DSTrain Postdoctoral programme

DSTrain is a 5-year postdoctoral programme launched and managed by dScience, the Centre for Computational and Data Sciences at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo (UiO). The programme is partly funded by the EU Horizon Europe under the Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Action (MSCA) - Co-funding of Regional, National and International Programmes (COFUND).

DSTrain will award 36 postdoctoral fellowship positions within the overarching field of data science, with a focus on the interaction between data science, computational science, natural sciences, and technology. Each fellowship will last for 36 months and will be announced in two calls during the programme period. The first call opened in January 14th 2024 and closed on the 14th of April 2024. The second call will be announced in January 2025, with project start in autumn 2025. The selected applicants will start their postdoctoral projects no later than October 1, 2025.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellows will be employed at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and will be hosted by the relevant department and research group. The appointments will be full-time positions lasting for three years, with 10% of the time dedicated to mandatory duties, typically teaching. It is not possible to be appointed for more than one Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Oslo.

The DSTrain programme will facilitate ground-breaking research by emphasizing interaction between data science, computational science, natural sciences, and technology. The postdoctoral fellows will be integrated into research groups in scientific disciplines that urgently require researchers with computational skills. These research groups provide excellent environments for research, offering supervision and resources for world-class research, innovation, and digital infrastructure. The DSTrain programme encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and provide training in computational and transferable skills, include a range of cross-sectorial secondments opportunities.

Target group of the programme

The main purpose of a postdoctoral fellowship is to provide the fellows with enhanced skills to pursue a leading scientific position within or beyond academia. The programme is designed for highly talented and ambitious researchers with backgrounds in Astrophysics, Biosciences, Chemistry, Geosciences, Informatics, Mathematics, Pharmacy, Physics, and Technology Systems, who through the development of their individual-driven research projects will combine disciplinary expertise with interdisciplinary elements and integrate the use of computational methods.