Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in ultrafast broadband-THz spectroscopy of perovskite materials
Summary of PhD Program:
Metal-halide perovskites (MHP) are optically active materials, which hold great promise as light-absorber (e.g. in photovoltaic devices and photodetectors) and as light-emitter (e.g. in LEDs). The material is both ionic and soft, meaning that electrons strongly ‘talk’ to the vibrations in the lattice. These lattice vibrations have frequencies in the 0-5 THz range and are thus thermally active at room temperature, meaning that the material is in a constant state of vibrational motion, which acts a source of dynamic disorder. This disorder is poorly understood, and can localize electrons on short length- and time scales.
Application Deadline: 13 October 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Social Anthropology
Summary of PhD Program:
The project, “Entangled Universals of transnational Islamic Charity”, a European Research Council-funded Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG), led by Dr. Radhika Gupta, and hosted by Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology, is looking for two PhD candidates, one for research in India, and one for research in Tanzania. The project investigates how transnational Islamic charities are positioning themselves as universalist projects by claiming humanity as their constituency. Islamic charitable networks have increasingly invested in public works to meet the social needs of both Muslims and others.
Application Deadline: 10 September 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Targeting electron transport chain in Listeria monocytogenes for novel antibiotic development
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD project, the candidate will join a friendly, creative and interdisciplinary research team that studies the molecular mechanisms of bacterial respiration and develops novel antibiotics. The PhD student will learn and apply a range of biochemical and biophysical approaches to discover the molecular pathway of electron transfer in L. monocytogenes and select inhibitors against selected proteins of this pathway to validate EET as a potential antibiotic target. Besides the cloning, expression and purification of key proteins in the EET pathway, the candidate will develop activity assays to confirm hypothesized functions in oxidoreduction and membrane transport, and use single-particle cryoEM to elucidate the molecular structure, mode of action and inhibition.
Application Deadline: 15 January 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration
Summary of PhD Program:
The opening is for a research position within the field of mathematical or theoretical biology, computational physics, applied mathematics or computational science. This PhD project is part of the Gravitation programme GreenTE (Green Tissue Engineering), a multidisciplinary consortium of 7 Dutch universities. Together, GreenTE will unravel how plants sense and respond to mechanical stimuli. These fundamental insights will be the basis to develop engineering interventions to improve plant regeneration, seed longevity and defenses against disease.
Application Deadline: 8 September 2024
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in sustainability & circularity-based decision support systems (industrial digital twins)
Summary of PhD Program:
Future sustainable factories for manufacturing-as-a-service require the connection of information systems to enable the exchange of data from operations to sustainability-based decision support. As a PhD candidate in this project, you will have the opportunity to develop Decision Support Systems (DSS) and harmonize data collection protocols for sustainability and circularity assessment. These will be integrated into a manufacturing digital twin of laser technologies as a service, streamlining decision support for industrial operations.
Application Deadline: 15 September 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biochemistry, Structure and Function of Archaeal Chromatin
Summary of PhD Program:
The project is aimed at understanding structure, function and evolution of archaeal histone proteins. It is embedded in a dynamic multidisciplinary research group (biochemistry, biophysics, molecular microbiology, genetics, microscopy) with long-standing expertise in the structure and function of chromatin in bacteria and archaea. See www.archaealchromatin.com. The group is part of the section Macromolecular Biochemistry at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, in which a diverse of range macromolecular systems is investigated to understand their structure-function relationships. Moreover, the group is associated with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Genome Research (CIGR) and the Centre for Microbial Cell Biology (CMCB).
Application Deadline: 15 September 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
Summary of PhD Program:
An excellent young scientist with a MSc degree or equivalent in computer science, data science, computational social science, statistics, physics, mathematics, or a related field. You have a keen interest in algorithms, well-developed skillset in (scientific) programming, and an affinity with network analysis in particular. You are able to work with very large data and have the creativity and curiosity to develop new network algorithms and measures. The ideal candidate has a critical, open-minded, and collaborative spirit; is creative, precise, and does not shy back from entering new scholarly terrain at the cutting edge of network science and machine learning.
Application Deadline: 8 September 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Palaeography
Summary of PhD Program:
In “Patterns of writing” it is to be investigated how the Indic Brāhmī and Kharoṣṭhī scripts have spread to the non-Indic languages of the Tarim Basin, how they had to be adapted, and how script varieties have influenced each other. The goal is to trace a web of contacts between the Tarim Basin languages based on the script that does not necessarily match the linguistic web of contacts exactly. The comparative analysis of the two scripts and their variants will also help decide several issues in the interpretation of the sound systems of the Tarim Basin languages.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ancient Central Asian (Tarim Basin) Contact Linguistics
Summary of PhD Program:
In “Sogdian and Bactrian wanderers”, the linguistic influence of the Middle Iranian languages Sogdian and Bactrian in the Tarim Basin is to be investigated systematically. Both languages are not native to the Tarim Basin, but were extremely influential, as evidenced by many loanwords and names. It is known that Sogdian was spread by Sogdian traders, who also settled in different places throughout the Tarim Basin. Bactrian was the language of the Kuṣānas, but it is not well understood how exactly it reached into the Tarim Basin. While Sogdian and Bactrian influence in Tocharian is recognised, no systematic investigation exists. Although similar influence is to be expected in Khotanese, little research has been done on the topic.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2024
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Critical Field Archaeology Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD candidate’s research will be part of the Field Research Education Centre (FREC). The FREC was created in 2021 with the main objective to establish a Fieldwork Center of Expertise for the Faculty of Archaeology, underlining the pivotal importance of fieldwork (both aimed at heritage studies and at collecting archaeological data and materials) as core of the discipline. The FREC works at the interface of education and research. The past years, the FREC has worked to strengthen the practical skills of our alumni and their employability in the professional archaeology market by coordinating faculty fieldschools and internships in the Netherlands and abroad.
Application Deadline: 20 September 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Feature-based machine learning for precision diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, experts in computer science and clinical neurophysiology will collaborate with a commercial partner to develop an artificial-intelligence platform integrating feature-based and deep learning approaches to automatically, objectively and accurately interpret nEMG data to improve the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders ensuring explainability and responsible AI practices. Researchers of this project will validate the method using real nEMG data from around the world and take first steps towards integrating the platform into the existing software for clinical use. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the cutting-edge research that will significantly impact the clinical landscape of neuromuscular disorders.
Application Deadline: 22 September 2024
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Social Anthropology
Summary of PhD Program:
The project, ‘Futuring Heritage: Conservation, Community and Contestation in the Eastern Himalayas’, led by Dr. Erik de Maaker, funded by a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), is looking for a PhD candidate for research in Sikkim (India). The project is hosted by Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology, with Ashoka University in Delhi-NCR as its prime academic partner. The PhD will be jointly supervised by Dr. Erik de Maaker (Leiden) and Dr. Swargajyoti Gohain (Ashoka). The Futuring Heritage project consortium encompasses international organisations, Indian governmental agencies, several NGOs as well as a tourism operator active in the eastern Himalayas.
Application Deadline: 1 October 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Software Optimization and Compiler
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD candidate in Software Optimization and Compiler Techniques. This is an exciting and fully-funded dual-appointment PhD candidate and junior software administrator position that allows you to both conduct cutting-edge research leading to a PhD thesis as well as gain experience in system administration in a scientific computing environment. Both require in-depth knowledge and understanding of low-level computer systems and as such these positions reinforce each other. The practice helps the theory, and the theory helps the practice. As such, this unique position allows you to become a highly specialized researcher in the field of structure and optimization of computer systems.
