University of Groningen, Netherlands invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position to work on the dark side of star formation (V24.0311)
The stratospheric balloon mission GUSTO has just completed its 55-day flight over Antarctica, making measurements of far-infrared C+ and N+ line emission which is unobservable from the ground. The galactic plane survey covers 50 square degrees and the LMC map 1.5 square degrees, including deep coverage of the 30 Dor region. The high-resolution GUSTO spectra are expected to provide new insights into the process of star formation in interstellar clouds, in particular the effect of feedback from young stars on their birth environment.
Funding is now available for a PhD candidate to analyze the GUSTO data at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. The successful candidate will compare the GUSTO maps with observations in ground-based tracers of atomic and molecular clouds. The student will use state-of-the-art analysis tools, taking advantage of the high spectral resolution of the GUSTO data, to identify signatures of radiative and mechanical feedback in the gas clouds surrounding young stars. The position is co-supervised by Floris van der Tak (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) and Xander Tielens (University of Maryland).
Deadline : Open until filled
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Intelligent Information & Incentive Design for Cyber-Physical Systems (V24.0341)
A fully funded PhD position is available at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. The PhD project focuses on utilizing control theory, optimization, and learning algorithms to design intelligent system operators that guide user behavior toward socially desirable outcomes. By integrating theory with practical applications, the research aims to transform how we navigate cyber-physical systems in the digital age, with applications in power systems and traffic networks, where user interactions with the system operator are essential.
Apart from the research project, the candidate is expected to contribute (~10% of total workload) to the teaching and supervision of Bachelor and Master students.
The position will be supervised by Prof. Nima Monshizadeh and Prof. Bayu Jayawardhana, and the candidate will be embedded at the Engineering Technology Institute of the University of Groningen (ENTEG). ENTEG research is highly multidisciplinary in nature and focuses on both fundamental and applied research. The candidate will be a member of the Jan C. Willems Center for Systems and Control which is recognized for its long tradition in mathematical systems theory and its strength in linear/nonlinear systems analysis and control of complex networks. According to the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023, Automation and Control Engineering at the University of Groningen is ranked 3rd in Europe and 19th worldwide.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position Reading the Female Body in the Early Modern Low Countries (1500-1800) (V24.0346)
Applications are invited for a fully-funded four-year PhD position in Dutch cultural history at the University of Groningen, focusing on the representation, imagination and scholarly study of the female body in the early modern Low Countries (1500-1800).
In the early modern Low Countries, the human body became a subject of debate in various new religious, intellectual and cultural contexts. Bodies were displayed, studied, dissected, damaged and imagined in many domains, ranging from (anatomical) theaters and art studios to universities, courtrooms and scaffolds. In each domain and discourse, the human body functioned not just as a materiality of blood and bones, but also as a cultural symbol remediated in images, narratives and other representations. These early modern debates about bodies often intersected with discourses about femininity and masculinity. Several complex and contradictory historical developments in art, literature, medicine and philosophy changed the ways female bodies in particular were perceived in the early modern Low Countries.
This project aims to work towards a better understanding of the interplay between the discourses and cultural industries that produced imaginations and knowledge about female bodies in the Low Countries between roughly 1500 and 1800. It reconstructs the interconnection between various discourses about female and male anatomy and sexuality and contextualizes those discourses in the specific historical and cultural circumstances of the Low Countries. The project’s main research questions are: How were female bodies viewed, defined and represented in academic, literary, artistic, medical, legal and/ or philosophical early modern Dutch (and/ or Neo-Latin) discourses? How were views and representations of sex and gender changed and shaped by the specific historical conditions and developments in the Low Countries between 1500-1800?
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhDs Artificial Design of Phosphoramidites for Asymmetric Catalysis in Water (2.0 FTE) (V24.0365)
We are looking for two PhD candidates for a joint project between the groups of Prof. Ben Feringa and Dr Robert Pollice, that will be carried out within the framework of the Dutch Growth Fund initiative “Big Chemistry” (https://bigchemistry.nl/). The program “Big Chemistry” was established to position the Netherlands as a global leader in chemical robotics combined with artificial intelligence. By building an autonomous ‘RobotLab’, large numbers of experiments can be carried out, yielding comprehensive datasets on properties of molecular systems.
