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Fully Funded PhD Positions in Foundation Models for Scientific Discovery and AI Applications University of Geneva in Switzerland
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Fully funded PhD positions with competitive Swiss PhD salaries. The post emphasizes excellent publication opportunities, international scientific collaborations, and multidisciplinary supervision.
Deadline
Expired
Country
Switzerland
University
University of Geneva
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About this position
University of Geneva (Switzerland) is recruiting 9 fully funded PhD positions in the FUNDIS (Foundation Models for Scientific Discovery) project.
The positions focus on foundation models, self-supervised learning, world models, explainable AI, bio-inspired AI, and AI for scientific discovery, with applications across astronomy, particle physics, climate science, digital humanities, and global governance.
Students will work in an outstanding multidisciplinary research environment with close collaboration across AI and domain sciences, strong publication opportunities, and international scientific collaborations. The post highlights competitive Swiss PhD salaries and co-supervision by an interdisciplinary team of PIs including Slava Voloshynovskiy, François Fleuret, Roland Bouffanais, Daniel Schaerer, Pascal Oesch, Stéphane Paltani, Tobias Golling, Sebastian Engelke, Stefan Sperlich, Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, and Stas Smirnov.
This is a PhD-level opening only. No specific eligibility details such as degree background, GPA, or language requirements are stated in the post. Application deadline: 30 August 2026.
Funding details
Fully funded PhD positions with competitive Swiss PhD salaries. The post emphasizes excellent publication opportunities, international scientific collaborations, and multidisciplinary supervision.
What's required
Applicants should be passionate about foundation models, self-supervised learning, world models, explainable AI, bio-inspired AI, and AI for scientific discovery. The post targets multiple PhD students and invites outstanding students and young researchers; no specific degree, GPA, or language-test requirements are stated.
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Professors
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence
Astronomy
Political Science
Scientific Discovery
Physics
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence
Climate Science
Intelligent Control
Digital Humanities
Scientific Discovery
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Global Governance
Artificial Intelligence
Agent-based Modeling
Political Science
Computer Science
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Astronomy
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Self-supervised Learning
Scientific Discovery
Prof. at University of Geneva
Switzerland
Research Interests
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Multiwavelength Astronomy
Agn Studies
Star Formation
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Global Governance
Climate Science
Digital Humanities
Physics
Political Science
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Astronomy
Artificial Intelligence
Explainable Ai
Digital Humanities
Self-supervised Learning
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Climate Science
Statistics
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Numerical Weather Prediction
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Climate Science
Global Governance
Econometric
Causal Inference
Scientific Discovery
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Global Governance
Climate Science
Linguistics
Explainable Ai
Physics
Prof.
Switzerland
Research Interests
Climate Science
Global Governance
Computer Science
Physics
Scientific Discovery
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