15 PhD Positions: TICARDIO – European Union
15 PhD positions in the biomedical Innovative Training Network “Thrombo-Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease” (TICARDIO) at the European Union.
We offer 15 PhD positions for biomedical doctoral students within the ITN “Thrombo-Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease” (TICARDIO), starting in October 2019. All projects are collaborative projects and will be conducted at two European research locations and the location of a non-academic (industry) partner.
TICARDIO research organizations are:
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany);
- School for Cardiovascular Diseases Maastricht (CARIM, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands);
- Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition research (C2VN, Aix-Marseille Université, France);
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften, ISAS (Dortmund, Germany);
The TICARDIO partner organizationsn are:
- Bayer, a top-20 leading pharmaceutical company, Germany
- Boehringer Ingelheim, another top-20 leading pharmaceutical company, Germany
- BioCytex, a French biotech company
- Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (TRON), an academic non-profit research institution, Germany
- 2M Engineering, a Dutch high-tech SME
- ttopstart, a Dutch science and business consulting company
Position REQUIREMENTS
- You have a Master degree (or equivalent) in biomedical sciences or a similar field
- You are in the first four years of your research career and do not hold a doctoral degree
- You must not have resided in the country where you are recruited (primary research location) for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to the recruitment
- Ideally, you have experience in cardiovascular research (for specific project requirements see.
Position Details
- The candidate be working within our international group of > 30 researchers
- The candidate be involved in cutting-edge research in an interdisciplinary environment
- The candidate conduct your project at two research locations and the site of an industry partner (6-12 months stay at the second research location plus 2-3 month stay at the industry partner)
- The candidate receive excellent network-wide and local training and will be able to participate in TICARDIO and other external conferences
- The candidate receive a 36 months’ contract with all national social security contributions (and family allowance, if applicable) at the primary research location
- The candidate obtain a joint doctoral degree from the two local Universities involved in your project
Application deadline: July 21, 2019
TICARDIO receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No 813409.
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Organization | European Union’s Horizon 2020 |
Fellowship Level | PhD |
Country | Germany, Netherlands France |
Subject areas | Biotechnology, Medicine |
Fellowship amount | As per EU norms |
Eligibility | Varies |
Deadline | July 21, 2019 |
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