The Young Researcher Program YRP@Graz welcomes applications for PhD positions. YRP@Graz is jointly supported by the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Graz University of Technology, and the University of Graz.

The application process has two stages with which we aim to decrease selection biases: Stage 1 of the application process is anonymised (submission deadline: March 11^th 2025), stage 2 takes the form of an interview.

Excellent candidates with a strong background in natural sciences are welcome to apply. Successful candidates must hold a master’s degree in physics, astrophysics, geoscience, computational chemistry or equivalent at the latest by the starting date of the position but preferably at the time of application. The appointment can begin July 1^st 2025, and will aim for a minimum of three years.

The five offered projects are:

• Next Generation Exoplanet Cloud Formation Model
• Coronal dimmings as signatures for CMEs
• Towards an all-sky ion composition detector for the Saturnian system
• Simulation of Deuterium in and above the Venus Atmosphere
• Observations of magnetic buoyancy signatures in the Earth’s magnetotail

Details about the offered projects and the application process can be found here.