Vacancies & Scholarships

All our vacancies involve paid labour agreements and are advertised on multiple locations on the web, in particular here. To apply, candidates should meet the criteria and follow the guidelines in the advertisement. This also applies to vacant PhD positions. Please, do not send an application to the Graduate School of Geosciences or to professors if no job opening is announced.

PhD Scholarships:

We don't offer any scholarships for PhD students ourselves. And it is only in rare exceptions, and only upon strong recommendations from one or more of our own professors, that we will accept an incoming scholarship PhD. All such PhD scholarships should have non-Dutch funding that covers (at least) a period of 4 years. In scholarships, or in other visiting grants, the part that is availabe for housing, living and health insurance should at least be at the level of net minimum wage in the Netherlands. In addition to such personal allowance, a bench fee to cover research and training costs is required. The height thereof depends of the nature of the intended study. See also the information on the webpages of the Graduate School of Geosciences.

Additional note on CSC scholarships:

Policies for CSC PhD students and exchange students or researchers are changing rapidly. This includes new policies and operational guidelines within UNL (Universiteiten van Nederland), on knowledge security. The Department Board decided already a while ago not to admit new CSC PhD students (which is in line with our statement above).

Alternatively, there are exchange programmes where CSC PhD students or researchers join us e.g., for 1 or 2 years. From April 2025 on, our general policy is also not to accept new CSC exchange students and/or researchers. 

Of course, ongoing trajectories and already agreed visits can be completed.

General information for selected non-EU/EER applicants:

Selected candidates for paid positions (as well as accepted candidates that bring their own scholarship, otherthan CSC), who need visa and/or working permits for The Netherlands should be aware that these procedures usually require 4 months processing time. The visa procedure is started by our International Service Desk (ISD) only after the job is offered and accepted (or after a formal hospitality agreement has been arranged with the scholarship student or fellow). Finding housing in or near Utrecht is your own responsibility. This may prove difficult and is often not cheap, but our ISD may be able to provide some advice.