Scientific Director Donders Institute

We are looking for a proven research leader in a field represented in or relevant to the Donders Institute with a strong academic track record and demonstrable leadership skills. As a key figure in our institute, you will help shape the future of collaborative interdisciplinary research, foster innovation, and create an environment in which people and ideas can thrive.

The Donders Institute is a vibrant network organisation that unites six partner institutes engaged in cutting-edge brain and behaviour research. As Scientific Director, you will chair its Executive Board and guide the institute’s overall scientific and strategic direction. You will do so in close collaboration with the Managing Director and the experienced teams at the Donders Institute and her partners. Your responsibilities include overseeing the institute’s scientific programme and shaping a diverse portfolio that encompasses talent development, expanding societal impact, building external partnerships, advancing public outreach, driving diversity, and promoting sustainable science. A key part of the role will be to strengthen the institute’s capacity to attract external research funding and to position Donders competitively in national and European funding landscapes.

Researchers affiliated with the Donders Institute (approximately 300 faculty, 300 postdocs, and 600 PhD candidates) are based within its partner organisations — including the Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Arts, the Radboud University Medical Center, the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Your leadership will therefore be highly collaborative and integrative, bringing together colleagues from different institutional backgrounds and fostering shared purpose, trust, and collective ambition across the Donders community. In addition, you will maintain constructive links with education within the partner faculties.

You will nurture a strong, forward-looking academic environment and represent the Donders Institute with visibility and credibility in national and international arenas – from international research collaborations to Dutch science policy and broader public dialogue. In the coming years, a key focus will be to strengthen the institute’s strategic engagement and visibility at both national and European levels, and beyond, leveraging strategic networks and partnerships to advance the institute’s mission.

Scientific Director Donders Institute

We are looking for a proven research leader in a field represented in or relevant to the Donders Institute with a strong academic track record and demonstrable leadership skills. As a key figure in our institute, you will help shape the future of collaborative interdisciplinary research, foster innovation, and create an environment in which people and ideas can thrive.

The Donders Institute is a vibrant network organisation that unites six partner institutes engaged in cutting-edge brain and behaviour research. As Scientific Director, you will chair its Executive Board and guide the institute’s overall scientific and strategic direction. You will do so in close collaboration with the Managing Director and the experienced teams at the Donders Institute and her partners. Your responsibilities include overseeing the institute’s scientific programme and shaping a diverse portfolio that encompasses talent development, expanding societal impact, building external partnerships, advancing public outreach, driving diversity, and promoting sustainable science. A key part of the role will be to strengthen the institute’s capacity to attract external research funding and to position Donders competitively in national and European funding landscapes.

Researchers affiliated with the Donders Institute (approximately 300 faculty, 300 postdocs, and 600 PhD candidates) are based within its partner organisations — including the Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Arts, the Radboud University Medical Center, the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Your leadership will therefore be highly collaborative and integrative, bringing together colleagues from different institutional backgrounds and fostering shared purpose, trust, and collective ambition across the Donders community. In addition, you will maintain constructive links with education within the partner faculties.

You will nurture a strong, forward-looking academic environment and represent the Donders Institute with visibility and credibility in national and international arenas – from international research collaborations to Dutch science policy and broader public dialogue. In the coming years, a key focus will be to strengthen the institute’s strategic engagement and visibility at both national and European levels, and beyond, leveraging strategic networks and partnerships to advance the institute’s mission.

Scientific Director Donders Institute

We are looking for a proven research leader in a field represented in or relevant to the Donders Institute with a strong academic track record and demonstrable leadership skills. As a key figure in our institute, you will help shape the future of collaborative interdisciplinary research, foster innovation, and create an environment in which people and ideas can thrive.

The Donders Institute is a vibrant network organisation that unites six partner institutes engaged in cutting-edge brain and behaviour research. As Scientific Director, you will chair its Executive Board and guide the institute’s overall scientific and strategic direction. You will do so in close collaboration with the Managing Director and the experienced teams at the Donders Institute and her partners. Your responsibilities include overseeing the institute’s scientific programme and shaping a diverse portfolio that encompasses talent development, expanding societal impact, building external partnerships, advancing public outreach, driving diversity, and promoting sustainable science. A key part of the role will be to strengthen the institute’s capacity to attract external research funding and to position Donders competitively in national and European funding landscapes.

Researchers affiliated with the Donders Institute (approximately 300 faculty, 300 postdocs, and 600 PhD candidates) are based within its partner organisations — including the Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Arts, the Radboud University Medical Center, the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Your leadership will therefore be highly collaborative and integrative, bringing together colleagues from different institutional backgrounds and fostering shared purpose, trust, and collective ambition across the Donders community. In addition, you will maintain constructive links with education within the partner faculties.

You will nurture a strong, forward-looking academic environment and represent the Donders Institute with visibility and credibility in national and international arenas – from international research collaborations to Dutch science policy and broader public dialogue. In the coming years, a key focus will be to strengthen the institute’s strategic engagement and visibility at both national and European levels, and beyond, leveraging strategic networks and partnerships to advance the institute’s mission.

Postdoc Position: Cognitive Rehabilitation at the Donders Centre for Cognition

You will play a key role in supporting the PIs within the research lines that are focused on neuropsychological rehabilitation (accordingly, the research is predominantly applied research). Your main tasks will be data management and data analysis, and co-authoring scientific research papers using data that have already been collected in the department and collaborating centres. You will present these results at international conferences in the field of neuropsychology and/or cognitive rehabilitation. You will assist in the supervision of PhD candidates and facilitate collaboration with institutes such as the Klimmendaal Rehabilitation Centre, where studies may be partially or wholly embedded. Examples of ongoing research includes digital and/or face-to-face cognitive strategy training for people with acquired brain injury or Parkinson’s disease, the use of spared implicit learning to overcome deficits in executive function or memory, and the examination of newly developed neuropsychological tests.

Postdoc Position: Cognitive Rehabilitation at the Donders Centre for Cognition

You will play a key role in supporting the PIs within the research lines that are focused on neuropsychological rehabilitation (accordingly, the research is predominantly applied research). Your main tasks will be data management and data analysis, and co-authoring scientific research papers using data that have already been collected in the department and collaborating centres. You will present these results at international conferences in the field of neuropsychology and/or cognitive rehabilitation. You will assist in the supervision of PhD candidates and facilitate collaboration with institutes such as the Klimmendaal Rehabilitation Centre, where studies may be partially or wholly embedded. Examples of ongoing research includes digital and/or face-to-face cognitive strategy training for people with acquired brain injury or Parkinson’s disease, the use of spared implicit learning to overcome deficits in executive function or memory, and the examination of newly developed neuropsychological tests.