The Center for Pharmaceutical Data Science Education (CPDSE) invites affiliated principal investigators to submit proposals for PhD projects. These projects will form the scientific basis for future PhD fellowships supported through the center. In this first round, the CPDSE intends to fund 5 PhD-students, covering salary, tuition and bench fees. In addition, the center will provide a small amount of funding for research-related expenses; the exact amount varies across departments due to differences in tuition fees and bench-fee requirements.
Scope and Focus
Proposed PhD projects must align with the CPDSE’s mission to advance pharmaceutical data science and are expected to demonstrate scientific excellence and clear relevance to pharmaceutical research and/or educational challenges.
Collaboration and Integration of the project in the CPDSE
Each project should contribute to collaboration within and beyond CPDSE by satisfying at least one of the following conditions, with no preference between them:
- Be a joint project supervised by PIs from departments contributing to CPDSE, thereby strengthening inter-departmental integration.
- Be a collaborative project between a CPDSE PI and a PI outside the center, thereby promoting broader adoption of data-science methods in pharmaceutical sciences and education.
External partners beyond CPDSE are welcome to participate, but the primary workplace of the PhD student is mandated to be in one of the seven departments participating in CPDSE.
Projects are supposed to be fully publishable without projects findings being subject to non-disclosure agreements.
The student and minimally one of the supervisors are expected to be or become active in CPDSE community building.
Across the portfolio, the full set of PhD projects should reflect both geographical and thematic diversity, ideally engaging in all departments represented in the CPDSE.
Submission Format of the Proposal
Each group of PIs may submit one primary project proposal. Each individual PI may be in multiple non-overlapping applicant groups. Proposals must be submitted using the 2-page project template.
Evaluation Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Quality and pertinence of the project’s research and innovation objectives.
- Soundness of the proposed methodology.
- Quality and complementarity of supervision in relation to the proposed research.
- Quality of dissemination and communication measures.
- Potential to promote inter-disciplinary and/or inter-departmental collaboration and knowledge transfer within CPDSE and partner departments (see above on Collaboration and Integration).
- Quality and effectiveness of the work plan, including risk assessment and feasibility.
- Appropriateness of infrastructure and facilities supporting the project.
Submission Procedure and Deadline
The deadline for proposal submission is 5th of January 2026. Projects are expected to embark early 2026.
The proposals will be evaluated by a committee consisting of Morten Lindow (CPDSE Center Leader, UCPH), Jacob Kongsted (CPDSE Vice Center Leader, SDU), and Ingrid Sofie Harbo (Executive Consultant & Board Advisor).
Proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file using the official template:
For questions about technical (eligibility, collaboration, etc.) requirements, or the evaluation process, please contact Karlis Berzins (karlis.berzins@sund.ku.dk).