PhD scholarship

The Scuola Superiore Meridionale (SSM) in Naples, Italy, offers a prestigious and fully funded PhD opportunity for the academic year 2026-27. SSM is renowned for its interdisciplinary research environment and global outlook, providing an elite doctoral experience for highly qualified graduate students. The institution is located in the vibrant city of Naples and is recognized for its rigorous selection process, admitting only the most promising candidates through a competitive exam and interview...

PhD opportunity at the University of Trieste in Italy for the 2026/2027 academic year (42nd Cycle). The call for applications covers a broad range of doctoral research areas, including agricultural and veterinary sciences , mathematical and computer sciences , physical and chemical sciences , earth and biological sciences , medical sciences , industrial and information engineering , and economics and statistics . This is a strong fit for applicants interested in interdisciplinary doctoral resear...

PhD opportunity at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy in Flood risk in alpine areas under climate change: risk management and flood resilience . The project focuses on how climate change is reshaping flood regimes in Alpine regions, including winter floods, earlier peaks, snowmelt-driven changes, and more frequent short intense rainfall events. The research combines hydrology , river hydraulics , flood risk , climate change , extreme events , and nature-based solutions , with an emphasi...

PhD opportunity in ecological modelling and omics approaches to study how multiple anthropogenic impacts, especially climate change , affect subterranean ecosystems in Italy. The project is hosted by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (CNR-IRSA) , within the Molecular Ecology Group (MEG) in Verbania. The research combines thermal tolerance experiments, metagenomics , metaproteomics , functional traits, and species distribution models to understand how terres...

Open PhD scholarship in “Microbial connectivity across tropical coastal seascapes” (MOSAIC) , part of the SEASTRONG Horizon Europe project . The project investigates how spatial connectivity among mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs shapes microbial community structure and biogeochemical function across three tropical regions: Seychelles, Fiji, and Belize . This is a fully funded 3-year PhD scholarship with fieldwork in three tropical regions and access to a 15-partner international consortiu...