The visiting PhD student program at Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, is open for applications. The program offers selected students the opportunity to spend time at Nordita and take advantage of the research environment and ongoing scientific activities at the institute and the AlbaNova University Center in Stockholm.
This can, in particular, include collaboration on research projects with Nordita academic staff and participation in Nordita Scientific Programs in areas of interest to the students, but should also be viewed as an opportunity to broaden their general knowledge and to interact with researchers working in diverse areas of modern theoretical physics.
Visiting PhD fellows may also be interested in taking PhD-level courses offered at the Universities in Stockholm area.
Requirements
The applicant must be registered elsewhere as a PhD student in one of the research areas covered by Nordita. The fellowship must be hosted by a Nordita academic staff at faculty or postdoc level. The co-hosting by an external faculty from the greater Stockholm area is encouraged.
Host
Please make sure to contact your hosts well in advance and discuss the prospective research plan. Before an application is submitted, the host and the prospective PhD fellow should agree on the research plan along with the duration and dates of the visit.
Application
An application for the PhD fellowship program must be sent by e-mail to visiting-phd@nordita.org, and should contain the following data:
- CV of the applicant, including
- applicant's name and e-mail
- applicant's home institute
- start and prospective end dates and topic of applicant's PhD thesis
- name and e-mail of applicant's thesis advisor
- name, institute and e-mail of one referee (if other than the thesis advisor)
- list of publications
- Motivational letter, submitted by the Nordita host, including
- name of the Nordita host and, optional, external co-host
- prospective dates of the visit (1-2 months)
- possibility of additional co-funding to extend the duration of the visit
- a brief description of the benefits of the visit, for applicant, and prospective links to other Swedish universities.
- Recommendation letter from the applicants' PhD supervisor, or another referee, sent to the same e-mail address.
- Motivational letter from co-host (optional), sent to the same e-mail address, stating their interest in co-hosting the applicant.
- One-page description of the specific research problem to be addressed during the visit to Nordita (reference list is not counted toward the one-page limit).
Applications can be submitted at any time and will be evaluated twice a year, with a deadline for applications in each round of evaluations on the 10th of May and the 10th of November.
Further Information
If you have any questions, or need help in selecting a Nordita host, please contact the coordinators of the program at visiting-phd@nordita.org.
We have two types of postdoc positions at Nordita.
The first kind, "Nordita fellows positions", are announced once a year with a deadline in November-December and start date the following autumn. Nordita fellows can pursue their research quite independently of our existing research groups, even though of course there is a lot of collaboration. There are typically 5-6 positions per year, all for two years.
Then we have "Nordita postdoc positions" announced within a particular project, typically connected with a grant. These postdocs are hired to work on that particular subject together with the other researchers in the corresponding group. The number of announced positions of this type is irregular, and depends on the ability of our senior staff to secure grants. The duration is typically two years but can vary, and start dates may also vary.
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