Excellence Initiative Nano: 2-4 Excellence PhD positions 921 views

Chalmers University of Technology is inviting applications form the brightest minds among all Nano-interested students at Chalmers and world-wide. The selected candidates are awarded with one PhD position each, which they can place at any Nano research group at Chalmers. This is the fourth of a yearly recurring call.

About the Excellence Initiative Nano:

• With an Excellence PhD student position, candidate will have his/her own funding, which of course gives the far more freedom in choosing both research group and research project.
• Get started with a PhD exam in Nano, whether the candidate aim at academic research at the highest level, advancing technology and business ideas in major companies or spinning off own idea into a start-up company.
• The program coordinates research on the unique chemical and physical phenomena that prevail at very small dimensions, and promote the development of technologies that utilise these phenomena.
• The results obtained have been commercialized in several areas, in particular at the interface of nanophysics and nanochemistry.

Responsibilities:

• The major responsibility is to pursue own doctoral studies.
• The selected candidate expected to develop his/her own scientific concepts and communicate the results of the research verbally and in writing, both in Swedish and in English.
• The position generally also includes teaching on Chalmers’ undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 per cent of working hours.
• The position can be placed at any research group connected to the AoA Nano at Chalmers.
• The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in English. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Duration: limited to a maximum of five years (Full-time temporary employment)

Starting date: before the end of 2019, at the latest.

Qualifications:

• Applicant’s Master’s degree should not be older than June 2018.
• If the candidate has not graduated at the time of application, the exam should be scheduled no later than June 2019.

Application:

Apply online (Ref 20180676) and application must include following documents attached as pdf-files:

• CV: (name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number), previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
• Two references that can be contacted
• Personal letter: (name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
• A two-page written reflection on research, e.g. current MSc project and/or future plan.
• Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.
• Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, eg. TOEFL test results.