MAP-ID Project (HORIZON-MSCA COFUND): 13 PhD Positions Available

MAP-ID: Multilevel approaches to understanding chronic inflammatory diseases 

Are you eager to drive change in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases?
Join MAP-ID and contribute to solving some of modern medicine’s most pressing challenges.

Work at the interface of academia and industry, collaborating with partner institutions and companies across Europe and the United States. Become part of a program dedicated to uniting a dynamic, diverse group of passionate, science-driven researchers and developing them into future leaders in the field of chronic inflammation.

A detailed description of the MAP-ID program and the application process is available on the dedicated website: https://cofund.project.uj.edu.pl/.
Recruitment started on April 28 and will continue until June 30, 2025. 

WHERE TO APPLY https://cofund.project.uj.edu.pl/

Requirements

Research Field Biological sciences

Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

The skills/qualifications requirements for candidates are described for each of the 13 offered projects on the MAP-ID project website https://cofund.project.uj.edu.pl/

Specific Requirements

Candidates must provide proof of English proficiency at an intermediate level, demonstrated by one of the following certificates: Cambridge B2 First (grade C or higher); Cambridge C1 Advanced; Cambridge C2 Proficiency; IELTS Academic (minimum 5.5); TOEFL (minimum scores: iBT – 72, ITP – 543, CBT – 180). Candidates who are citizens of English-speaking countries (UK, USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) are exempt from this requirement. Citizenship will be verified upon admission. A diploma or certificate confirming the completion of a study program conducted in English will also be accepted as proof of language proficiency. 

Languages ENGLISH

Level Good

Research Field Biological sciences

Years of Research Experience None

Additional Information

Benefits

Type of employment: Employment contract providing full social security, health and pension rights, and paid holidays.

Employment duration: October 1st 2025 – September 30th 2029 (1st call) or 1st March 2025 – 31st January 2030 (2nd call) - 48 months

Salary: 2800 Euro per month gross salary, about 1700 Euro net salary.

Eligibility criteria

• Candidates must have a Master degree (by the start of the PhD programme) in a field related to biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, or medicine and they cannot hold a PhD degree or have successfully defended their doctoral thesis.
• Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.
• Candidates must be early-stage researchers, which means that candidates must not have more than four years of full-time equivalent (FTE) research experience.

Selection process

The evaluation process will consist of three (3) stages, the first two (2) based on the evaluation of documents provided, and the third one based on an interview with a candidate. 

A detailed description of the MAP-ID program and the application process is available on the dedicated website: https://cofund.project.uj.edu.pl/.

Recruitment started on April 28 and will continue until June 30, 2025. 

Additional comments

RECRUITMENT DEADLINES: 

First call:

Opening: April 28th, 2025, at 10:00 AM Warsaw time (CET/CEST)
Closing: June 30th, 2025, at 10:00 AM Warsaw time (CET/CEST); 

Evaluation: July 1st 2025 – July 18th 2025

Second call (The second recruitment will only be launched if all positions in the first recruitment are not filled):

Opening: September 1st, 2025; Closing: November 2nd, 2025; Evaluation: November 3th, 2025 – November 11th, 2025

Website for additional job details https://cofund.project.uj.edu.pl/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available 13

Company/Institute Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

Country Poland

City Cracow

Postal Code 30-387

Street Gronostajowa, 7

Contact

City Krakow

Website https://cofund.project.uj.edu.pl/

Street 7 Gronostajowa Str.

Postal Code 30-387

E-Mail [email protected]

Phone 00486636002