Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 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 Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
The APP group in Trondheim (Norway) carries out research in high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics and multi-wavelength astronomy, as well as particle physics. Its current scientific interests include compact objects, cosmic ray production, transport and detection, astrophysical neutrinos, active galactic nuclei and quantum chromodynamics. The GAA in Barcelona (Spain) carries out research on different topics within Astronomy and Astrophysics, including physics of white dwarfs, Type Ia supernovae, classical novae (multidimensional models and nucleosynthesis; observations), Type I X-ray bursts and nuclear astrophysics.
Application Deadline: 22nd October 2023
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in SUBPRO-Zero Team
Summary of PhD Program:
SUBPRO-Zero (SUstainable Bridge PROgram towards Zero emissions) is a research center that funds 10-12 PhD students and postdocs in the next 3-years. Its mission is to conduct fundamental and applied research to contribute to net-zero emissions in the offshore industry. The goals of the centre are to:
- Conduct research that makes a difference and contribute to a sustainable future
- Work together with the industry partners to come up with new and innovative solutions that will contribute to net-zero emissions from the offshore industry
- Educate PhD candidates, Postdocs and master students who can help the industry speed up the energy transistion and contribute to the green shift
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in HYDROGENi team
Summary of PhD Program:
HYDROGENi’s main objective is to accelerate the research and innovation needed to deliver a new hydrogen-based energy and technology export industry for Norway, reducing emissions while boosting industry competence and creating new green jobs. HYDROGENi’s work will focus on four main research areas:
- Cost-efficient and scalable production
- Transport and storage in Norway and Europe
- End-use technologies
- Safety and material integrity
Application Deadline: Open until filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Lithium-ion Battery Sensing and Self-healing
Summary of PhD Program:
The topic for the PhD work will be in the area of operando/real-time sensing of lithium-ion batteries which can enable self-healing in lithium-ion batteries. Fiber optic-based sensors are an important new platform for enabling a wide range of detection capabilities in electrochemical energy storage devices. Preliminary reports of using fiber-based sensors for thermal and mechanical measurements are demonstrating the ability to identify thermodynamic signatures associated with both essential and deleterious electrochemical reactions during battery formation cycling and charging/discharging.
Application Deadline: 17th October 2023
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in sensory biology of Octopus
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will investigate how Octopus use their specific touch taste modality to adapt to specific habitats and investigate how the cellular and molecular underpinnings work together with the peripherally distributed nervous system to support this particular behavior. The project will focus on Ion channel Biophysics focusing on chemotactile receptors (CRs) and combine the results with cellular physiology, anatomy, behavior to address how species specific variation in protein expression and tuning is related to the animals behavior. We also closely collaborate with other researchers to bring these aspects into an environmental context.
Application Deadline: 15th October 2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in life prediction of nickel-based alloys under hydrogen environment
Summary of PhD Program:
Nickel-based alloys are extensively used in the oil and gas industry owing to their excellent mechanical properties under harsh environment. Nevertheless, multiple field failures have been reported over the last years, indicating hydrogen-assisted cracking/hydrogen embrittlement (HE) caused by the presence of hydrogen in the environment. Alarmed by this “time bomb” scenario, the oil and gas industry in Norway is attempting to establish a practical guideline related to HE in nickel-based alloys. To meet the urgent industrial needs, microstructure-informed hydrogen embrittlement life prediction of nickel-based alloys (Helife) project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, aims to provide the scientific basis for establishing a practical guideline for HE assessment of both the existing components made of precipitation-hardened nickel alloys and the promising strain-hardened alloys for the subsea applications.
Application Deadline: 10th October 2023
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Area of Edge Intelligence Design and Optimization
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Department of Computer Science (IDI), we have a vacancy for Ph.D. candidate in edge intelligence. This PhD project will work at the intersection of edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI). Edge systems are gradually becoming a major platform to implement advanced AI applications. However, edge systems, like mobile phones, are usually subject to limited resources and battery supply. On the other hand, deep learning models are becoming more complicated with more parameters. Thus, there exists a computational gap between resource-limited edge systems and complicated deep learning models.
Application Deadline: 9th October 2023
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Flexible forming technologies
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD Candidate in Flexible forming technologies for prototyping and low volume manufacturing of aluminium products.For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree. We are looking for you who wants to join Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NTNU with flexible forming technologies for prototyping and low volume manufacturing of aluminium products. You will be working toward obtaining a doctoral degree with a research focus on metal forming and elevate your research career by becoming a pivotal part of our dynamic team. If you’re fervent about practical research and wish to make a significant mark in the realm of Metal Forming, we are eager to collaborate with you.
Application Deadline: 8th October 2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Precision medicine
Summary of PhD Program:
The project has a genuine translational approach focusing on systematic clinical observations in parallel with research on patient specific epithelial organoids (“mini-guts”) that can reproduce patient heterogeneity. We perform state-of the art functional studies and evaluate approved and investigational IBD-drugs as treatment options targeting observed physical, biochemical, and immunological intestinal epithelial dysfunctions. The ambition for the project is to bring forward detailed mechanistic knowledge about disease mechanisms in IBD that can facilitate precision medicine.