In this project, we will leverage the combined power of self-driving laboratories and artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of phosphoramidite ligands focusing on their use for catalytic reactions in water. Phosphoramidites are monodentate organophosphorus ligands that are effective in a wide range of asymmetric catalytic transformations. Importantly, their combination with other monodentate ligands can result in a substantial enhancement of their catalytic activity and selectivity. This, in conjunction with the modularity of phosphoramidite building blocks, offers a vast chemical space for potential ligands. Furthermore, the development of robust catalytic systems for green processes in water marks one of the current challenges of the chemical industry. Achieving more ambitious sustainability goals necessitates a gradual transition from classical, often halogenated organic solvents to environmentally friendly alternatives. Our project aims to address these challenges by creating innovative, sustainable catalytic systems using phosphoramidite ligands.
Hence, one part of the project will focus on the development of efficient modular synthesis methods for phosphoramidites that can be implemented in automated robotics setups, whereas the second part will focus on exploring novel catalytic conversions, including asymmetric catalysis, in water using robotic screening while expanding the phosphoramidite ligand family and taking advantage of the novel mixed monodentate ligand approach.
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position Chemical Origin of Primordial Cells in the First Ocean (1.0 FTE) (V24.0255)
The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. Researchers have long concluded that the chemical reactions that allowed life to emerge took place in microscopic compartments, called protocells. However, it is still not known how these protocells were formed. In the context of an NWO-Vici research program, we will explore the possibility that protocells were made of lipids, formed by solar irradiation of a primordial oil layer that covered the ocean. This explorative work will include studies of chemical reactivity, molecular self-assembly and the physico-chemical behavior of plausible lipids (primarily fatty acids).
The results of this research will also apply to an important contemporary issue: the mitigation of environmental damage by treatment and removal of the oil layers that pollute the ocean.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Medieval Studies (1.0 FTE) (V24.0350)
This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to work in an international, diverse environment and to acquire valuable research experience at a top-ranked European university. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their academic writing skills, support outreach activities in the Netherlands and abroad, undertake archival work and gain teaching experience. The candidate will be embedded in the Chair Group of Medieval English Literature and Culture.
New Approaches to Medieval Travel: Cultural Interactions, Identity and Devotion in Textual and Material Sources
In fifteenth-century Europe, one of the most daunting journeys one could undertake was to Jerusalem. Not only was the expedition costly, it was also perilous. Travellers faced threats from pirates, muggers, dangerous animals and the rapidly expanding Ottoman Empire. Fifteenth-century Europe was fascinated by those brave enough to face the trip and audiences eagerly read of their experiences. Despite this fascination, we have little surviving evidence of those that undertook the pilgrimage. The itinerant nature of pilgrims creates an unstable set of records, as travellers were less likely to leave behind documents in one location. Alongside this, the Reformation and world wars were responsible for the largescale destruction of medieval objects and archives. To counter this problem, this project analyses both texts and artefacts, sources that are rarely considered together in academic studies because they require different skills and methods of interpretation. Nevertheless, through an analysis of the texts that pilgrims wrote along with the objects that they acquired, this project reconstructs the travels of medieval pilgrims.
Deadline : Open until filled
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhDs on legal aspects of Floating Offshore Wind Energy – project ‘HybridLabs’ (2.0 FTE) (V24.0358)
A large consortium of research universities and companies is going to work on the development of innovative floating offshore wind technologies in the Netherlands and Ireland, under the umbrella of the project ‘HybridLabs’. Next to developing both digital models and physical labs for floating offshore wind, there is also a work package on societal implementation of these innovative technologies, which addresses ecological impact, training of the workforce and supply chain readiness, as well as the legal framework for the implementation of these technologies. The two PhD researchers will contribute to this work package.
