Traineeships

Discover traineeships

HPCTRAIN offers structured, three to six-month traineeships within Europe’s leading supercomputing centres, universities, and innovative companies, giving you hands-on experience with advanced HPC technologies in real-world environments. 

To explore the latest traineeships on offer on this page, just scroll down! Found an interesting placement? You can submit your application via the PRACE Application portal: don’t forget to note the Proposal ID of the traineeship that you want to apply for!

How to apply

The full call text, eligibility criteria and details of how to apply for these traineeships, can be read and downloaded here (PDF document). 

Currently available traineeships can be browsed on this page, just scroll down. 

Make sure that you note the Proposal ID before you go to the PRACE Application portal to submit your application. You will need that to find the traineeship that you want to apply for.The Proposal ID is displayed next to the [edit] icon of each traineeship below, and under ‘Proposal ID’ after you click on ‘Details and access’ for a specific traineeship.The Proposal ID always has the following format: HPCTRAIN-OFFER-yyyy99-999.

Available traineeships

The available HPCTRAIN traineeships can be viewed below. The next cut-off date for applications is 1 September 2026.