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PhD Scholarship in Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Kidney Transplant Prediction, Netherlands

🏛 University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) 📍 Groningen, Netherlands 📅 2026

About this opportunity

The University Medical Center Groningen invites applications for a PhD Scholarship in Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Kidney Transplant Prediction. The position focuses on developing AI models to predict kidney transplant outcomes using machine learning on biomarkers from clinical data, perfusion fluid, and biopsies, with the aim of improving donor kidney utilization and patient survival rates. The scholarship is funded by the Dutch Kidney Foundation and NWO and is available to applicants affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen.

Benefits & funding

4-year contract with salary and secondary conditions; opportunities for conference presentations, publications, and personal development; supervision by AI/nephrology experts; collaboration with national/international teams.

Eligibility

Eligible countries: all nationalities. The scholarship will be awarded in Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or related fields and requires recently completed Master’s degrees in relevant areas and related experience.

How to apply

Submit via the digital application form on the UMCG job page.

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