Positions in DFG-Funded Projects
The Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse” at the University of Jena studies the fundamental principles underlying microbial community interactions and functions in diverse habitats, ranging from oceans and groundwater to plants and human hosts. We offer 2 PhD positions (65%, salary according to German TV-L E13 for 3.5 years) and 2 Postdoc positions (100% TV-L E13 for 2 years) with wet-lab or computational focus to decode microbial balance in a highly collaborative and multidisciplinary research network.
- Application deadline: 20.01.2026
- Starting on: 01.04.2026
- Location: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Would you like to learn the basics of efficient recycling methods as part of a PhD study, with a focus on the sustainable use of natural resources? If so, the PhD Graduate School WERA 'Wertstoff Abwasser' (Valuable Wastewater) could be the right place for you. RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau is looking for 6 motivated PhD students and 1 Postdoc to start on 01/07/2026 (or earlier).
In WERA, 13 cooperative research projects focusing on the recovery of the vital raw material phosphorus (P) from wastewater are being carried out, combining novel natural scientific and engineering approaches with technical implementation.
- Application deadline: 31.01.2026
- Starting on: 01.07.2026 (or earlier)
- Location: RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
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The Cluster of Excellence at the University of Hamburg is offering different positions for Research Associates for the Project “Cluster of Excellence | CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter“. The salary levels for all positions are 13 TV-L. Detailed information about each position can be found under further information.
- Location: University Hamburg
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The Transregio/Collaborative Research Center 298 "Safety-Integrated and Infection-Reactive Implants (SIIRI)" is offering 10 PhD/MD candidate positions that will be enroled into our Integrated Research Training Group "Implant Technologies" as well as 1 Postodoc position in either natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medicine, dentistry, or data science.
The Research Center 298 investigates fundamental mechanisms of implant complications across various medical disciplines to develop detection and reaction systems that can recognize incipient biological or technical complications early, and prevent or treat them through appropriate measures.
- Application deadline: 15.02.2026
- Starting on: as soon as possible
- Locations: Hannover Medical School, Leibniz University Hannover, Technical University Braunschweig, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) Braunschweig
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The University of Hamburg is offering 12 positions for Research Associates for the DFG Research Training Group 2503 “Collective Decision-Making”.
The English language graduate program is concerned with the descriptive and normative dimensions of collective decision-making.
- Application deadline: 31.03.2026
- Starting on: 01.11.2026
- Location: University Hamburg
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