiology, atmospheric science, physics, chemistry, engineering, nanoscience, environmental science or related fields | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Re-advertisement: Biophysical analysis of disordered regions of plant hormone transmembrane transporters | Molecular Biology and Genetics | Biophysics, intrinsical disorder, structural biology, membrane proteins, plant hormone transport | A relevant Master’s degree (or expected to receive it in good time), and a solid background and keen interest in membrane protein transport, plant physiology and/or molecular biology | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Blending Realities for Distributed Team Collaboration | Computer Science | Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Mixed Reality (MR), Hybrid Collaboration, Spatial Interaction, Proxemics Theory | Candidates with strong interests in Human-Computer Interaction, Mixed Reality, spatial interaction, collaborative systems, or proxemics theory | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Multimodal Spatial Interfaces for Human-AI Collaboration | Computer Science | Human computer interaction, human-ai collaboration, virtual reality, extended reality, spatial computing | Master’s degree in computer science, HCI or related field | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Illuminating the dark kinome using integrated structural biology | Nanoscience | Kinases; NMR; phosphorylation; disordered proteins | A relevant Master’s degree in biochemistry, molecular biology, nanoscience or related fields | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| The maternal contribution to reproductive success | Molecular Biology and Genetics | Embryo implantation, Endometrial receptivity, Embryonic diapause, Fertility | A Master’s degree in Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, or similar | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Reliable Conversational AI | Computer Science | Machine learning, Graphs and Networks Algorithms, Data Mining, Data Management, Online learning | A Master’s degree (120 ECTS) in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, or related fields | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Atmospheric aerosol particles: probing how phase behavior of organic aerosols affects their ability to take up water and form clouds | Chemistry | Atmospheric chemistry and physics, aerosol particles, clouds and climate, aerosol phase state and number | Master’s degree, or a Bachelor´s degree plus one year of completed Master´s studies, within Chemistry, Physics, Atmospheric Science or Nanoscience | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
| Foundations of secure resource sharing | Computer Science | Language-based security, programming languages, computer security, formal methods, differential privacy | Master’s degree, or a Bachelor’s degree plus one year of completed Master’s studies in Computer Science or related fields. | 2025/08/01 23:59 CEST |
