The project kicked off in January 2026 and the first doctoral positions are open for applications

Eight of the fifteen ANCHOR doctoral positions are open to applications and details on each of these can be found at the links below.

Two positions are based at the University of Strathclyde in the UK, one focussed on optical wireless communications and the other exploring beyond line-of-sight communication in the ultraviolet wavelengths.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/401851

A further two positions are available at Instituto de Telecomunicações in Portugal. One of these will investigate advanced solutions for the mitigation of atmospheric impairments on high-speed free-space optics signals and the other will focus on the development and optimization of algorithms for 6 GHz low-cost massive MIMO solutions using radio stripes for wide coverage.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402611

The University of Cambridge in the UK also has an ANCHOR project. This position will focus on the design and analysis of optical wireless communication systems with ultra-low or energy-neutral operation.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/411775

At Riga Technical University in Lativa, the doctoral project will focus on the development of photonics-assisted THz and analog radio-over-fiber (A-RoF) fronthaul technologies for future distributed and cell-free wireless networks
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/406395

The last two positions that are currently available are based at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. The first position focuses on Hybrid FSO-RF-Fiber Channel Models and Transmission Schemes and the second will look into Dynamic Network Architectures and Control for Tropospheric and Cell-Free Networks.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/405988
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402057