PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Sports Science in New Zealand

The Department of Pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a collaborative project on the mechanisms of chronic pain in women’s health conditions, including pelvic pain, endometriosis, and migraine headache. The research will combine established rodent models of endometriosis with complementary in vitro studies using primary mouse and human dorsal root ganglion neurons. The project will examine how hormones and inflammatory med...

The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), through the Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante in Portici, offers one research contract within the STEP NanoBio-FARM project. The work sits in the scientific area of abiotic and biotic stresses linked to climate change and is coordinated by Dott.ssa Maurilia Maria Monti . The selected researcher will contribute to a project focused on plant physiology and the evaluation of innovative biostimulant formulations . The research investiga...

The Japan Sport Council is recruiting a contract researcher at the National Institute of Sports Science within the High-Performance Sports Center in Tokyo, Japan. The position is based in the Research Division of Sports Science and is focused on research and practical support aimed at improving international athletic performance. The successful researcher will conduct sports-science research, support athletes and performance programmes, and contribute to fitness assessment. Activities include mo...

Maynooth University Soccer Scholarships The scholarship combines financial support with a structured high-performance sport setting. Scholars receive UEFA-qualified coaching alongside strength and conditioning support, nutrition and sports psychology advice, medical and physiotherapy care, fitness and video analysis, and access to the free gym and high-performance team gym. The men’s soccer programme runs with League of Ireland club St Patrick’s Athletic, providing a pathway into the top flight....

Linköping University is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher to join a research programme on the prevention of cardiovascular disease, with particular emphasis on the causes and consequences of atherosclerosis. The project is primarily based on data from the national, population-based SCAPIS study, which combines advanced imaging of atherosclerosis with detailed information on health behaviours, risk factors, and cardiovascular health in approximately 30,000 middle-aged individuals. Th...

[Funded through the CENTA3 DLA and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Covers an annual stipend, tuition fees at home-fee level, and a Research Training Support Grant.] This PhD studentship investigates how the jaws of sharks have evolved and how different jaw forms affect feeding function across both living and fossil elasmobranchs. The project is framed around the remarkable diversity of shark ecologies, from suction feeding and filter feeding to shell-crunching, and asks how the ...

The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Education is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the School of Education and Society and the Slow Emergencies project team. The project investigates how young people's futures in education policy are shaped by slow emergencies, including climate change, artificial intelligence and pandemics. The researcher will contribute to innovative qualitative research examining policy responses and the experiences and perspectives of young people and policy mak...

Research focus: This PhD project develops generative computational methods for designing protein- and peptide-based biomaterials as sustainable alternatives to fluorinated PFAS polymers. The first application is solid-state battery components, where the project will target materials with adhesion, cohesion, ion conduction, and controlled degradability. The researcher will combine molecular foundation models with iterative laboratory feedback to generate de novo protein and peptide designs. The w...

The University of Salzburg is seeking a postdoctoral University Assistant with PhD for the Division Food–Movement–Health in its Department of Sports and Exercise Science. The role combines independent scientific research with contributions to university teaching and the broader research and teaching activities of the department. The division works at the intersection of food, movement and health, within a department dedicated to the importance of physical activity and sport across the lifespan, ...