Job ID: IQOQIIBK146PD125

IQOQI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 in Quantum Science (f/m/x)

https://iqoqi.at/de/das-iqoqi/prize-postdoctoral-fellowship 

(full-time, 40h per week)

With the IQOQI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship program the institute seeks to identify, recruit and support the most talented and promising young quantum physicists at an early stage of their careers.

The Fellowship is awarded for two years - with an optional third year - to an outstanding experimental or theoretical physicist. It offers the freedom of collaborating with all research groups at the institute, and/or of having a leading role in an experiment to pursue a project line not necessarily coinciding with the mainstream research of the group. Choosing a hosting research group is not a requirement, but optional. We value this independence, and support and foster it. The IQOQI Prize postdoctoral researchers are communicated accordingly, including their visibility on our website.

Recipients are selected by a committee of the scientific directorate and should have completed their Ph.D. degree by the time they start their assignment. They should show outstanding research in theoretical or experimental quantum physics commensurate with the level of the position, and an ability to identify and pursue research problems independently while working well in an interactive and dynamic setting.

• PhD degree in physics (at the start of the fellowship)
• Excellent academic record in quantum science
• Ability to identify and pursue research independently
• Excellent verbal and written English skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team and to present scientific results to the community

• Working at a leading research and quantum science institution
• Freedom of collaborating with any research group at the institute
• High independence
• Possibility of close collaborations with research groups of the institutes for experimental and theoretical physics at the University of Innsbruck
• Flextime arrangement
• Various attractive social benefits and research funds for a total lump sum of 7.000 Euro

Katrin Nagele  |  Katrin.Nagele@oeaw.ac.at
IQOQIIBK | 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften | Austrian Academy of Sciences | https://www.oeaw.ac.at/