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KU Leuven's Stream Intelligence Lab in Kortrijk invites applications for a PhD position in Cognitive Digital Twins, Knowledge Graphs, Edge Computing and AI. The PhD researcher will investigate how to build a digital twin that understands its environment, combining data analysis, reasoning and prototyping.The project blends knowledge graphs, stream...

VIB.AI is inviting applications for a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher to advance in vivo perturbational screening using our single-cell CRISPR platform. The role combines experimental and computational approaches and may focus on either side or both.You will learn and expand the screening pipeline, apply it to new biological contexts, and identify...

Medpace in Leuven, Belgium is seeking an Associate Clinical Trial Manager (aCTM) to join our Clinical Trial Management team on a full-time, office-based basis. The role involves supporting global study activities alongside Project Coordinators and Clinical Trial Managers, applying analytical and academic skills to clinical project administration and...

KU Leuven invites applications for a PhD on automated feature discovery and data-driven modelling for chemical processes. The project is part of EL4CHEM and aims to develop automated feature generation, selection and model identification methods that yield accurate, interpretable models for industrial chemical processes.The candidate will work at the...

Application deadline: October 30, 2026VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience is recruiting enthusiastic, creative, ambitious, and highly motivated PhD candidates to join us starting between May (at the earliest) and September 2027!Our different research groups explore how the brain and nervous system develops, ages and functions in health and disease, in...

KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium, invites applications for a PhD position examining interreligious dialogue in Morocco. The project combines anthropology, theology and education to explore Jewish-Muslim heritage, diversity and classroom practices through ethnographic fieldwork in Southern Morocco and comparative dialogue with Flanders.You will join a small...

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience invites enthusiastic, creative PhD candidates to join us starting between May and September 2027. The program spans neuroscience, neuroengineering and imaging, with access to state-of-the-art facilities and training.Applicants must hold a master’s degree with distinction, be proficient in English, and be able to begin...

EURAXESS Ireland is offering a position for a First Stage Researcher (R1) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. This full-time PhD scholarship lasts 12 months (extendable) and focuses on researching how AI systems influence societal inequalities.Qualified applicants should hold a Master’s degree in sociology or a related field and have strong knowledge of Dutch...

Imec Heilbronn is seeking a PhD researcher to investigate shared memory chiplet architectures that provide scalability and predictable performance for safety-critical systems. The work will explore cross-layer QoS mechanisms across interconnects, memory hierarchies, and scheduling to guarantee bounded latency.You will contribute to designing die-to-die...

Ghent University’s IDLab invites applications for a doctoral fellow in the DECIDE research team. The role focuses on advancing Vision-Language-Action and world models for robot navigation and multi-step tasks, with emphasis on optimizations for embedded deployment.We offer a full-time doctoral fellowship for up to 48 months starting 01/11/2026, with a net...

About Ghent University Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15.000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11...

Doctoral Researcher in Biomedical Sciences (PhD Position)KU Leuven – Faculty of Medicine / Biomedical SciencesKU Leuven is offering a fully funded PhD position in Biomedical Sciences within its internationally renowned research environment. The successful candidate will join a leading research group focused on advancing scientific understanding in...

About the roleWe're hiring PhD-level scientists who are proficient bilingual speakers (English & Dutch) based in Belgium to help make advanced AI models safer. You'll apply your scientific expertise to evaluate and strengthen how these models handle specialized technical topics in Dutch as it is spoken in Belgium. No prior AI/ML experience is required —...

Medpace Overview Medpace is a full-service clinical contract research organization (CRO) providing phase l-lV clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Our mission is to accelerate the global development of safe and effective medical therapeutics through the advancement of clinical...

KU Leuven offers a full-time doctoral scholarship for a PhD candidate focused on Machine Learning to enhance supermarket operations. The position involves participation in scientific research across both KU Leuven and SKEMA Business School.Candidates should hold a Master's in a relevant field, have excellent academic results, and strong programming skills in...

KU Leuven is seeking a PhD candidate to work within the Mecha(tro)nic System Dynamics (LMSD) division of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The project, under the PACCAR Chair: Future Engineering Design, will develop a cross-disciplinary digital twin framework that couples technical performance with lifecycle cost and sustainability considerations.You...

KU Leuven invites applications for a full-time PhD position within the M4GIC-ILC project, aiming to develop trustworthy AI methods for invasive lobular carcinoma using multi-site breast cancer data.You will fine-tune foundation models on H&E and immunohistochemistry slides, learn robust representations, and compare self-supervised and fine-tuning approaches...

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels invites applications for a full-time PhD-scholarship in photonics within the Brussels Photonics (B-PHOT) group. The project focuses on laser-dynamics-based fiber sensing to detect ultrasonic guided waves, with a collaboration across disciplines and strict emphasis on innovation.The candidate will work on...

Application deadline: October 30, 2026VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience is recruiting enthusiastic, creative, ambitious, and highly motivated PhD candidates to join us starting between May (at the earliest) and September 2027!Our different research groups explore how the brain and nervous system develops, ages and functions in health and disease, in...

The selected candidate will be part of the SUNSET Doctoral Network built around a community of leading scholars and 10 doctoral candidates (DCs) delivering insights into how universities and their host cities can collaborate and interact to achieve the digitalization and sustainability goals set out by current European and global policy agendas. The network...