Postdoc Position in Neuroscience

Radboud University

Employment: 1.0 FTE
Gross monthly salary: €4,728 – €6,433
Required background: PhD
Organizational unit: Faculty of Social Sciences
Application deadline: 31 March 2026

Your Function

Join the RE:HOME project as a junior postdoctoral researcher and help develop smart, personalised home-rehabilitation technology for children with neurological conditions. Work with leading international partners to create real impact in healthcare.

The RE:HOME project (Smart technologies for personalised home care for neurological paediatric patients) involves partners from France, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Funded by Interreg North-West Europe (NWE), the project aims to build and test a rehabilitation platform that enables home rehabilitation through personalised feedback and monitoring of health data, rehabilitation progress, and quality of life.

As a junior postdoctoral researcher, you will:

  • Develop algorithms for monitoring and assessing perception and motor behaviour in hospital and home settings

  • Focus on sensorimotor integration within the perception-action cycle

  • Participate in patient studies to understand human functioning, disorders, and test new technologies

  • Collaborate closely with colleagues from the Donders Institute and Sint Maartenskliniek, a partner rehabilitation hospital

  • Contribute to management, mentoring (PhD, MSc, BSc students), and teaching-related tasks

Candidate Profile

You are a strong candidate if you:

  • Hold a PhD in a relevant field (e.g., sensorimotor neuroscience, human movement sciences, biomedical engineering, AI, computational neuroscience)

  • Have experience and interest in probabilistic or other modelling approaches to sensorimotor control

  • Possess strong social, communication, and organisational skills

  • Are a team player

  • Experience with behavioural and patient studies and supervising students is advantageous

What We Offer

  • Temporary employment contract of 22 months

  • Salary within scale 11, based on education and experience (38-hour work week)

  • 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus

  • Extra annual leave: choose 30 or 41 days (full-time) instead of statutory 20

Additional employment conditions:

  • Flexible working hours, leave arrangements, and work-from-home options for work-life balance

  • Option to exchange income for extra leave and reimbursement for sports membership

  • 34% discount on sports and cultural activities at Radboud University

  • Solid pension plan

  • Opportunities for training and professional development

Workplace

You will be embedded in the Sensorimotor Research Group of Prof. Pieter Medendorp at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour.

The Donders Institute:

  • Houses 700+ researchers

  • Focuses on four themes:

    1. Language and communication

    2. Perception, action, and decision-making

    3. Development and lifelong plasticity

    4. Natural computing and neurotechnology

  • Provides state-of-the-art research facilities and a collaborative, multidisciplinary, international environment

  • English is the lingua franca

Faculty of Social Sciences:

  • Focuses on human behaviour, communication, society, and culture

  • 6,000 students and 700 staff

  • Education organised into six clusters: Psychology; AI; Pedagogical Sciences; Communication Science; Sociology; Cultural Anthropology & Developmental Sociology

  • Research institutes: Donders Centre for Cognition, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud Social Cultural Research

Radboud University:

  • Conducts groundbreaking research and provides high-quality education

  • Fosters inclusive, diverse work environment

  • Contributes to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities

Application Process

  • Apply only via the application button on the vacancy page

  • Address your application to Prof. Pieter Medendorp

  • Required documents will be specified in the application form

Timeline:

  • First interviews: Thursday 16 April 2026

  • Second interviews: Wednesday 22 April 2026

  • Preferred start date: 1 September 2026

Additional notes:

  • Internal applicants can consult guidance on internal applications

  • Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated

Contact:
Prof. W.P. Medendorp (Pieter) – pieter.medendorp [at] donders.ru.nl

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