📍 Location: Vienna, Austria (with collaborations across leading Austrian universities)
📅 Application Deadline: June 30, 2025 (23:59 CET)
🔗 Employer page and application guidelines

🌱 Join the Transformation Toward a Circular Bioeconomy
The Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering is an ambitious, interdisciplinary research initiative transforming how we design, produce, and recycle goods — pioneering sustainable, zero-waste, bio-based materials and eco-friendly processes.

Led by a consortium of Austria’s top-tier universities:

• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna

• University of Graz

• Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)

• University of Vienna

• Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

We invite applications for fully funded PhD and Postdoctoral positions across four dynamic research programs.

🔬 Openings by Program Area

🔁 Program 1: Green Cycles of Renewable Materials

• Researching advanced, sustainable biomaterials

• Developing biodegradable, circular alternatives to traditional plastics and textiles

🧫 Program 2: Self-Sustainable Microbial Systems

• Engineering microbial consortia for environmental resilience

• Harnessing synthetic biology for waste conversion and carbon capture

⚗️ Program 3: Biocatalytical Processes for Sustainable Synthesis

• Designing enzyme-driven synthesis pathways

• Reducing reliance on fossil-based industrial chemistry

🌍 Program 4: Circular Prospects

• Techno-economic and societal evaluation of circular solutions

• Addressing the societal transformation toward circularity

🎓 What We Offer

• Fully funded PhD (3-4 years) and Postdoc (up to 3 years) positions

• Interdisciplinary supervision and training across biosciences, engineering, and policy

• Access to cutting-edge facilities and international networks

• Opportunities for entrepreneurial development and science-policy engagement

• A collaborative and diverse research environment in Vienna, one of the world’s most livable cities

📄 How to Apply

For details on application procedures:
🔗 PhD Guidelines
🔗 Postdoc Guidelines

🗓️ Application Deadline: June 30, 2025

📍 Location: Primary office at Muthgasse 18, Vienna, with possible placements at partner institutions across Austria.

🧪 Fields of Interest Include:
Biotechnology • Environmental Engineering • Synthetic Biology • Polymer Chemistry • Bioinformatics • Systems Biology • Biocatalysis • Circular Economy • Microbial Ecology • Materials Science • Sustainability Science • and more

💡 This is your opportunity to contribute to a pioneering initiative at the intersection of bioscience, engineering, and societal transformation.

More opportunities link here!