Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Bern, Switzerland 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 neurodegeneration
Summary of PhD Program:
A leading area of pharmaceutical research is based on neuroscience therapeutics with vast resources applied to the discovery and development of drugs for disorders in the central nervous system (CNS). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 8 out of 10 disorders in the 3 highest disability classes are neurological problems and they account for about 12% of deaths worldwide.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Despite the severity of the disease and the rapidly increasing prevalence of PD, the pathogenesis of PD is not sufficiently understood, the therapy is mostly symptomatic, and there are no treatments to cure the disease or slow down the progression of the neurodegeneration. It is therefore crucial to better define the mechanisms leading to the disease and identify targets for therapeutical intervention.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
The tasks of the doctoral student are the development and implementation of innovative research studies to refine static and dynamic computer-assisted implant surgery in the jaw area using eye tracking, VR and augmented reality technologies. The examinations are mainly carried out at the Clinic for Oral Surgery and the resources of the Institute of Psychology (laboratory, workplace, etc.) are also available. As part of this doctoral thesis, you are expected to write publications in international specialist journals.
Application Deadline: 20. September 2023
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3. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Information Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
While AI-based voice assistants (e.g., Siri, Alexa) provide manifold opportunities for consumers, their technological abilities restrict the amount of information submitted during interactions. This can lead to information asymmetries and undesired outcomes for consumers. It can also lead to perceptions of being treated unfairly, which in turn might lead to fewer purchases or churn. Therefore, this project aims to identify, develop, and implement novel interfaces and configurations for AI-based voice assistants that lead to a more balanced alignment of interests.
As a PhD student in this project, you will collect empirical evidence and test first prototypes of AI-based voice assistants that can reduce unfairness perceptions for consumers while ensuring adequate outcomes for providers. Working on this project will provide you with an exciting and responsible job with excellent opportunities for further training and development.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in conservation biology
Summary of PhD Program:
The candidate will identify, via predictive spatial models, where these proglacial alluvial habitats will develop in the coming decades, to forecast what their biodiversity values will be and whether the latter could be at risk because of the potential of these new formed landscapes for infrastructure development (e.g., renewable energy). The candidate will also work on the development of a biodiversity indicator for high-alpine alluvial zones and on understanding how values of this indicator change under different environmental conditions (e.g., elevation, microhabitat structure). The main outcome of the PhD project will be a hierarchical ranking of Swiss alpine landscapes based on their conservation value and vulnerability to potential infrastructure development that will serve as a basis for deciding on the future use and management of these alluvial areas.
Application Deadline: September 10th, 2023
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Wildlife Pathology
Summary of PhD Program:
The Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI) at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology conducts research, services and teaching in the field of fish and wildlife health and is looking for an intern interested in wildlife and diagnostics. The wildlife department’s service mission consists of post-mortem examinations of a wide variety of free-ranging, native wildlife. Crack diagnostics (identification of suspected predator prey) and other forensic cases are also an integral part of routine diagnostics.
Application Deadline: September 15th, 2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in drug-tolerant persister cells
Summary of PhD Program:
Our group has an open PhD position for a project focusing on ADR in PanNET. The offered project will investigate the transcriptional and metabolic changes associated with the emergence and progression of DTPs under therapy stress in tumors and 2D and 3D cell culture models, including patient-derived tumoroids. The research will apply advanced molecular and phenotypic profiling methods, such as scRNAseq and high content fluorescent microscopy, to characterize PanNET DTPs at single-cell resolution. Ultimately, the aim is to find molecular targets for the development of co-treatment strategies that will delay or even prevent ADR in advanced 3D cell culture systems.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Climate Epidemiology
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD student will conduct research on an interdisciplinary project on the effect of extreme humid heat and human health. The aim of the PhD project is to advance knowledge on the role of humidity on the effect of heat on health. It is intended to be an interdisciplinary PhD project to be developed under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera (epidemiologist, research group leader Climate Change & Health, ISPM, UniBe). In particular, the PhD candidate is expected to develop new methodologies by combining methods in climate modelling, epidemiology and other relevant fields to assess the impact of extreme humid heat at global, regional and local level.
Application Deadline: 15.09.2023.
