Postdoctoral Scholarship Program

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is accepting applications for its 2027–2028 Postdoctoral Scholarships . These are 18-month postdoctoral appointments designed to extend training and advance research careers in ocean-related fields. WHOI welcomes applicants with doctorates in oceanography, chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, biology, economics, marine policy , and other fields that contribute to WHOI’s mission. Applications from all areas of ...

DOC [Doctoral Fellowship Program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences] is a doctoral fellowship for highly qualified PhD candidates in Austria. The program supports dissertation research in all areas of basic research and is designed to help young researchers focus on writing their thesis within a clear time frame. Eligibility: applicants must be pursuing doctoral/PhD studies at a university in Austria and meet the application requirements. The page notes that changes to the application requireme...

EMERGE Alaska at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), is recruiting 8 PhD students for start dates in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2027 . The program is centered on marine and coastal ecosystem research and brings together academic training, research and innovation, professional development, and student success support. This opportunity is housed in CFOS, which includes departments in Fisheries, Marine Biology, and Oceanography . Students will be part o...

PhD opportunity in multi-component transport in floodplain aquifers using reactive transport models , with a research focus on groundwater processes in Bangladesh . The position is posted by The University of Texas at Austin and is part of a collaboration involving Texas A&M University , University of Texas at San Antonio , and Dhaka University . The work is associated with the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences. This is a PhD student opening and is d...

Fully funded MS and PhD opportunities are available in the Fettrow Global Change Biogeochemistry Lab at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, within the Department of Earth, Environment and Planetary Sciences (EEPS). The positions are part of an interdisciplinary research team focused on biogeochemistry , climate change , environmental science , soil science , and related Earth system processes. Research topics include the impact of forest fires on forest biogeochemical cycles, warming in pola...