Application Deadline: 1st October 2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning in Neurology
Summary of PhD Program:
In the project, an extensive database consisting of available Norwegian health register data combined with clinical data is used to develop models that predict the effect of migraine medications at the individual level. Such prediction may optimize the administration of correct treatment to individuals with migraine and significantly reduce the negative impacts of headache. We will also carry out a large-scale randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effect of using machine learning to optimize treatment for individuals with migraine.
Application Deadline: 1st October 2023
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developmental Neuroscience
Summary of PhD Program:
The Quattrocolo group at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience has an opening for a PhD student in developmental neuroscience. The main research interest of the lab is the development of cortical circuits, specifically investigating the role of different cell types in the wiring of neuronal networks. The project will focus on the development and the diversity of GABAergic interneurons in the entorhinal cortex. We aim to combine different techniques, such as immunohistochemistry, transcriptomic analysis, cell-type specific viral vectors and transgenic mouse lines. The position is a full time (100 %) position, with a 3-years contract, and the position should start before the end of 2023.
Application Deadline: 30th September 2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Corrosion protection of floating structures using laser welding technology
Summary of PhD Program:
Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Road Authority – SVV)/Ferry free E39 need to develop new technology solutions for bridge constructions in marine environment. New floating bridge concepts require corrosion protection of steel structures in the splash zone in addition to protection of steel surfaces exposed to air in pontoons and bridge boxes. The regulations used today, require that all bridges and load bearing constructions shall be designed with a 100-year lifetime. This does not include the corrosion protection system. However, to make a design that includes frequent maintenance of the corrosion protection system of these big floating bridges will be complicated and costly. Today structures exposed to seawater are protected by a combination of organic coating and cathodic protection (sacrificial anodes of impressed current system), while surfaces exposed to marine atmosphere is protected by a coating system (organic- and/or a metallic coating). These protection systems will require maintenance during a 100-year lifetime.
Application Deadline: 30th September 2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in circular economy and sustainability
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of International Business (IIF) at NTNU in Ålesund is seeking a PhD candidate in circular economy and sustainability. IIF has sustainability as a strategic focus area and a research group for Business Transitions to Sustainable Development which conducts research to promote sustainable business development through new approaches, methods and tools for sustainable management, marketing, innovation, strategy development and data analysis. The aim of this grant is to design, develop and validate a decision support model towards the implementation of a circular economy for the business community in Møre og Romsdal in order to solve some of the sustainability challenges facing the business community.
Application Deadline: 29 September 2023
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in thermal energy storing and digitalization in district heating
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD candidate on the topic of thermal energy storing and digitalization in district heating at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). CETPartnership project, Thermal energy storing and digitalization in district heating to enable transition to renewable and resource efficient energy systems – TRAINING, provides funding for this position. TRAINING project includes national and international partners from industry and research from Norway, Sweden, and Germany.
The field of work will be to further develop models for smart district heating including thermal storage. Flexibility assessment for thermal storing and economic benefits should be also considered. A relevant candidate will work on dynamic simulation models supported by measurements for a district heating system with short- and long-term storages. The overall idea is that the candidate will work on data supported dynamic models for analyzing possibilities for thermal storing in district heating. Further, the candidate should tightly collaborate with the Norwegian industry partners and other partners in the project from Germany and Sweden.
Application Deadline: 27th September 2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Acoustic methods for prediction of geological conditions while drilling
Summary of PhD Program:
Acoustics-based methods are very important for safe and efficient drilling of wells for oil and gas production as well as CO2 storage. Wells, with diameter varying between 12 cm and 1 meter and length of several kilometers, extend through various geological features which can affect safety and efficiency of the drilling process. Hard stringer – a relatively thin layer of hard rock – is one of such features. It is important to predict hard stringers (and other features) at a distance ahead of the drilled well. Since drilling emits significant acoustic energy into the rock ahead and around the well, it is, in principle, possible to detect these geological features with acoustic methods. However, very complex, uncertain and noisy environment at the well makes this task very challenging. A previous research project conducted at NTNU indicated the possibility of solving this challenge by employing a specific type of machine learning. This methodology needs to be further developed for hard stringers and tested in experiments.
Application Deadline: 24th September 2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Structural Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
NTNU Ålesund is currently focusing on asset management and resilience of critical transport infrastructure. Resilience can be defined as the ability to anticipate, prepare for, adapt to changing conditions, and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions. The expected increase in the frequency of extreme hazards together with aging infrastructure and following it structural deterioration are two main concerns threatening the resilience of existing coastal infrastructure that consists of multiple bridges, roads and ferry quays that play a crucial role in Norway’s economy and society. This in turn put strains on infrastructure owners that need to prioritize which assets needs retrofit and repair the most.
Application Deadline: 24th September 2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Global Health
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is tied to the project “A randomized controlled trial in Nepal: Implementing point-of-care-tests and identifying barriers to reduce antibiotics for vaginal discharge POCT-BRA study” funded by the Department of clinical and molecular medicine and the Norwegian Research Council and the and led by research fellow Risa Lonnee-Hoffmann and professor Eszther Vanky in Norway and associated profesor Sunila Shakya in Nepal. The primary aim of the POCT-BRA project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of POCTs in reducing overtreatment of AVD with antibiotics in an LLMIC setting. The secondary objectives are to examine the diagnostic accuracy of these POCTs and their feasibility for patients and health practitioners, highlighting the benefits of patient education and addressing of psychosocial vulnerabilities.
