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Join the Department of Neuroscience
The Department of Neuroscience offers excellent opportunities for highly motivated and talented master students, PhD students and postdocs to participate in neuroscience research.
Please take time to look through the descriptions of our research groups to find the area of research that best correlates with your scientific interest and background.
You are welcome to send an unsolicited application including a letter of interest, CV and letter of references directly to one of our research group leaders.
Scientists who wish to establish a research group hosted by the Department and financed by a group leader research grant should send a CV and application outline to Head of Department. The grant should cover the applicant’s own salary and the salary of at least one co-worker (PhD-student or postdoc). It is stressed that receiving a starting grant does not imply a tenure or tenure-track position at the Department. Grants could include Lundbeck Foundation Fellowships, Independent Research Fund Denmark’s Sapere Aude program, ERC Starting grants, Novo Nordisk Foundation Hallas Møller grants etc. The Head of Department will forward the CV and application outline to the management team to obtain comments. The Head of Department might seek input from additional group leaders. Lab space and office space are currently important limiting factors in the department’s ability to host new group leaders. Therefore, two different guidelines exist.
Applicants who are endorsed by and can be hosted within the areas allocated to an existing group leader
To allow enough time to establish the suitability for the Department, the applicant must approach the Head of Department at least one month prior to the application deadline with both a CV and a draft application. The endorsing group leader planning to house the applicant should inform the head of department of this decision. The management team can subsequently invite the applicant for an interview.
Applicants who need their own lab and office space
To allow enough time to establish the suitability for the Department and identifying space for research activities, the applicant must approach the Head of Department at least four months prior to the application deadline with both a CV and a draft application. The management team can subsequently invite the applicant to visit the department to present her/his research at a seminar. During the visit, all group leaders at the department will have the chance to meet their potential future colleague. Subsequently, group leaders can discuss their impressions with the Head of Department and/or their representative in Faculty Board. Before the decision is made, the applicant will also be discussed in Faculty Board.
Criteria for endorsement
To receive the endorsement of the Department, the applicant needs to demonstrate all of the following points:
1) a strong application outline that has a good chance of getting funded
2) a strong interest in joining the department on those terms which follow from the application itself (this might be established by signing a ‘letter of intent’); it is understood that receiving a starting grant does not ensure tenure or tenure-track
3) a strong synergy with the Department in terms of research and teaching.
Support for applications may be declined by the Head of Department if
1) the above terms are not convincingly established (for instance if the application outline is deemed unlikely to succeed),
2) the applicant’s research or teaching profile does not fit the Departmental strategy
3) affiliation of the applicant will require resources (space/equipment), which are not
available in the Department, and for which there is no funding,
4) the Head of Department decides to prioritize other competing applications.
The Head of Department will inform the potential applicant of his/her decision.
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We encourage talented and enthusiastic young researchers to pursue a graduate degree (PhD) at the Department of Neuroscience.
We invite you to take contact to the laboratory in which you aim to conduct your thesis work and pursue funding opportunities together with the head of the laboratory group. See full list of researchers at the Department of Neuroscience.
To learn about the requirements for the PhD degree at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, visit the PhD School’s website.
All graduate students at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences are required to enroll in a graduate program. We encourage the PhD students at Department of Neuroscience to enroll in the graduate program in neuroscience, NeuroGrad. To learn about the requirements and activities of NeuroGrad, visit our website.