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synthetic Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will focus on the synthesis of novel classes of functional group transfer reagents and the study of their activation pathways under various catalytic manifolds to develop robust, mild, and efficient concepts towards nitration of carbon-hydrogen bonds of substrates, ranging from common feedstocks to complex molecules and organic materials. A wide array of chemo-physical tools (EPR, UV-Vis SEC, AAS, AES, NMR, etc.) will be utilized to deeply grasp the nature of such transformations. If you are interested and willing to explore all the potential of environmentally friendly nitration chemistry, apply and join us!
Application Deadline: September 30, 2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Algorithmic Management
Summary of PhD Program:
The Professorship for Quantitative Methods in Business Administration represents the areas of operations research, data analysis, project management and big data in research and teaching at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Bern. We will fill a doctoral and assistant position on September 1, 2023 or by agreement. The position is part of the research project “Algorithmic Management – Establishing Fair and Participative Shift Planning in Healthcare”, which is funded by the University of Bern as part of its digitization strategy 2030. The aim of the research is the development of models and algorithms for fair shift planning in healthcare.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cell Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
We are offering an exclusive PhD position to a talented and highly motivated student. You should be interested in investigating interactions between metallo-drugs and cells using a broad variety of biochemical and cell biological methods. In addition, the applicant has the unique opportunity to work interdisciplinary in close collaboration with numerous research groups located at the University of Bern and Inselspital Bern.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in surface water floods
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications for two 4-yr PhD positions at the Mobiliar Lab for natural risks at the University of Bern. The Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks is a joint research initiative between the University of Bern’s Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and La Mobilière. The main focuses of its research are hail, flooding and storms, the processes involved in each of these phe-nomena and the damage each one causes. The Mobiliar Lab’s work lies at the crossroads between theory and practice, with the aim of achieving results that will benefit the public. The two closely related re-search projects aim to set up a modeling chain to estimate damages from surface water floods in quasi-real time and to visualize the results so that they are interpretable for stakeholders.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The Historical Institute of the University of Bern advertises a total of up to three start-up funds for doctoral projects or early postdoc or habilitation projects that are just beginning (75% doctoral or 80% early postdoc position). The appointment serves to prepare a research application that is to be submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation or another research institution. The purpose is a later doctorate at the University of Bern. Your regular presence in Bern is expected; enrollment at the University of Bern is a prerequisite for employment.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Civilian Seminar of the University of Bern we are looking for the team of Prof. Dr. Susan Emmenegger a Research Assistant – Doc. The research areas relate to contract law (focus OR AT) and financial market law. It is possible to write a dissertation. Employment by appointment.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
Do you like scientific work and want to contribute to research into mental illnesses in children and adolescents? We at the research department of the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy are looking for two doctoral students to support us in evaluation studies of new, innovative treatment approaches. You get the chance to work in an ambitious and internationally networked research group led by Prof. Michael Kaess and PD Dr. Marialuisa Cavelti and to get to know a wide range of research methods (e.g. diagnostic interviews, behavioral experiments, Ecological Momentary Assessment / Intervention (EMA / EMI), ECG, actigraphy). You will receive comprehensive supervision of your dissertation and a wide range of further training opportunities.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in pediatric oncology
Summary of PhD Program:
Children and adolescents with cancer are at high risk for a variety of physical and cognitive difficulties. To prevent and counteract these physical and cognitive difficulties, early interventions are required. In this interdisciplinary project, we will evaluate the effects of exercise therapy, exercise intervention and exercise counseling on children and adolescents with cancer at the Bern Children’s Hospital. To implement the project, a movement and sports therapist has already been employed, who works permanently on site in the children’s clinic. We are now looking for a doctoral student to provide scientific support, planning and evaluation of the project.
Application Deadline: 09/18/2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cardiac Regulation of Nanoscale Cell Function
Summary of PhD Program:
Our research focuses on the regulation of cardiac myocytes, the cell type that makes the heart contract, especially how calcium release is regulated (and thus the ability of these cells to contract) not only by protein properties but by the spatial arrangement of these proteins at the nanoscale. In this regulation a special role is played by a large intra-SR (sarcoplasmic reticulum) calcium channel, the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR). In this SNF funded project we will study changes in RyR regulation during phosphorylation and pathology. The candidate will be able to work with the latest super-resolution imaging methods and have access to advanced technology in the form of the very new MINFLUX technique that enables true molecular resolution in live cells.
