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Cuprides – a Revolutionary Oxidation State of Copper at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Cuprides – a Revolutionary Oxidation State of Copper at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

Sharing for David: There’s a PhD studentship open in the Liptrot Group (@bathchem.bsky.social) - a great chance to get involved in some really exciting chemistry.

Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t.

ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants.

🔗 link.europa.eu/xF7kjc

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Fully Funded Phosphazene Stabilised Ylids as Ligands for Aluminium Catalysis at University of Greenwich on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Fully Funded Phosphazene Stabilised Ylids as Ligands for Aluminium Catalysis at University of Greenwich, listed on FindAPhD.com

I've got a fully funded PhD position in my group at Greenwich, doing some fun ligand design and main group (aluminium) catalysis with phosphazenes and ylids - please, share widely and drop me an email at e.clark@gre.ac.uk if you're interested.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Commission invests close to €400 million for postdoctoral researchers Today, the European Commission opens the 2026 call for the Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships, with a budget of €399.05 million. These fellowships support researchers holding a PhD to carry out their research activities abroad and acquire new skills in different disciplines and sectors. Researchers will benefit by working with leading scientific teams, contributing to the EU\'s competitiveness through their cutting-edge research.

Come and join us at UoM Chemistry with a MSCA PDRA fellowship. If you are interested in low-valent 3d metal chemistry (synth and catalysis) please email me directly.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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I will keep you posted once we have tried it

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Congrats Olie, this is a really useful access point to Fe(I). I look forward to trying it to access our Fe(I) complexes directly without needing Na/Hg or KC8

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Congrats David, Mark and teams! I proposed something similar but with a different reagent and it got shot down by the funding agency. Nice to see this works in reality not just on paper

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Research Associate in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry:Oxford Road For recent publications relevant to the project see: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 27993; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15000; Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 3330; Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 3003.

We are hiring! Two PDRAs in a collaborative project between researchers in the EPSRC National Research Facility for EPR Spectroscopy, Manchester Chemistry, and the Eddleman Quantum Institute. Please share:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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EPSRC Postdoctoral Pathway Fellowships | Faculty of Science and Engineering | The University of Manchester

Your PhD was funded by the EPSRC (CDT, DTP, iCASE...)?
You want to explore something new?
Then come and join us with the support of an EPSRC Postdoctoral Pathway Fellowship. More information below.

www.se.manchester.ac.uk/research/fel...

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Congrats Mike, Graham and teams! Lovely paper. I wish our Fe-systems were so well’ behaved’!

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EPSRC DTP - Automated mechanistic studies in catalysis with quantum chemistry and machine learning at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EPSRC DTP - Automated mechanistic studies in catalysis with quantum chemistry and machine learning at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD opening in Trujillo Group @manchester.ac.uk
Fully funded EPSRC DTP on automated mechanistic studies in catalysis!
Collab Dr Alegre-Requena (Zaragoza).
July/Oct 2026 start.

Details/apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#phd #catalysis #compchem #ml

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Thinking of doing a PhD in synthetic inorganic chemistry? Apply with the Mehta group. UK students only. Email me.

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Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226) - University of Warwick Title: Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

We are looking for two talented people to join us at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick as assistant professors. Permanent positions. 🧪🍎🥽
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

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Combined Synthetic and Computational Understanding of New Heterobimetallic Dimetallocenes at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Combined Synthetic and Computational Understanding of New Heterobimetallic Dimetallocenes at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

The PhD position within my research group is still open. This project is joint with Profs David Mills and Nik Kaltsoyannis looking at the synthesis and bonding in main group heterobimetallic dimetallocenes. Closing date 6th March

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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I am excited to announce a fully-funded PhD Scholarship in Molecular Bismuth Chemistry (and beyond) is now available in our research group at Flinders University.

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Group Website: isolobal.com

#PhDPosition #OrganometallicChemistry #ChemistryResearch #PhDOpportunity

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Iron-borane catalyzed carbonyl hydroboration and isolation of an iron(I)-ketyl radical ( @dr-dwillcox.bsky.social ): www.nature.com/articles/s41... ( @nature.com , @nature.com.web.brid.gy ).

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Many thanks Dave!

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Thanks John!

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Thanks Josh!

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Thanks Matt! This one took a while to get there

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Thanks Carl!

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Thanks Meera. Congrats on your Nat Chem. paper too

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Iron-borane catalyzed carbonyl hydroboration and isolation of an iron(I)-ketyl radical - Nature Communications Homogeneous catalytic hydroboration represents a valuable strategy for the synthesis of alcohols but reports which employ iron-based catalysts are somewhat limited. Here, the authors report an iron me...

Our latest paper is out in Nature Comms describing the first Fe(I)-ketyl radical complex. Congratulations to Laura, Ryan, Adam and our collaborator David Robinson from Nottingham Trent.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Many congratulations Clare and Matt. Beautiful stuff!

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Thanks Matt.

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Thanks Marcus.

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Thanks Mike!

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Unusual Reactivity of a Heterobimetallic Al─Zn Complex With a Carbodiimide We show that subtly changing steric bulk about the Al─Zn bonds of heterobimetallic complexes can switch on reactivity with heteroallenes at the aluminium-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl moiety as well as...

First paper of the year and a wonderful collaboration with the @millsgroupchem.bsky.social. Congrats to Jake and the team for the mammoth effort. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Modelling X-ray Spectroscopies for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle :Manchester Post-doctoral research associate in Modelling X-ray Spectroscopies for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle working with the Oakley group, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester.

I'm currently advertising a two year PDRA position in simulating actinide X-ray spectra at @manchester.ac.uk. Feel free to DM or email me if you have any questions about this position.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

📢 Postdoc fellowship – computational catalysis. Looking to support an outstanding early-career researcher interested in #CompChem catalyst design, mechanistic insight and QM + ML + experiment.

⏳ UoM internal deadline: late Feb
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#Catalysis #Postdoc #NewtonFellowship

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