PhD funding opportunities

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), is offering a fully funded PhD position in chemistry for the 2026 third call. The project is supervised by Prof. Arjan Kleij and focuses on the design, synthesis and application of circular polymers . The research will investigate the catalytic preparation of new polymer systems using both covalent and non-covalent polymerization techniques, with an emphasis on circularity, recycli...

A PhD Fellowship in Chemistry is available in the Polymerization Processes Group at the Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering, POLYMAT Fundazioa, in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. The project focuses on the development and fundamental understanding of emulsion polymerization processes. Emulsion polymerization is widely used industrially to produce polymer latexes, yet it remains a complex heterogeneous system that is still not fully understood. This PhD will address key scienti...

PhD Opportunity in Analytical Chemistry / Biomedicine at the University of Barcelona The Bioanàlisi Research Group in the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Barcelona is seeking highly motivated candidates for a PhD linked to the FPU 2026 fellowship . The group works on developing and applying advanced analytical methods for challenging problems in biomedicine , pharmaceutical analysis , and agri-food science . Research areas / keywords: analytical chemistry, biomedicine, pharmaceutical analysi...

PhD Opportunity at the University of Girona in the LEPAMAP-PRODIS Research Group for AI-Assisted Design and Development of Sustainable Composite Products . This doctoral project combines materials science , engineering , machine learning , sustainability assessment , and safety-by-design to build an AI-assisted digital platform for sustainable composite-product design. The selected PhD researcher will gain hands-on experience in composite materials development and processing, product engineering...

Fully-funded PhD opportunity at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain This call is for a PhD position in the ICIQ Fully-Funded PhD Programme 2026 – Third Call , hosted by the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona, Spain, in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). The advertised project is supervised by Prof. Katherine Villa and focuses on Light-Driven Oscillatory Micromotor Systems . The research project explores the design of ph...