Funded PhD in Women’s Health, Fitness, and Readiness in the Irish Defence Forces
Funded PhD opportunity
at
Technological University of the Shannon
(TUS), in collaboration with
The University of Oklahoma
and the
Irish Defence Forces
.
The project, titled
MISSION-READY
, focuses on
women’s health, fitness, and readiness
in the Irish Defence Forces. It will use a
mixed-methods
approach to study recruitment, retention, fitness, injury risk, and psychosocial wellbeing among female recruits. The PhD will also co-design and evaluate a female-focused, physiology-informed training intervention and aims to generate the first national dataset on women’s health and performance in the defence sector.
Research areas / keywords:
sport and exercise science, physiology, women’s health, fitness testing, exercise testing, data analysis, training intervention, psychosocial wellbeing, defence forces research.
Supervisory team:
Emma Cowley, Niamh Ni Cheilleachair, Sam Moore, and Mou Sultana.
Eligibility highlights:
suitable for graduates with a background in sport and exercise science or physiology, especially those with demonstrable experience in exercise testing and data analysis. The student will be based in
Athlone, Ireland
, with travel to various barracks during data collection.
Funding:
TUS-funded, 4 years.
Deadline:
27 May 2026
. The post says there are 10 days left to apply and the start date is in October.
How to apply:
read the full details using the link provided, then submit the application form to
[email protected]
. Queries can be directed to
[email protected]
.
