CoBeNe pooled calls

With this topically open call the Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience (VDS CoBeNe) at the University of Vienna is looking for highly motivated PhD candidates with innovative ideas. The VDS CoBeNe doctoral fellows will perform cutting-edge research with options to bridge fields and use an interdisciplinary approach. Our PhD program is tailored to individual career tracks and includes continuous mentoring schemes, multiple opportunities for national and international scientific networking, and transferable skills training for enhancing careers inside and outside academia.

VDS CoBeNe uni:docs PhD call 2025

The VDS CoBeNe offers 2 University Assistant (prae doc) positions for 3 years within all CoBeNe research clusters at the University of Vienna. The uniting theme is the interdisciplinary interest in human and non-human behavior, understanding its underlying cognitive, emotional, social, cultural, physiological, and neurobiological bases, studying how the brain maintains or changes functionality over time, and probing its evolutionary origins and development.

We look for highly motivated candidates with innovative ideas fitting our research and expertise. To get an overview about research topics and ongoing projects, please have a look on the individual research groups in our research clusters.

Eligibility

master’s degree or equivalent in one of the respective study fields, the degree certificate must be available before being accepted into the doctoral program (latest June 2026) 
not enrolled in the doctoral study program or applied before
project must be supervised by 2 CoBeNe PIs (2. supervisor to be selected at later stage)  
fully completed application including proposed supervisors (ranking up to 3) and details of two referees (one previous supervisor)
high level of both spoken and written English (official certificate not required)