Vacancies
Call for pre- and postdoctoral applicants
We will welcome and support excellent young researchers with an application for pre- or postdoctoral fellowships, in particular for the EU-MSCA calls (postdocs: deadline 9 September) and FWO calls (predoc: 1 March, postdoc: 1 December) (see further on this page for more information on these calls). Depending on the area of interest, we would welcome researchers or students with a background in evolutionary biology, movement ecology or infectious disease ecology, but possibly also researchers with a background in spatial analysis techniques from geography or statistics.
For more information, contact one of the PI's of our research group.
PhD Fellowships
We welcome applications by students who want to obtain their own funding for a PhD study. If you are interested in joining us, please contact one of our professors with a statement of interest about your research, and the external scholarship programme (in Belgium, your own country, or an international funding programme) to which you aim to apply. Note that the University of Antwerp only offers PhD scholarships through project-specific vacancies which are advertised here.
The main funding agency for PhD fellowships in Flanders is the FWO with an annual deadline of 1 March. This call targets both fundamental innovative research, and strategic research aimed at applications. These calls are open to all EU and EEA students.
A number of other possibilities for scholarships are listed on the Scholarships pages of the University of Antwerp.
For general information on the PhD programme, see the website of the Antwerp Doctoral School.
Postdoctoral fellowships and ERC grants
We will welcome and give full support to postdoctoral applications in the fields of evolutionary ecology, infectious disease ecology and conservation biology. We particularly welcome applications related to evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions, ecology of infectious diseases, movement ecology (dispersal, connectivity, invasive species) and evolutionary responses to climate change and urbanization. The lab is member of the Global Change Ecology and ASCID (Antwerp Study Centre for Infectious Disease) excellence centers, which can provide additional support to applicants through dedicated research managers. The Global Change Ecology has a high success ratio for both incoming and outgoing MSC postdoctoral fellows.
Possibilities include but are not limited to the following:
| FWO junior and senior postdoctoral fellowships The new call offers three-year fellowships for both junior (<3y after PhD) and senior (3-6y) fellowships. International mobility is a positive criterion. | December | 
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