Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the University of Oulu, Finland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Membrane Process Design
Summary of PhD Program:
As a doctoral Researcher, you will carry out research work within and co-leading a small research team in the field of process control and design for membrane-based processes for blue energy harvesting, publish research results in the most esteemed international fora, attend doctoral courses and complete their doctoral thesis within 3–4 years. We are especially looking for individuals focused on the process design, modelling and simulation of membrane-based osmotic process.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Microscopic Modelling of Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarisation
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral researcher position is a part of the Research Council of Finland research project “Spin hyperpolarisation processes by multiscale simulations” led by professor Juha Vaara. By nuclear spin hyperpolarisation one means techniques by which the signal intensity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is enhanced by orders of magnitude. This results from molecular-level exchange, collision and dissipation processes that lead a non-thermal equilibrium occupation of the nuclear spin states, which is then employed in materials characterisation and medical diagnostics by NMR.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Aerosol Science
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral researcher position is part of the Research Council of Finland research project “Surface chemistry of realistic atmospheric particles and droplets investigated with novel X-ray methods,” led by senior research fellow Dr. Jack J. Lin. As a doctoral researcher, you will carry out research work, including at advanced light sources (synchrotron and free-electron laser facilities), within a multi-disciplinary research team, and publish research results in leading international scientific journals.
Application Deadline: 10.Nov.2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physical Geography
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a talented and highly motivated person to carry out research in Kvantum Institute’s spearhead project ‘Geodiversity for mapping and conserving biodiversity in the changing Arctic – GeoBioArctic’. The overall aim of the project is to identify the potential of geodiversity in sustaining biodiversity under changing environmental conditions in high-latitude environments. The study is structured around three interconnected objectives: (1) developing methodology for measuring geodiversity, (2) exploring geodiversity-biodiversity relationships using the geodiversity measures and spatio-temporal plant species data, and (3) quantifying the role of geodiversity in changing ecosystem productivity. The project focuses on the tundra regions of northern Finland and Norway.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Hydrogen Future as Climate Change Solution (H2FUTURE)
Summary of PhD Program:
HYDROGEN FUTURE AS A CLIMATE SOLUTION (H2FUTURE) combines the University of Oulu’s research strengths in future H2 production, sustainable metals reduction processes, and hydrogen-resistant steel development to a unique, holistic, multidisciplinary research community with the ambition in enabling green and sustainable hydrogen transition. H2FUTURE is leveraging research excellence in future energy formation and its applications to mitigate the energy and environmental crisis.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Monitoring peatland restoration outcomes with remote sensing
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral researcher will (1) process and analyze optical, thermal and laser scanning data derived from uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other remote sensing platforms, (2) construct detailed 3D models of topography and vegetation in the three studied peatland ecosystems, and (3) analyze spatial patterns and temporal changes in ground vegetation at different spatial scales with the help of remote sensing and field inventory data. These work tasks will primarily focus on data processing and analysis, and written reporting of the work, but there can be some field work related to UAV data collection and vegetation inventories. There is a possibility for a research visit hosted by our collaborators in Germany or Scotland.
Application Deadline: 03.Nov.2024
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Stream biodiversity under change
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a highly motivated early-career researcher with a background in community ecology, freshwater ecology or limnology for a project that uses several long-term data sets, allowing up to 40-year perspective to stream biodiversity change. We will also use shorter (up to 4 years) data sets on ecosystem process rates to relate inter-annual variation in ecosystem processes to variation in benthic biodiversity and abiotic variables in 30 streams spanning a gradient from near-pristine to heavily impacted sites. These unique data sets help us evaluate if boreal stream biodiversity has responded positively to water quality improvement and whether this ‘management credit’ overshadows climatic and land-use debts.
Application Deadline: 08.Nov.2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in biogeography/ ecology of freshwater plants
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for one (1) talented and highly motivated research-oriented person to carry out doctoral studies in “Unraveling the effects of contemporary and historical changes in climate and land use on freshwater biodiversity in high-latitude regions of Europe and North America” project. The objective of the project is to answer the following questions: (i) is land-use intensification a stronger driver of change than changing climate in explaining historical freshwater plant diversity and distribution?