Application Deadline: 08.09.2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in data science
Summary of PhD Program:
The Professorship for Quantitative Methods in Business Administration represents the areas of operations research, data analysis, project management and big data in research and teaching at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Bern. We will fill a doctoral and assistant position as soon as possible or by arrangement. The aim of the research is the development of models and algorithms for applications in the field of data science.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in rectal cancer
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a 100% PhD student to work on a Swiss Cancer League funded project investigating spatial resolved tissue biomarkers as predictors of therapy response for patients with rectal cancer. This project is heavily image analysis- and AI-driven and will rely on bioinformatics and computational tools to unravel complex single-cell and morphological data from tissue images. Briefly, in this project, we use hyperplex immunofluorescence biomarker panels combined with spatial transcriptomic, molecular and clinical patient data to identify predictors of therapy response.
Application Deadline: 15.09.2023
19. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Intersectional Political Ecologies of the Urban Commons
Summary of PhD Program:
As a successful candidate, you will be part of the interdisciplinary research project “Commonification: transition pathways for urban sustainability (COMMONPATHS)”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (commonpaths.unibe.ch). Focusing on case studies in Switzerland and in Ghana, the project aims to better understand the emergence, organization, effects, and conditions of success of three commonification processes aimed at (1) greening cities, (2) creating affordable housing, and (3) supporting community-based agrifood initiatives. By focusing on the governance of these resource systems, COMMONPATHS aims to analyze how and under what conditions these movements effectively contribute to strong urban sustainability and the transformation toward a post-growth society.
Application Deadline: September 15, 2023
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in physical geography
Summary of PhD Program:
Predicting the geomorphic response of rivers to floods and even identifying the driving and resisting variables that mediate this response have proven extremely challenging. However, particularly in mountain rivers, most significant flood-related damages are usually caused by morphological changes, like bank erosion and channel widening, sediment erosion and transport, and uprooted and transported trees and wood accumulated at bridges. Therefore, a sound flood hazard and risk assessment must consider these cascading processes, and their quantification is vital for river management. However, their large variability in space and time, complex nature, and the interplay between the several controlling factors make them hardly predictable.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Virology
Summary of PhD Program:
Our current understanding of how bats control and tolerate viruses, and in particular our knowledge of how their natural defense system – the innate immune system – responds to virus infections, remains largely unknown. While much scientific progress has been made in recent years, few model systems and molecular tools are available that enable detailed studies of virus infections in bats. In this research project, we will create new bat-specific molecular tools and use our advanced in vitro cell culture models of the bat respiratory epithelium to characterize the natural defense system of bats during virus infections. Since these models are comparable to those available for humans and other animals, we can compare the natural defense system of bats to humans and other animals to help us understand why and how bats control and tolerate emerging viruses better than other mammals. Within the project, the Ph.D. student will help to create a bat-specific molecular toolbox to determine the biological role of type I and III IFNs in bats and other mammals.
Application Deadline: 15th of September 2023
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Geography
Summary of PhD Program:
FiRES focuses on wildfires as a critical example of the type of climate-exacerbated hazards that large parts of Europe are facing. It asks: what factors enable people to prepare, survive, and recover from catastrophic wildfires? Europe has a unique opportunity to tackle the growing wildfire challenge by empowering communities and civil protection personnel with knowledge and skills now before the threat becomes acute across the continent. FiRES aims to assist this process. It will use a comparative case study design to investigate the diverse social geographies of wildfire across rural, regional, and urban sites in six European countries, ranging from fire-prone Mediterranean Europe, and the Alps, to the growing risk of wildfire in northern Europe.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data Science
Summary of PhD Program:
The Chair of Quantitative Methods at the Department of Business Administration of the University of Bern is dedicated to research and teaching in the fields of Operations Research, Data Science, Project Management, and Big Data. We are looking for a committed candidate to join our team as soon as possible or by an agreed-upon start date. The research objective of the position is to develop models and algorithms for applications in the field of Data Science.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
24. 04 Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
PhD 1: Patient genetic/genomic data analysis and genetic interaction experiments in Drosophila to identify putative genetic disease-modifiers (Group Prof. Christiane Zweier)
PhD 2: Investigation of putative non-coding genetic disease modifiers in mouse models and the generation and testing of variant-specific hiPSC-CM and cardioid models (Group Prof. Marco Osterwalder)
PhD 3: Generation and testing of variant-specific zebrafish models (Group Prof. Nadia Mercader)
PhD 4: Electrophysiological characterizations of ion channel variants in transgenic rabbit and further preclinical models in vivo, on whole heart and cellular levels (Group Prof. Katja Odening).
