Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Copenhagen, Denmark 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 Food Design and Sustainability
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD will be focussing on sustainable assessment of land-based algae-based foods and its role in pathways towards healthy, environmentally sustainable Nordic diet. The SeaFree project aims at moving the seafood sector into the era of the regenerative circular economy enabling zero emission land-based seafood production. The latter through an innovative design of the Seaweed Synergy Plug’N’Play solution allowing for Heat, CO2 and nutrient Emission Capture for Utilisation (HECU) in seaweed production, expanding Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) into Integrated Multitrophic Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (IMRAS). The MASSPROVIT project aims at providing proof of concept for value creation of industrial sidestreams for the production of a low footprint protein-rich micro-algae biomass, with the potential to substitute the import of CO2 and resource intensive proteins to Denmark.
Application Deadline: 31-01-2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for strong candidates within the broader field of Chemistry. Applicants should hold a MSc or a BSc degree related to one or more of the areas of experimental and theoretical chemistry listed above, with excellent results and good English language skills. The three criteria for the assessment of the applications will be the A) The excellence of the PhD candidate based on former performance at BSc and MSc level, B) The academic originality and expected impact of the proposed project and C) Implementation including the relevance of the supervisor host environment and the feasibility of the PhD project plan.
Application Deadline: 01-02-2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Explainable Natural Language Understanding
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD fellowship is offered in the context of an ERC Starting Grant held by Isabelle Augenstein on ‘Explainable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking (ExplainYourself)’. ERC Starting Grant is a highly competitive funding program by the European Research Council to support the most talented early-career scientists in Europe with funding for a period of 5 years for blue-skies research to build up or expand their research groups.
Application Deadline: 01-02-2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Extragalactic Astrophysics
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications from outstanding candidates with a background in astronomy, physics, or related technical disciplines with strong motivation for doing research within DAWN’s research themes: high-redshift galaxy evolution, epoch of reionization, first stars and galaxies, dust, cosmochemical evolution, and the ISM in the early universe and dark matter, as well as within HEAVYMETAL’s research area: follow-up observations and modelling of neutron star mergers and kilonovae.
Application Deadline: 31-01-2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Science Education Research
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for candidates with experience with assessment and science education in primary school or lower secondary school and/or teacher education. Candidates with competencies in both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be preferred. Proficiency in understanding and speaking Danish or another Scandinavian language is required, as the PhD candidate will be working closely with Danish science teachers in local school settings. Finally, candidates with previous experience in research dissemination and publication will be preferred.
Application Deadline: 14-01-2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Theoretical Catalysis
Summary of PhD Program:
Department of Chemistry invites applicants for two PhD fellowships in theoretical catalysis. The projects are rooted in the Theory group which is part of Center for High Entropy Alloy Catalysis (CHEAC) funded by Danish National Research Foundation, and the ERC Synergy project DEMI funded by European Research Counsil Executive Agency.
Application Deadline: 14-01-2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Theoretical Computer Science and/or Combinatorial Optimization
Summary of PhD Program:
We aim to attract top talent from around the world to an ambitious, creative, collaborative, and fun environment. Using the power of mathematics, we strive to create fundamental breakthroughs in algorithms and complexity theory. While our focus in on theoretical research, we do have a track record of surprising algorithmic discoveries leading to major industrial applications.
Application Deadline: 10-01-2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in intersection of innovative health infrastructures, data sharing and complex regulatory frameworks
Summary of PhD Program:
We are thrilled to announce a unique PhD opportunity to carry out research at the intersection of innovative health infrastructures, data sharing, and complex regulatory frameworks, with an emphasis on GDPR, EU AI Act, and other upcoming legislations). The position is hosted by the dynamic Inter-CeBIL program, anchored at the Center for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. Supported by a 50 million DKK grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Inter-CeBIL program unites core partners from the Universities of Copenhagen, Harvard, Cambridge and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), along with research fellows and affiliates from top universities globally.
Application Deadline: 07-01-2024
9. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Geography, Nature management, Landscape Architecture
Summary of PhD Program:
PhD1 will develop, apply, and discuss applications of aggregated and disaggregated location-based Big Social Media Data concerning where and when the visitation to recreational landscapes is changing and at which spatial and temporal scales. The work will focus on considerations of spatial/temporal scale, aggregation, and resolution of the raw data, as well as on appropriate fusion with other new and classic data sources, analysis, validation, and visualization/communication. Furthermore, potential for prediction/simulation of future use levels can be explored.
Application Deadline: 05-01-2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in radiation dose plan optimization using deep learning
Summary of PhD Program:
The overall aim of the project is to develop deep learning methods that can improve, automate and speed up radiotherapy planning and to document the clinical value of such approaches. The proposed project will follow a novel approach of quantifying and optimising plan quality in training of the deep learning model with direct prediction of machine delivery parameters using data from orders of magnitude more patients than prior work in this field. We will investigate if this will lead to improvements over existing clinical procedures and state of the art methods. Artificial intelligence methods need to be tested through prospective evaluations in a real-life clinical scenario. The project is therefore built through both technical aims related to developing the artificial intelligence needed to generate radiotherapy treatment plans and the clinical implementation and testing of such methods in the oncology ward at Rigshospitalet.