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position Place and Identity in Journalism in Former Yugoslavia (V24.0351)
This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to work in an international and interdisciplinary environment and to acquire valuable research experience. Under the joint supervision of Dr Sandra Banjac and Dr Maja Babic, with Prof Marcel Broersma as the professor of record, the successful candidate will develop a specific research focus within these broad parameters, depending on their own interests and research experience. A particularly welcome research focus could be a comparative exploration of how diverse architectural styles and influences uniquely shape journalists’ occupational identities and work, and/or how the role of place in journalism changed (or remained stable) throughout the history and geo-political shifts in former Yugoslavia. To do so, the PhD candidate will analyze digital and analogue archival material and diverse forms of communication, including text, images, video and audio recordings of journalistic work broadly, architectural and urban planning and design, public discourse on journalism etc., as well as conduct oral history interviews with journalists retired and currently employed in the countries of former Yugoslavia. For further information on the project, we are happy to send applicants a full project proposal on request.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position Friction-switchable surfaces (1.0 FTE) (V24.0323)
Topic of research: Friction-switchable surfaces
Computer chips are the building blocks of all modern technology. The smallest structures on the most advanced chips are currently 5 nanometers. ASML’s EUV (extreme ultraviolet) scan technology enables the scale of the smallest feature to be reduced even further. Hence, wafer positioning becomes a crucial issue.
In this PhD project we would like to study different alternatives to achieve switchable/controllable friction and develop wear-resistant smart-coatings with self-adaptive friction properties. The goal is to decouple the low friction WLG requirements and the high friction needed for the thermal load cases, with a greenfield investigation on options to make switchable friction coatings activated by different techniques.
Deadline : Open until filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Theoretical quantum chemistry (1.0 FTE) (V24.0043)
We invite applications for one PhD position, with Dr Remco Havenith at the University of Groningen. We are looking for a talented and highly motivated candidate to work on a collaborative project between the RUG and the University of Twente (Prof. Claudia Filippi) on the combined development of advanced valence bond and quantum Monte Carlo methods for the study of excited-state processes in complex systems.
The project will focus on the development and implementation of non-orthogonal configuration interaction as well as quantum Monte Carlo methods for an accurate and chemically interpretable description of excited states. The resulting methods will be applied to potential upconversion materials.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position on regional variation of Frisian (1.0 FTE) (V24.0294)
Join the Melodies of the North research project and develop your doctorate focused on advancing principles and techniques for creating phonetic archives for low-resource languages. Using Frisian as a case study, your research will address methodological and theoretical aims such as studying language variation and change, developing AI tools, and managing diverse stakeholder interests. This project will also explore the application of FAIR principles and open data, among other topics. The creation of a digital archive of spoken Frisian, capturing the diversity of dialects across the region, will serve as a valuable product of this research.
Melodies of the North will result in a detailed digital archive of spoken Frisian, encapsulating the rich diversity of dialects found across the region. The project seeks not only to preserve these linguistic variations via a digital archive, but also to analyze their unique phonetic features. This multidimensional approach aims to enhance our understanding of Frisian’s linguistic landscape, contribute to its preservation, and foster educational and research opportunities. Beyond its research objectives, Melodies of the North emphasizes community engagement, promoting a culture of linguistic stewardship, and empowering Frisian-speaking communities to actively participate in the preservation and revitalization of their language.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position Photopharmacology (1.0 FTE) (V24.0184)
Without biological membranes, there would be no life as we know it. Transport of molecules and information across these membranes is carried out by integral membrane protein channels, receptors, pumps and transporters. Living cells maintain chemical gradients and electrical potential differences across their membranes using proteins that represent the majority of all current drug targets. Therefore, membrane proteins have been the focus of intense efforts to obtain high resolution macromolecular structure information. However, the current lack of experimental methods to carry out time-resolved structural studies of membrane proteins at physiological temperatures and under physiological gradients leaves a gigantic blind spot is our mechanistic understanding.
