WASP Industrial PhD student and Postdoc positions

    12 January 2023

    A novel initiative in terms of an industry postdoctoral program will extend collaborations between academia and industry. WASP is now offering up to 5 industrial postdoc positions, as well as 15 industrial doctoral student positions, within AI, Autonomous systems and Software. The calls are open between January 16th and April 7th 2023.

    The new industrial postdoc initiative is primarily aimed at recently graduated PhDs who are considering a career as an industry researcher or at PhDs who are already employed at a company and engaged in research. An industrial postdoc will be 100% employed by an industrial partner and have one designated supervisor at the company and one at the university.

    The total grant over two years is 2.2 Mkr, where 300 000 kr is dedicated to the university host for operational costs and 1.9 Mkr is dedicated to the company for partial funding of salary and other related costs. For small and medium-sized enterprises an additional amount is granted and the total grant over two years is 2.7 Mkr, where 300 000 kr is dedicated to the university host for operation costs and 2.4 Mkr is dedicated to the company for partial funding of salary and other related costs.

    The postdoc should conduct industrially motivated research in the context of a collaboration between a company and a university research group and share time between the company and the university but be fully engaged in research activities at both sites.

    To the calls
    WASP Industrial Postdoc Positions 2023
    WASP Industrial PhD Student Positions 2023