We are hiring Doctoral Candidates:

UNVEIL is currently recruiting 1 Doctoral Candidate (DC2), hosted by one beneficiary institution in Italy, as part of its interdisciplinary doctoral training network. The DC will be employed full-time under national legislation and MSCA Work Programme provisions.

UNVEIL brings together research and training activities covering nondestructive evaluation (THz, ultrasound, IR thermography), spectral and surface imaging, multimodal data fusion and visualisation (Digital Twins, AR), and heritage science. The programme also includes network-wide training, transferable skills development, international secondments, and joint supervision.

The DC2 position is currently open for recruitment, with an expected start date in 2026. Further information on the research topic, eligibility criteria, application procedure, and contact point is provided in the specific DC2 advertisement below.

Selection follows MSCA principles: openness, transparency, equal opportunities, gender balance, impartiality, and merit-based evaluation.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must :
✅ Not already hold a doctoral degree
✅ Be enrolled in or eligible for a doctoral programme according to national legislation
✅ Comply with the MSCA mobility rule : in general, they must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the recruiting organisation for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date

The recruitment process is in two stages :

1️⃣ Demonstration of Interest (on this page)

Applicants must upload in English :
📄 Academic certificates and full transcripts
📄 A detailed CV
📄 A motivation letter
⚠️ The CV must clearly indicate all degrees (with dates and institutions). In order to check the mobility rules, it must also include the country(ies) of residence and main activities during the past 36 months. Submission via the UNVEIL website is only a Demonstration of Interest and not the official application.

2️⃣ Formal Application

📝 Submitted directly to the recruiting beneficiary via its official application system :

DC1 – Super-resolution terahertz imaging for layered artworks
Recruitment closed

DC2 – Thermography for painting stratigraphy

DC3 – Air-coupled ultrasonic tomography
Recruitment closed

DC4 – THz imaging of ceramic artefacts
Recruitment closed

DC5 – Ultrasonic imaging for sculptures and ceramics
Recruitment closed

DC6 – Laser ultrasonics for artwork diagnostics
Recruitment closed

DC7 – Multiscale and multimodal hyperspectral imaging analysis
Recruitment closed

DC8 – Data fusion and multimodal learning for materials and pigments identification
Recruitment closed

DC9 – Multispectral and subsurface imaging fusion
Recruitment closed

DC10 – Feature extraction in multimodal NDE data
Recruitment closed

DC11 – Digital twins for cultural heritage diagnostics
Recruitment closed

DC12 – Digital twins and augmented reality in museums
Recruitment closed

⚠️ Only applications submitted through the official portals will be considered.

Governance note: recruitment is overseen by CNRS with consortium bodies to ensure fairness, gender & diversity balance, and timely selection.