Call for PhD Project Proposals
The Swedish Space Research School (SSRS) invites universities and research institutes in Sweden to submit PhD project proposals for inclusion in the first cohort of SSRS-funded doctoral students starting fall of 2026.
SSRS is a new national doctoral school in space science and technology, jointly established by a large consortium of Swedish universities, research institutes, and industrial partners. The school is led by KTH Royal Institute of Technology and governed by a national Steering Committee, with participation from all SSRS consortium organizations.
This first call aims to identify high-quality, innovative, and strategically important PhD projects that will contribute to strengthening Sweden’s long-term competence, excellence, and competitiveness in space research and technology. Note that the selection of PhD students with SSRS funding is a 2-step process. This call is the first step and concerns project ideas. These project ideas will be evaluated based on a peer-review process as outlined below. In a second step, for the projects selected for funding by SSRS, the host organisations will announce the PhD student positions and locally handle the application and employment process.
The total budget available for this call is up to 35 MSEK, to be distributed among the selected projects over their durations.
Deadline to submit application is 9 February at 23.59. Application is submitted as a PDF file and emailed to swedishspaceresearchschool@kth.se .
For the entire call see this link. (pdf 220 kB)