Application Deadline: 03-01-2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Volatile Organic Compound exchange in freshwater ecosystems
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position will assess VOC exchange in lakes and possibly other freshwater ecosystems. VOC production and consumption rates will be sought linked to environmental conditions and community dynamics in bacterio- and phytoplankton. These may be assessed in situ as well as under controlled conditions in incubation studies. Floating chambers with semi-automated VOC sampling setups will be used to assess VOC exchange at water-air surfaces. VOCs will be measured using proton transfer reaction-time of flight-mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Activity and composition in plankton will be measured by isotope and molecular sequencing techniques. The PhD candidate will be supervised by Prof. Riikka Rinnan and Prof. Lasse Riemann from VOLT.
Application Deadline: 03-01-2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Optomechanical Sensing
Summary of PhD Program:
This fellowship focuses on the application of mechanical sensors for detecting and imaging nano-scale objects, based on the measurement of minute forces and mass. To this end, mechanical devices with ultralow force noise will be designed in collaboration with our international partners, fabricated in our local cleanroom, and characterized in the lab. These sensors will then be deployed for, e.g., detecting the presence and orientation of a single quantum spin, or the shape, mass, and infrared spectrum of an individual protein. The goal of this project is to move from the proof-of-principle of mechanical quantum sensors, to applications that complement existing technologies such as transmission electron microscopy.
Application Deadline: 02-01-2024
13. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in quantum computing for chemistry and life-science
Summary of PhD Program:
The newly established Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) is building a talented and diverse international team to create a cutting-edge program in the heart of Copenhagen at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, where the formulation of quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. The ambition is to build a mission-driven, full-stack approach which will involve exciting innovations at every level, from the quantum processor to the quantum-classical interface all the way to quantum algorithms and applications. The vision of the programme is to enable the development of fault-tolerant quantum computing hardware and quantum algorithms that solve important problems in the life-sciences.
Application Deadline: 01-01-2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in acute stroke in postmenopausal women
Summary of PhD Program:
Acute stroke is a leading cause of disability and death, affecting over 1 million people per year in Europe alone. Physical activity is the most effective way to reduce the risk of all cardiovascular events, including stroke. However, after menopause, a transition where the risk of severe cardiovascular events increases drastically for women, the effects of physical activity on the vascular system can change. The molecular pathways underlying these important changes are not yet understood.
Application Deadline: 22-12-2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in “Vaccine induced protection of the respiratory tract against influenza”
Summary of PhD Program:
Our mission is to develop innovative, effective vaccines that can significantly reduce the burden of respiratory infections worldwide. We are driven by the belief that through rigorous research, collaboration, and creativity, we can make a lasting impact on global health. We have a larger grant from the Innovation Fund Denmark, in collaboration with colleagues at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology and Expres2ion Biotechnologies, focused on the development of a vaccine against influenza, to 1) prevent infection if possible or 2) limit infection and spread of virus from affected hosts. Your work will directly contribute to combating some of the world’s most pressing health challenges.
Application Deadline: 19-12-2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Brain Clearance Mechanisms for Neuropathology
Summary of PhD Program:
The proposed PhD project will focus on the visualization and characterization of brain fluid clearance function to understand how it controls brain physiology and contributes to disease progression and treatment strategies. The successful candidate will use various animal disease models to study different neuropathological conditions using mainly biomedical imaging techniques, including preclinical 9.4T MRI and CT/SPECT, but also instruments as electrophysiological recordings, immunohistochemistory and advanced optical imaging- and microscopic techniques. In addition, the project will provide new techniques for glymphatic outflow imaging and develop experimental workflows to explore neuropathological biomarkers and neuro-immune coupling in relation to brain fluid clearance.
Application Deadline: 19-12-2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in oligonucleotide conjugate therapeutics
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of chemistry and biochemistry. Applicants can have a background in synthetic bioorganic chemistry with a focus on oligonucleotides and/or peptides, preferably also experience with chemoselective conjugation chemistries, medicinal chemistry of biopharmaceuticals or biochemistry. Experience with synthesis and characterization of bioconjugates, in particular peptide-oligonucleotide conjugates would be advantageous. Experience with HPLC and mass spectrometry would also be advantageous.
Application Deadline: 19-12-2023
18. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in critical data studies
Summary of PhD Program:
The two positions form part of a larger project called DataSpace, managed by Professor Klaus Hoeyer. DataSpace proposes a new conceptualization of how the pursuit of health is shaped by data. Healthcare is increasingly datafied and a wide range of actors – patients, clinicians, administrators, policymakers and industry – want to be able to exchange and access health data across national boundaries. Competing initiatives for fostering cross-border data integration proliferate, and the EU provides major investments, e.g. through the European Health Data Space (EHDS). These massive investments will influence healthcare, administration and research, but we do not know how.
Application Deadline: 17-12-2023
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Muscle Cell Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
Patients who are critically ill are treated in specialised intensive care units. Because of developments in critical care medicine, most of these patients now survive and are ultimately discharged from hospital. Despite this, patients’ physical function is often markedly impaired for long periods after hospital discharge, affecting their ability to work and deeply impacting healthcare resources. This prolonged loss of physical function has been largely attributed to ‘critical illness myopathy’. The present project aims to define the exact underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of critical illness myopathy. For that, we will perform deep phenotyping of human muscle samples using multiple cell-based assays, X-ray diffraction and proteomics.
Application Deadline: 13-12-2023
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Complexity and Big Data Group
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD fellow will be involved in the Young Sleep Program, which aims at studying the patterns, mechanisms, and dynamics underlying sleep health in young adults. The PhD fellow will be part of an interdisciplinary group of researchers working on the Young Sleep Program, and they will be responsible for scientific research related to health complexity, statistical analyses of large and complex datasets, scientific paper writing, teaching, and outreach activities within this project.