Application Deadline: 10.Nov.2024
9. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in microstructural design of advanced high-strength steels for enhanced fatigue resistance
Summary of PhD Program:
The project focuses on the development of sustainable ultrahigh strength steels with exceptional fatigue resistance using cutting-edge processing techniques. The research aims to design complex, multiphase steels thorough microstructural engineering that will impart superior mechanical properties in respect of strength, ductility, and toughness, as well as improved fatigue and hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
Application Deadline: 15.Nov.2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Three-year doctoral researcher positions in the Health and Biosciences doctoral programme (HBS-DP), Human Sciences Doctoral Programme (HS-DP), Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Doctoral Programme (ITEE-DP), and Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Programme (TNS-DP) of the University of Oulu. The five positions are fully funded for three years by the University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS) and by the research units.
Application Deadline: 30.Oct.2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mosses, nature’s purifier, for reducing land use-derived metal and nutrient loads in catchments (PUREWA)
Summary of PhD Program:
The Kvantum Institute spearhead project PUREWA aims to study and develop passive, moss-based water purification for reducing metal and nutrient leakage caused by land use change. Clean water is a crucially important natural resource. However, the aquatic ecosystems are threatened by multiple stressors due to climate change and increasing land use. As a result, the amount of nutrients and metals increase in the catchments, which slows down the organic matter decomposition and disrupts the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems.
Application Deadline: 11.Nov.2024
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Energetic Particle Influence on polar vortex under Climate Change – EPICC
Summary of PhD Program:
The Doctoral researcher position and the Postdoctoral researcher position are open in the Kvantum Institute Spearhead project “Energetic Particle Influence on polar vortex under Climate Change – EPICC”, which aims at 1) developing new reconstructions for past and possible future energetic particle precipitation (EPP) into the atmosphere and 2) studying how the EPP influence on the climate system is affected by the climate change. The project is led by Associate Professor Timo Asikainen.
Application Deadline: 17.Nov.2024
13. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Polar upper atmosphere and space environment studied with the EISCAT3D radar and other cutting-edge instruments (POLAR)
Summary of PhD Program:
The Doctoral researchers and the Postdoctoral researcher positions are open in the Kvantum Institute Spearhead project “Polar upper atmosphere and space environment studied with the EISCAT3D radar and other cutting-edge instruments (POLAR)”. The project studies the effects of solar storms on the ionosphere-thermosphere system and the resulting phenomena such as Joule heating, atmospheric expansion and precipitating auroral particles producing Northern lights. The results of the project will help to predict and mitigate the effects of space weather and solar storms on our society and its technological systems. The project PI is Prof. Anita Aikio, and co-PIs are Dr. Heikki Vanhamäki and Dr. Ilkka Virtanen.
Application Deadline: 17.Nov.2024
14. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Genomic Blueprint for a Bio-literate Future
Summary of PhD Program:
We will hire one (1) research-oriented, talented and industrious person to carry out doctoral studies in the project of “Developing a Genomic Blueprint for a Bio-literate Future”. The researcher will focus on massively diverse and taxonomically ‘dark’ group of braconid wasps in order to develop novel DNA-based solutions to accelerate their species descriptions based on their DNA characteristics. The researcher will develop an efficient protocol to recover nuclear genetic data from species using high-throughput sequencing approaches such as ONT and/or PacBio, and will demonstrate the efficiency of this protocol in practise.
Application Deadline: 17.Nov.2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Educational Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
The Power of Teachers’ Online Mentorship for AI Partnership (Power T/A) project, funded by the Research Council of Finland, aims to explore the integration of AI-based technologies into teacher mentorship and instructional activities. The project focuses on understanding how AI tools can enhance teachers’ professional development, particularly through online mentorship, and how they can be leveraged to support teaching practices in diverse educational contexts.
Application Deadline: 24.Nov.2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Battery chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
As a doctoral researcher, You will do research with halide-based solid-state electrolytes in the research project funded by the Research Council of Finland. This research project aims to use the best-performing solid-state ion conductors to develop next-generation solid-state batteries (SSBs). Halide-based solid electrolytes will be paired with cobalt-free cathodes, lithium metal, or silicon-based anodes to construct batteries that are more energy dense, safer, and aim to be lower cost than existing Li-ion batteries.
Application Deadline: 10.Nov.2024
