PhD Opportunities
This page details PhD projects of which we are aware. This list is by no means exhaustive and the institutions listed, and others, may well be offering additional projects. Further details for many of these projects are already available on institutional websites. For UK PhD programmes, note that application deadlines can be as early as January, and interviews usually take place during the period January-April.
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Funded PhD position in Paleontology at UGent (Belgium)
We are hiring a PhD researcher in my group (4 years, fully-funded) to work on a project at Ghent University in Belgium (UGent), at the interface between (bio)stratigraphy (mainly chitinozoans), palynology, fossil teratology and isotope geochemistry. The focus will be on intervals documenting Late Ordovician palaeo-environmental turmoil.
Contract Type: Fixed Term 1 + 3 years (total duration of 4 years), full-time
Position start date in summer or fall 2026. Apply by April 6th 2026
All details can be found here: https://www.ugent.be/en/work/scientific/doctoral-fellow-89