Please carefully review the following requirements that candidates must meet for this individual DC2 project. Each requirement holds equal importance:

Scientific Skills and Research Experience:

• Familiarity with modern Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology.
• Familiarity with VEP-based BCIs.
• Proficiency in scientific writing, a crucial aspect of the PhD.
• Previous experience working in a laboratory setting.
• Possession of a broad scientific background.

Educational Qualifications:

• Hold an MSc level degree in fields relevant to the individual project.

Language Proficiency:

• Exhibit a good command of English, both in written and spoken forms.
• While not mandatory, proficiency in the German language is highly recommended to facilitate integration into the local university culture.

Team Collaboration:

• Comfort and willingness to work collaboratively in a group setting within the laboratory.
• Ability to contribute to common projects, share experimental results, and learn from colleagues.

Motivation:

• Display high motivation to actively participate in the 3-year PhD program leading to a doctoral degree.

Flexibility:

• Willingness to engage in mandatory secondments between members of the DONUT consortium.
• Ability to work independently when required.

Initiative and Proactivity:

• Demonstrate a proactive and highly initiative approach to tasks and challenges.

Preferred Experience:

• Previous experience in research labs will be highly valued.

Ensuring compliance with all these requirements is essential for successful consideration as a candidate for this PhD position.

• Highly motivated, independent and enthusiastic doctoral researcher.
• Master degree in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent relevant master degrees.
• Strong background on biomedical engineering, computational methods, and neurosciences.
• Excellent track record of academic achievement and a strong interest in conducting original research and innovation.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

For over ten years, the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in the Lower Rhine region of Germany has provided an innovative, interdisciplinary and international education to young minds from around the world. We offer a total of 36 undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in four multidisciplinary faculties: Technology and Bionics, Life Sciences, Society and Economics, and Communication and Environment. International collaboration is a strength of ours, seen and felt in our network of over 90 partner universities in 38 countries. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences is not only connected to the larger world, but also deeply rooted in its Dutch-German EUREGIO home as well.

We offer you a meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. In addition, we offer you:

• A monthly gross employer cost of €3342.20, plus €600 mobility allowance, and if applicable, €660 family allowance, according to the EU MSCA DN contributions for Germany. This corresponds to gross salary of approx. €3171.52, or €3702.50 in case of DC with family obligations, considered as a marriage or a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country where this relationship was formalised, or in case of dependent children who are actually being maintained by the DC. During the calculation of the net income a deduction of compulsory social contributions, the choice of health insurance, as well as direct taxes (e.g. income tax) need to be considered.
• PhD enrolment within the PK NRW, which provides young scientists at universities of applied sciences with an outstanding training and qualification environment.
• High-quality training programs and other support to grow into a self-aware, autonomous scientific researcher. 
• A modern infrastructure and lab facilities.

• 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 Germany for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not considered.
• The recruited researchers must be doctoral candidates, i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment.
• The recruited researchers must be working exclusively for the project.

To apply for this position (continuing applications are allowed, irrespective the mentioned deadline for applications), please send an e-mail to dc2@donut-project.eu and enclose in a single PDF file:

• Curriculum vitae* (feel free to use Europass model, with contact information for 2-3 references).
• provide a concise exposé, limited to a maximum of two pages, on the aforementioned PhD topic. Ensure that your exposé demonstrates a thorough understanding of proper scientific citation practices by incorporating a minimum of six citations. It is OK to utilize exclusively open-access publications for this purpose.
• cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position. Indicate in the first sentence to which position you apply and whether you have an interest in any of the other two available positions. Additionally, include in the motivation letter your plan of action specific for the position.
• full list of credits and grades of both BSc and MSc degrees (as well as their transcription to English if possible) – (if you haven’t finished your degree yet, just provide us with the partial list of already available credits and grades).
• short statement if your application may also be considered for other positions within the DONUT consortium.
• proof of English proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS, CAE, TELC, …) - if available.
• two reference letters - if available.
• brief description of your MSc thesis.

* The curriculum vitae must be signed by the candidate and has to bear the following sentence concerning the management of candidate’s personal data: “The undersigned Name and Surname authorizes the management of his/her personal data contained in the application documents as foreseen by the European Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and declares to be aware of the rights of the data subject as listed in Chapter III of the aforementioned European Regulation”.

A recruitment committee will select suitable candidates for a first round based on academic formation, professional and/or research experience, motivation, and references. If selected, you will be given a short assignment related to the topic of the project to evaluate analytical abilities and level of written English, followed by interviews. Interviews will take place online to provide equal opportunities to all candidates independent of their location.

The Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences is committed to the professional development and advancement of women. Female candidates are expressly welcomed and encouraged to apply. In accordance with the Gender Equality Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesgleichstellungsgesetz NRW), in cases of equal suitability, aptitude and professional experience, female candidates shall be given preferential consideration over male candidates for vacancies in areas with proportionally fewer female employees, provided there are no specific, overriding reasons for giving preference to a specific male candidate.

In the event of equal suitability, preferential consideration will also be given to disabled candidates or candidates recognised as such by virtue of Section 2 (3) of the German Code of Social Law, Book IX (SGB IX).

The DONUT consortium embraces inclusion and diversity as key values. In the recruitment process measures will be taken to ensure that equal opportunities criteria in the selection process are applied, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. In case of disability, a special needs allowance is available from the EU (so-called special needs allowance) to ensure adequate participation in the action.