Open PhD-Positions at the Schools

Under the roof of HIDA, seven 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 offers a doctoral position

DASHH: An amazing opportunity

You can apply for following project:

Shaping X-Rays: Bringing Wavefront Engineering into the Hard X-Ray Domain (ShapeX)

A doctoral project by DASHH

DASHH brings together internationally renowned expertise in structural science, computer science, and mathematics, enabling early-career researchers to conduct experiments at leading large-scale research facilities worldwide.

Its goal is to train a new generation of data scientists capable of tackling the challenges posed by data-intensive scientific experiments using modern data science methods and intelligent algorithms. Doctoral researchers at DASHH work on topics ranging from structural biology and particle physics to materials science and ultrafast X-ray research.

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.

AWI (Bremerhaven)

PhD position in Data Science/Bioinformatics for Marine and Arctic Biodiversity (f/x/d/m)

GEOMAR (Kiel)

PhD position in Marine Data Science “Spatial pattern mining and knowledge fusion to analyse, understand and predict occurrences of cold-water coral ecosystems” (f/x/d/m)

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.

MUDS: New PhD Positions

Apply now for a PhD position at MUDS!

You can view the projects that are open for applications in this round after a successful review of your documents. Afterwards, a selection interview will take place and you will be "matched" with the project supervisors.

Apply now!

New call for PhD applications at MUDS

The Munich School for Data Science MUDS, the Technical University and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich as well as the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have joined forces with the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) to form an internationally visible and highly attractive research network. MUDS also cooperates with the Leibniz Computing Centre (LRZ) and works with Roche Penzberg, Boehringer Ingelheim, Munich Leukemia Lab (MLL), and other industry partners to promote application-oriented doctoral projects in biomedicine.

Applications for a PhD position at MUDS are now open until September 16, 2026.