Reassessing Aerobic Testing in Football University of Verona in Italy

The National Institute of Sports Science (JISS), within the Japan Sport Council’s High-Performance Sports Center, is seeking a contract researcher or postdoctoral-equivalent researcher in training science . The researcher will contribute to research and practical support aimed at improving international athletic performance. The work includes conducting fitness measurements covering morphology and body composition, muscle strength and muscle power, aerobic capacity, and related performance indic...

The Universidad Católica de Valencia is offering a predoctoral PhD position in Sport Sciences within the T-MADE project: Tailor-Made Training and Assessment for Inclusive and Growth-Sensitive Athletic Talent Development . The project focuses on how growth, biological maturation, and relative age shape the development of young football players. The research aim is to support more inclusive talent development and training practices that are adapted to the developmental needs of each player. The se...

PhD position in Training and Exercise Science at the University of Salzburg This PhD opportunity is based in the Department of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Salzburg in Austria. The position is a temporary part-time appointment (30 hours per week) starting in December 2026 and running until 30 November 2030. The role is framed as a University Assistant without PhD, with doctoral research forming an important part of the work. The successful candidate will contribute to academic...

The International PhD Programme in Science and Health in Football is hosted by the Institute of Sports and Preventive Medicine at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. It is designed to develop the scientific approach to football and to deepen research on the health and performance of elite football players. The programme brings together sport science, medicine, exercise physiology, and human biology in a structured doctoral environment. PhD students work on topics such as evaluating potential hea...

The Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä is seeking four doctoral researchers to join its research and doctoral training environment starting on 4 January 2027, or by agreement. The faculty describes itself as Finland’s only faculty of sport sciences and a nationally and internationally significant scientific community. Its work is interdisciplinary and focused on the connections between physical activity and health, carried out together with actors from different ...