09.07.2025 Call for Expression of Interest (2026): Tenure-Track Positions in the Department of Physics Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon The Department of Physics at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from researchers across all branches of physics (theoretical and experimental) who aspire to build international research careers and establish dynamic research groups. As a leading institution in Portugal and Europe, IST provides an exceptional research environment with outstanding students, making it an ideal setting for cutting-edge research. This initiative seeks to identify areas of research with high growth potential for the Department of Physics. In 2026, based on the results, we will launch international calls…

08.07.2025 Research Software Engineer position the Gravitational-Wave Science Center (GWSC) of the University of Geneva GWSC at the University of Geneva is looking for a Research Software Engineer. This position is funded through a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) FLARE program on critical elements of the low latency computing infrastructure for the International Gravitational Wave detector Network (IGWN). Currently used by the Virgo, LIGO and KAGRA collaborations, the IGWN low latency computing infrastructure is crucial for detecting gravitational wave events with the minimal latency possible, enabling multi-messenger science. We offer a full-time contract of one year initially, renewable for one additional year upon satisfactory performance. The expected starting date of…

03.07.2025 Northwestern University CIERA Board of Visitors Research Associate The Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) at Northwestern University invites applications for a special endowed research position: the CIERA Board of Visitors Research Associate. The position was created in support of CIERA’s director, currently Prof. Vicky Kalogera. This is a 3-year term position with the possibility of longer-term renewal based on satisfactory performance and the availability of funding. The nominal starting date will be September 1, 2025, but a different start is negotiable depending on the applicant’s availability. Application deadline: August 15th, 2025. Read more

03.07.2025 Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships at FZU – Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague We are offering a postdoctoral fellowship programme that allows researchers to conduct their own bottom-up research project over two years in Czechia, within the facilities of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences or ELI Beamlines, depending on their chosen supervisor, under the Physics for Future (P4F) Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND. The call is expected to be open from August until 10 October 2025. Read more

03.07.2025 Full Professor of Space-Based Astrophysics at University of Vienna Space-based observatories have opened up large, new areas of astrophysical research. By far the largest part of the electromagnetic spectrum is accessible only from space and has tremendously enriched astronomy with the discovery of new astronomical objects and previously inaccessible phenomenology. The University of Vienna has a long and successful tradition in contributing to space mission instrumentation and conducting space-based astrophysics. We seek a full professor with profound experience in astronomical space missions to lead internationally visible payload contributions and to carry out a related attractive scientific research program. Application deadline: September 17th, 2025. Read more

30.06.2025 Institut Courtois Postdoctoral Fellowship in Montreal The Institut Courtois, inaugurated in 2022, is part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the Université de Montréal and is funded by a generous donation from the Fondation Courtois. In its ambition to promote an environment of creativity and discovery that will lead to fundamental breakthroughs in materials sciences, the Institut Courtois seeks talented postdoctoral research Fellows who will impart leadership to accelerate materials research in one or more of its five main thrusts: Quantum materials, Quantum photonics, Materials for energy and the Environment, Development of molecular materials, AI for material science and material science for AI.Submission deadline : September 23rd,…

06.06.2025 Call for EoI (2026): Tenure-Track Positions in the Department of Physics Instituto Superior Técnico University of Lisbon The Department of Physics at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from researchers across all branches of physics (theoretical and experimental) who aspire to build international research careers and establish dynamic research groups. As a leading institution in Portugal and Europe, IST provides an exceptional research environment with outstanding students, making it an ideal setting for cutting-edge research. This initiative seeks to identify areas of research with high growth potential for the Department of Physics. In 2026, based on the results, we will launch international calls (Public Notice) to…

05.06.2025 Postdoc position in gravitational waves Theory at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena. The appointment is associated with the research group of Prof. Sebastiano Bernuzzi at the Theoretical Physics Institute. The selected candidate is expected to work on the project “GROOVHY: Gravitational radiation from black holes’ hyperbolic mergers”, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The project’s workplan spans effective-one-body models for hyperbolic and generic-orbit binary black hole mergers, numerical-relativity and test-body perturbative simulations, and Bayesian data analysis of non-circularized black hole mergers. Applications should be received by August 1st, 2025, but will be considered until the position is filled.…

25.03.2025 PhD position on Teaching Einsteinian Physics at Schools, University of Western Australia The Einstein-First project in the university of Western Australia is seeking PhD and Masters students with a background in modern physics (including quantum physics and relativity), strong interest in science communication, experience in science teaching and aptitude in quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Closing date: December 1st 2026. Read more

05.09.2024 Faculty openings at IUCAA for Gravitational Wave research The LIGO-India project received approval from the Union Cabinet of India last year. The detector is expected to start science runs by 2030 and promises a massive boost in science and technology. IUCAA, being one of the four lead institutions for executing the project, was given several faculty positions for gravitational wave (GW) science and instrumentation by the University Grants Commission (UGC). If you know any suitable and enthusiastic candidates for those positions, we request you to please send their contact details to us and encourage the candidates to apply. Read more