Scholars Without Borders Opportunities

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in bioinformatics at the Complex Traits Genetics lab as part of the BRAINSCAPES project, gaining insight into brain disorders by leveraging results from recent genetic discoveries. This position focuses on computation, working alongside a team of PhD students and postdoctoral researchers across the fields of statistics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, psychology, and stem cell biology. 

Compensation ranges from €3,378 euros to €5,331, depending on experience. 

The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab seeks a postdoctoral fellow to lead a project aimed at uncovering the neurocomputational mechanisms underlying human social learning (e.g., via observation or language).

The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities seeks a postdoctoral researcher to conduct independent and collaborative research as part of an ERC project with a focus on the historical and spatial dynamics of artificial cooling and climate control.

This junior professorship is aimed at early career researchers. Institution is looking for a candidate with an outstanding academic track record and research experience in the professorship field. 

Start Date: As soon as possible.

Renumeration: W1 starting pay scale with opportunity for advancement to W2.

The Digital Humanities Lab invites applications for a 36-month postdoctoral position beginning August 1, 2025 or by arrangement. 

Two full-time, fixed-term (5 years) positions available.

Loughborough University seeks applicants with a particular interest/expertise in Human Geography to teach at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels as part of the Loughborough Geography and Environment program. Fixed-term position from September 2025 to August 2026.

Eindhoven University of Technology seeks applications for a two-year, accredited, full-time post-master's program leading to an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) degree. Paid position beginning October 2025. 

The European University Viadrina (Brandenberg, Germany) seeks applications for a residential research fellowship to conduct Ukraine-related research in a number of disciplines (ex. history, social sciences, science and technology studies, economics, media studies, legal studies, cultural studies, conflict studies, etc.) from October-December 2025. Research topics should be related to the umbrella topic, "Infrastructural fragmentation, infrastructural resilience: Interdisciplinary perspectives on techno-politics and crisis."

The programme provides financial support to foreign researchers to conduct research in Poland related to the history, politics, and cultural heritage of Central and Eastern Europe for a period of three to nine months.

Scholarships available for research projects in the historical humanities. 

Funding period of up to 2 years, monthly scholarship award of €1,920. 

3-month research grant for Ukrainians leaving or have left Ukraine to support a study stay at a European Institution. 

Maximum amount of €2,800 awarded. 

Jointly-organized international conference “Ivan Turgenev and the European Novel” seeks paper proposals on the relationship between Turgenev’s novels and the literary works of European authors from the 19th and early 20th centuries from a comparative perspective. Conference will take place in Rouen and Bougival, France from April 9 to 11, 2026.

The COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) initiative offers support funding (up to 5,000 euros) to projects involving colleagues from Humboldt-Universität.

The SIOP International Research and Collaboration Small Grant supports international or cross-cultural research that examines data from different cultural groups. Grant proposals must include collaborators from at least two different national cultures or subcultures within one country, and data collection from at least two different cultural populations within a nation. 

Maximum grant amount is $5,000 USD. 

The University of Montenegro welcomes submissions from researchers at all stages of their academic careers (social sciences and humanities) for a conference in Petrovac from September 27-28, 2025. Limited financial assistance available, with priority given to early-career researchers and those without institutional funding. 

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München's Institute for Assyriology and Hittitology seeks a Doctoral Researcher in Assyriology on the ERC-funded project “Rewriting the End of Cuneiform Civilization.” In addition to conducting research to develop tools for paleographic analysis, automatic dating of cuneiform tablets, and the study of scribal practices in Hellenistic and Parthian Babylonia, the successful applicant will research and write a dissertation titled The Last Cuneiform Families, analyzing colophons and scribal lineages.

The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Discourse to contribute to the Center’s expanding efforts to explore, evaluate, and implement innovative approaches to fostering civil discourse in FAS classrooms.

The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence. The candidate will focus on applying AI to enhance learning experiences and the ethical and pedagogical implications of AI technologies. One-year position with possibility of extension. Preferred start date of July 1, 2025 with some flexibility. 

The Institute of Political Science of Leiden University seeks 3 instructors with expertise in quantitative methods, qualitative methods, international relations, comparative politics, and political economy. Temporary, one-year positions from September 2025-August 2026. Part-time employment possible, but a full-time commitment is preferred.