Under the roof of HIDA, six Research Schools train doctoral researchers at the interface between Information & Data Science and a scientific domain. At the Schools, they deepen their knowledge of data science methods and learn to combine knowledge from Helmholtz research fields with data science methods. Apply now for the next calls.

DASHH: New PhD positions
DASHH: New PhD position
Currently, DASHH is offering new doctorate projects:
Machine-Learned Force Fields for Lithium Manganese Oxide Cathode Materials
High-Performance Computing for Nonlinear Wave Propagation of High-Intensity X-Ray Pulses
Proactive, Not Reactive: Anticipating and Mitigating Faults in XFEL Photocathode Lasers
Efficient Computational Methods for Nuclear Quantum Dynamics
Deep Learning for X-Ray Phase Contrast Tomography
Shaping X-Rays: Bringing Wavefront Engineering into the Hard X-Ray Domain (ShapeX)
AI-Driven, Structure-Based Discovery of Bacterial Second Messenger Signaling Targets
Phase Retrieval in Imaging and Speech Enhancement (PRISE)
You can apply for up to two PhD research topics of interest. To this end, you must submit two separate applications for both projects. During the online application process, you will need to answer the two following questions:
- Why are you interested in these PhD topics?
- What is your relevant experience in the research fields of the chosen PhD topics?
Overview of the selection process of the next Call for PhD Applications 2025:
- Call Opening: September 2025
- Submission of the application and the required documents via our online application portal until October 31st, 2025
- Pre-screening interview (video conference) of potentially interesting candidates by the involved project supervisors (November 2025)
- On-Site Admission Workshop (presentation of your Master thesis research to the Admission Committee with representatives from all DASHH partner institutions and individual interviews with the Supervision Panel) from February 2nd to 5th, 2026
- Decision on acceptance on Feburary 9th, 2026
13 PhD Positions at DASHH
DASHH brings together the expertise of scientists with a high international reputation in fundamental research on the structure of matter, computer science and mathematics in a new, unique form and enables young scientists to experiment at world-leading large-scale research facilities.
The school is currently offering 13 doctoral positions to outstanding applicants with an excellent academic background in the natural sciences, computer science or mathematics and sound programming skills.

MarDATA: New PhD Positions
MarDATA: New PhD Positions
Please note that application deadlines may vary between individual calls, so we recommend checking the specific details/links for each opening.
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (Kiel, Germany):
New PhD positions at MarDATA
MarDATA offers young scientists the unique opportunity to further develop Data Science methods specifically for marine research. This combination of Data Science and marine science is unique in Germany.
The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, the University of Bremen and the Jacobs University Bremen are partners of MarDATA. Currently, there are multiple PhD positions at MarDATA.

Dr. Christian Beilmann
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