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Gen-Q

Gen-Q is a doctoral training programme set up by Eucor 鈥� The European Campus EGTC. It provides 51 doctoral positions with an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral focus. Each doctoral project lasts 48 months and culminates in the award of a doctoral degree.

The doctoral research is carried out at the Gen-Q partner institutions:

University of Basel, Switzerland (12 positions)
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany (2 positions)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (11 positions)
University of Haute-Alsace, France (3 positions)
University of Strasbourg, France (14 positions)
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (6 positions)
Adam Mickiewicz University Pozna艅, Poland (3 positions)

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Based on the high quality, complementarity, diversity and experience in teaching, research and innovation of its involved partner institutions and researchers, Gen-Q will provide a crucial step in increasing the availability of leading experts in quantum science and technologies in Europe. Gen-Q establishes a model for sustainable long-term European cooperation in education and research in quantum science and technologies among leading European universities and with the non-academic sector.

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Scientific orientation

The scientific orientation of the programme focuses on four grand challenges:

(1) overcoming noise in quantum devices
(2) scaling up complexity in so-called qubits and sensors
(3) developing quantum hardware
(4) developing quantum software and hybrid computing

Eligibility criteria

Gen-Q has two main eligibility criteria:

Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and 听must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation (university) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the deadline of the programme's Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention will not be taken into account.
The researchers must be Doctoral Candidates, thus not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the deadline of the programme's call.
Gen-Q project management will check the eligibility of submitted applications.

There are no exceptions to these rules. The call deadline is 31 August 17:00 pm.

Incomplete applications will be disregarded without notice.

General information on the call

Gen-Q will open a main call for applications for its 51 positions from 01 July to 31 August 2025, 17:00 (Brussels time). Our selection and evaluation procedure follows open, transparent, merit-based principles and is based on international peer review. For further details, see the evaluation process.

Our target group are Doctoral Candidates with a Master鈥檚 degree in the STEM fields, of all ages and nationalities. For the eligibility criteria, please see below and check the guide for applicants.

Candidates have the possibility to choose among 69 possible topics for the 51 positions available. They may choose up to two topics per available position and they may also suggest their own topic or modifications to a topic, in addition to one of the predefined topics. The final decision upon the thematic modifications will be made during the selection process.

Candidates have to clearly indicate their priority among the topics (see specifications in the guide for applicants).