PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Agriculture in Portugal

This postdoctoral position combines laboratory management with research in aquatic comparative physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology . The successful candidate will join the WELL4CATCH project, which develops practical indicators and strategies to improve fish welfare in fisheries . The project is building new data and tools for assessing the welfare of wild-caught fish and is working toward a fish welfare classification framework that can support more consistent assessment and evidence...

GIMM – Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the MCastanho Laboratory coordinated by Miguel Castanho . The position is part of the EvaMobs project, which develops evolvable and rapidly adaptable monobodies as a broad-spectrum antiviral platform. The successful researcher will contribute to the experimental evaluation of antiviral biopharmaceuticals, with a specific focus on Zika virus . The work is set within GIMM’s transdisciplinary research...

Scientific Research Fellowship (BIPD) 111/2026 is a postdoctoral research opportunity in the ResilCrops project, a cross-border R&D initiative focused on Harnessing Circular Economy to Improve Crop Resilience in the Atlantic Area . The fellowship is hosted at the Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMar) , within the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve , and is embedded in the Laboratory of Marine Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology . The selected fellow will contribute to experim...

This competition opens one entry-level PhD researcher position at the Polytechnic University of Bragança , with work based at the Mountain Research Centre . The appointee will contribute to scientific research in Food Technology or related areas within the scope of the REGENSMART + project. The position is framed as a research-oriented appointment within the university’s scientific environment, combining research activity with the wider applied and innovation-focused mission of the project. The ...

One post-doctoral research fellowship is available at CIBIO-InBIO, within Associação BIOPOLIS, to join the RECONCILE project. The project aims to explore how high nature value farmlands and rewilding can be reconciled to strengthen biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and fire prevention in agricultural landscapes. The fellowship is hosted by CIBIO-InBIO and linked to a wider Portuguese and European funding context, with support from national and EU sources. The successful researcher w...

PhD opportunity in Living Bioelectronic Interfaces with Large Motile Diatoms at the University of Coimbra , Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet, in collaboration with CNRS / LEMAR (Brest, France) . This project sits at the intersection of marine biology , biochemistry , biophysics , bioengineering , bioelectronics , and environmental sensing . The research asks whether the size, gliding motility, and biofilm dynamics of large diatoms such as Pleurosigma strigosum can ...

The Mértola Biological Station Association (Associação Estação Biológica de Mértola, EBM) is recruiting for 2 PhD studentships in Portugal, with research activity leading to a doctoral degree in areas such as Biological Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Agronomy, Forestry Engineering, Environment, Social Sciences, Archaeology, or related fields. The studentships are funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) under a collaboration protocol for the multiannual plan for PhD research ...