Up to 22 fully funded Marie S. Curie PhD positions at University of Copenhagen and Technical Un[...]

Up to 22 fully funded Marie S. Curie PhD positions at University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark

CALL FOR PHD APPLICANTS

Application deadline February 20, 2025.

Are you:

• Scientifically curious and determined to pursue a PhD degree?
• Eager to work with an interdisciplinary research project related to cancer or neurological diseases?
• Driven to strengthen your scientific creativity and independent thinking?

Up to 22 PhD positions are open in the international Marie S. Curie Doctoral Programme ‘Interdisciplinary Marie S. Curie Action for Health’ (INTERACT). The positions are open for researchers with a master’s degree, and maximum 4 years of experience. All PhD-project will be interdisciplinary, working across biology/biomedicine to physics, chemistry, data science or engineering. A PhD project in science didactics is also available. The candidates’ main workplace will be either at the University of Copenhagen or the Technical University of Denmark, dependent of the selected project.

Why apply to the INTERACT programme?
INTERACT offers researchers a unique opportunity to join an international and interdisciplinary PhD program within biology/biomedicine, physics, chemistry, data science, engineering, or science didactics. The aim is to cultivate agile and responsible researchers capable of working seamlessly across at least two disciplines, with implications for transforming health solutions, and to provide the groundwork for a career track in academia, industry and beyond.

About the programme
INTERACT will in total recruit 66 PhD students over three calls during 2025-2027. The programme offers 36-months fully funded positions, attractive employment and salary conditions with enrolment as PhD student at one of the two host universities. Each PhD student will work with an original ’convergence science’ project at one of the seven host institutes. An individual career development plan containing research and transferable courses, international research visits, mentoring and career activities, is also a central element.

• The programme is open for highly motivated researchers with a master’s degree and maximum four years of experience since issuing of the degree at the time of application.
• Transnational mobility is required, and applicant must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Denmark for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the deadline of the co-funded programme's call.

Key selection criteria
The selection process includes these steps of evaluation: eligibility check, evaluation of application material, interview with selection committee and with Interdisciplinary Supervisor Teams. The selection will be merit-based, using predefined scoring scales and weighed criteria in three defined areas: Education and track record, Scientific potential and Motivation.

Application procedure
Please carefully read the detailed description of the eligibility criteria and requirements for the application in the Guide for Applicants found at www.interact-msca.ku.dk/how-to-apply/ . All applications must be received by the application deadline on February 20, 2025. The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below. To be eligible, the applicant MUST use the provided mandatory templates which can be downloaded on the INTERACT webpage and submit all the following material:

• Motivation letter/Cover letter (mandatory template , max 1,5 pages), including expression of interest in up to 4 of the offered projects
• Certified copy of original master diploma and transcripts records in the original language, including an Authorized English translation if issued in other language than English
• Documentation of English test (if required)
• Documentation for career breaks (if any)
• Other relevant information for consideration

LATE OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS, NOT USING THE PROVIDED TEMPLATES, WILL NOT BE EVALUATED.

Timeline of call

• Opening of call: December 20, 2025
• Application deadline: February 20, 2025
• Evaluation and selection of candidates: February-April 2025
• Online interviews with selection committee: End-April 2025
• Online host interviews: Mid-May 2025
• Answers to applicants: End-May 2025
• Start of employment: September 1, 2025

Contact
For more information about the process, guidelines or the application system, please contact INTERACT Project manager: Camilla Ebert, interact-msca@bric.ku.dk .

The deadline for applications is February 20, 2025, at 23.59pm CET.

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

Department/Location: University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark