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Current PhD vacancies - Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships programme

Doctoral students have the opportunity to carry out between one and two years of their doctoral studies at the JRC. Candidates should apply to the university that publishes the call. 

Open vacancies

Engineering lipid nanoparticles for genetic medicines

Partnership with: Department of Chemical Sciences “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence

Thematic field: Health Promotion and Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Closing date for applications: 20 June 2025

Apply to University of Florence

Explainable multimodal AI for assessing dynamic vulnerabilities from geospatial data

Partnership with: IRISA research institute, Université Bretagne Sud (Vannes, France)

Thematic field: Artificial Intelligence for earth observation

Closing date for applications: 25 June 2025

Apply to Université de Bretagne Sud

Statistical clustering with applications to knowledge graphs

Partnership with: Department of Statistical Sciences 'Paolo Fortunati', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Thematic field: Robustness in complex data analysis and statistical modelling

Closing date for applications: 1 July 2025

Apply to University of Bologna (PDF)

Exploring the innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness nexus in the food industry

Partnership with: Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Thematic field: Development of methods to monitor progresses, design transformations and identify solutions to achieve the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs)

Closing date for applications: 1 July 2025

Apply to University of Bologna (PDF)

Machine Learning for Scenario Discovery in Complex Urban Mobility Systems

Partnership with: DTU Management’s Transport Division, Denmark Technical University, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Thematic field: Smart connected and clean mobility

Closing date for applications: 31 July 2025

Apply to Denmark Technical University

Grantholder rules

The Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships PhD candidate will spend part of their time at the university and part of their time at the JRC. For the period spent at the JRC, the student will be employed by a Grantholder 20 Contract in accordance with the Grantholder rules and the applicable Vademecum. 

 

General publications22 May 2025
Grantholder Rules