This project is a part of an ERC-funded consortium that will address this challenge by bringing together complementary expertise in membrane protein biology, time-resolved structural studies, photochemistry and nano fabrication methods. The role of the PhD working in this position will be to design, synthesize and evaluate new light-activated molecules to deliver protein transport substrates with unprecedented efficiency. Within this team, the PhD student will be supported, among others, by a dedicated postdoc researcher with expertise in quantum chemistry for guiding the development of light-activated molecules.
Deadline : Open until filled
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Neural Control of Vocal Pitch: Exploring the Intersection between Speech and Language Processing (V24.0349)
The overarching goal of this project is to characterize the influence of linguistic context, tonal language experience, and pitch sensitivity on neural control of pitch. To elucidate the influence of linguistic context on neural pitch control, the first aim is to investigate the neural processes (via electroencephalography, EEG) that underlie pitch monitoring in linguistic (language) versus non-linguistic (acoustics) contexts. To determine the role of tonal languages in linguistic and non-linguistic aspects of pitch control, the neural processes underlying these contexts will be assessed in both tonal and non-tonal language speakers. We are open to additional and/or complimentary ideas from the candidates that can potentially expand the project.
The PhD candidate will be enrolled in the Graduate School for the Humanities and will be involved in the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Research School (BCN), embedded within the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG). The project will be conducted within the Speech Lab Group, Speech Biosignal Processing Lab (https://aburlab.web.rug.nl/), and Computational Linguistics Department. The experimental data collection will be via the mobile sound booth van “SPRAAKLAB” at the Faculty of Arts provides state-of-the-art speech (articulation) recording equipment, analysis tools, and a mobile laboratory. Candidates will also be expected to participate in public engagement events (including festivals such as Noorderzon, Lowlands, etc.). This project is primarily supervised by Dr. Defne Abur, who brings expertise in speech motor control and vocal pitch processing, and Dr. Frank Tsiwah, who brings expertise in neural processing of language and machine learning techniques for linguistics research.
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has established an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative university offering high-quality teaching and research. Its 36,000 students are encouraged to develop their own individual talents through challenging study- and career paths. The University of Groningen is an international centre of knowledge: It belongs to the best research universities in Europe and is allied with prestigious partner universities and networks worldwide.
Deadline : Open until filled
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Systems and Control (V24.0353)
A fully funded PhD position in the broad field of systems and control is available at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. The specific subject of the project will be determined collaboratively with the selected candidate to ensure a good fit and to attract top talent. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: systems and control theory, feedback optimization, distributed control, consensus protocols, nonlinear control, robust control, with application to energy systems (e.g. smart grids, district heating, hydrogen networks) and traffic networks.
Apart from the research project, the candidate is expected to contribute (~10% of total workload) to the teaching and supervision of Bachelor and Master students.
The position will be supervised by Prof. Michele Cucuzzella, and the candidate will be embedded at the Engineering Technology Institute of the University of Groningen (ENTEG). ENTEG research is highly multidisciplinary in nature and focuses on both fundamental and applied research. The candidate will be a member of the Jan C. Willems Center for Systems and Control which is recognized for its long tradition in mathematical systems theory and its strength in linear/nonlinear systems analysis and control of complex networks. According to the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023, Automation and Control Engineering at the University of Groningen is ranked 3rd in Europe and 19th worldwide.
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Quality has had top priority for four hundred years, and with success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential ranking lists.
Deadline : Open until filled
About The University of Groningen, Netherlands –Official Website
The University of Groningen is a public research university in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1614 and is the second-oldest university in the Netherlands. In 2014, the university celebrated its 400th anniversary. Currently, RUG is placed in the top 100 universities worldwide according to three international ranking tables.
The university was ranked 65th in the world, according to Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2019. In April 2013, according to the results of the International Student Barometer, the University of Groningen, for the third time in a row, was voted the best university of the Netherlands.
The University of Groningen has eleven faculties, nine graduate schools, 27 research centres and institutes, and more than 175-degree programmes. The university’s alumni and faculty include Johann Bernoulli, Aletta Jacobs, four Nobel Prize winners, nine Spinoza Prize winners, one Stevin Prize winner, royalty, multiple mayors, the first president of the European Central Bank, and a secretary general of NATO.
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