Employment as a doctoral researcher

The next application period for university-funded doctoral researcher positions will be in autumn 2025.

Other ways of funding a PhD project is a salary paid by the supervisor or a personal grant from a private foundation applied by the doctoral candidate him/herself. Doctoral candidates may also fund their studies themselves or pursue their degree in tandem with work.
Salaried position call 2025

The next application period for university-funded doctoral researcher positions be opened in autumn 2025. More information be updated here later on.
De­cision on salaried po­s­i­tions 2024

DPDR received altogether 52 applications. All eligible application completed a competency assessment, and their applications were evaluated by external evaluators. The DPDR board selected 6 top applicants for a University-funded position based on the scores.

The positions were awarded to (in alphabetical order):

Marina Castro Guerrero, 2 years (main supervisor: Tiina Sikanen)

Satu James, 4 years (main supervisor: Sanna Lehtonen)

Konstantin Koch, 4 years (main supervisor: Henri Xhaard)

Akseli Niemelä, 2 years (main supervisor: Artturi Koivuniemi)

Daniel Persson, 1 year (main supervisor: Tuomas Lilius)

Lea Wurr, 4 years (main supervisor: Clare Strachan)
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