Interested in pursuing a PhD in deep-sea research or engineering? TWILIGHTED offers a unique opportunity to be co-supervised by senior scientists at MARE-Madeira and GEOMAR and/or NTNU. All PhD students within our TWILIGHTED program will have access to our deep-sea research and engineering training schools and workshops, too, making this a perfect opportunity to learn new skills. This also means you don’t have to have deep-sea research experience already. We’re looking for highly motivated students who are eager to apply themselves to this challenge and help us build up our deep-sea research program. Think this could be you?
How do I apply?
The below competitive calls from national and private sources offer PhD studentships that can fund your studies with us. Anyone can apply to these calls, but we will also advertise opportunities (on social media) to apply for these calls with our guidance: for those candidates we believe have a high likelihood of being accepted to one of these programs and who we believe could be a great fit for our team, we’ll help you brainstorm a PhD project that could fit well within our work.
| PhD call | Country | Expected opening | Website | Notes |
| ARDITI Doctoral Studentships | Portugal | Variable | https://www.arditi.pt/pt/concursos.html | Degree recognition in Portugal (required for application) can take months. Consider starting the process of degree recognition early https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition |
| FCT Doctoral Studentships | Portugal | April | https://www.fct.pt/en/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/bolsas-de-investigacao-para-doutoramento/ | Degree recognition in Portugal can take months. Consider starting the process of degree recognition early. |
| NTNU Doctoral Studentships | Norway | Variable | https://www.ntnu.edu/phd/admission-and-financing | Option for a PhD co-supervised by MARE-Madeira and NTNU |
| DAAD – Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees | Germany | December | https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/?status=4&origin=37&subjectGrps=&daad=&intention=&q=research&page=1&detail=57507783 | Option for a PhD co-supervised by MARE-Madeira and GEOMAR (including PhDs based at MARE-Madeira but also coming to GEOMAR for extended research stays. |
| la Caixa Doctoral INPhINIT | International | Variable | https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-inphinit-fellowships | Successful applicants will choose from a list of PhD opportunities, which may include a deep-sea project within TWILIGHTED |