Opportunities
The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) will train and recruit the next generation of data-driven life scientists and create strong and globally competitive computational and data science capabilities in Swedish life science.
The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) will train and recruit the next generation of data-driven life scientists and create strong and globally competitive computational and data science capabilities in Swedish life science.
With a total budget of 3.1 billion SEK (about 300Meuro, 350MUSD) over 12 years, generously donated by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation, the program will aim to recruit a total of 39 future research leaders as DDLS Fellows, more than 60 permanent advanced technical staff at national Data Science Nodes and the national Data Platform, establish a graduate school for 260 PhD students and create 210 postdoctoral positions in academia and industry.
If you are interested in joining us on this incredible journey you can find DDLS Fellow, PhD and postdoc positions, open calls, staff positions, and other DDLS related opportunities here. All positions will be at one of our eleven partner universities/organizations, Chalmers, GU, KI, KTH, LiU, LU, SLU, SU, UmU and UU) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History, spread out across Sweden.
Open positions
Open calls
Call for Joint WASP and DDLS NESTs
DDLS and WASP announce a joint call for NESTs (Novelty, Excellence, Synergy, and Teams) projects that span across the thematic profiles of DDLS and WASP. A NEST should address a specific strategic high-priority research challenge with international impact and visibility that requires the gathered competence of a multidisciplinary team of investigators in order to be solved.
Call for DDLS Research School Courses
The DDLS Research School opens the call for courses in topics of relevance for data-driven life science research. The DDLS Research School will offer courses (and other activities) to the DDLS PhD students, starting in the spring semester of 2025. In this call, we primarily solicit courses in DDLS where each course could cover one or more of the following topics:
- Data handling in data-driven life science research
- Algorithms in data-driven life science / Machine learning algorithms
- Study design for data-driven life science research
- Deep learning
- ELSI
Research initiation grants for data-driven life sciences and society (DDLS/WASP-HS)
This call aims to provide funding for research investigating the human and social challenges of data-driven strategies developed and applied within the life sciences. The research should aim to increase the understanding of how using artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and data-driven methodologies has effects and consequences in the life sciences, medicine, and/or society.
DDLS Bioinformatics Long-term Support
DDLS strives to enable excellent and Data-Driven Life Science, offering extensive bioinformatics and data science support to a limited set of scientifically outstanding projects.
Previous calls
Continuosly updated
Call for Industrial PhD Projects
The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) has launched a competitive grant call for the PIs to suggest exciting data-driven research projects and training opportunities for industrial PhD students.
Call for Academic PhD Projects
The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) has launched a competitive grant call for the PIs to suggest exciting data-driven research projects and training opportunities for academic PhD students.
WASP and DDLS announce a joint call for research visits
DDLS and WASP have a strong ambition to form solid collaborations and bridge the gap between the scientific disciplines of DDLS and WASP. To strengthen the collaboration, DDLS and WASP now announce a joint research visit program call.
Open nomination for an industry representative in the DDLS Research School Management Group
The Research School Management Group (RSMG) is the operative group that closely works with the research school managers and personnel from the Operations Office (OO) and is chaired by the Research School Director. An open nomination for an industry representative in the RSMG group is now ongoing.
WASP and DDLS joint call for research projects 2022
In the light of last year’s successful cooperation, WASP and the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program on Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), are now announcing their second joint project call.
WASP-HS and DDLS joint call for seed-money 2023
This call aims to provide seed money for research investigating the human and social challenges of data-driven strategies developed within the life sciences.
WASP-HS and DDLS joint call for seed-money 2022
DDLS and WASP-HS are committed to forming meaningful collaborations to bridge the gaps between the scientific disciplines of DDLS and WASP-HS. As a first step in their collaboration, DDLS and WASP-HS now announce a call for seed-money to explore the possibility of developing joint research projects addressing mutually relevant themes.
WASP and DDLS joint call for research projects 2021
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation has earmarked funding for such collaborations in their donations to both these programs. As a first step in their collaboration, DDLS and WASP now announce a call for proposals for bridging research projects.