PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Architecture 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...

Project Tec4Safe at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) is recruiting one entry-level PhD researcher to work on research activities in road safety, within a fixed-term employment contract linked to the project’s duration. The position is based at FEUP’s Department of Civil Engineering and Georesources in Porto, with work also taking place at other locations needed for the duties and training activities. The researcher will contribute to Tec4Safe – Tailored technology and...

This PhD grant is offered within the 4-OCEANS project, Human History of Marine Life: Extraction, Knowledge, Drivers and Consumption of Marine Resources, c. 100 BCE to c. 1860 CE . The project investigates how knowledge about marine living resources was produced, circulated, and used in the modern era, with a particular focus on the Atlantic world. The successful candidate will contribute to research in early-modern history , especially at the intersection of environmental history , marine histor...

This opening is for an Assistant Researcher / PhD Scientific Researcher linked to project 2024.16846.PEX , focused on analysis of synoptic conditions conducive to energy composites in the Portuguese electricity system under current and future climates . The work combines climate science and energy-system analysis, with emphasis on treatment, modelling, and interpretation of climatic and non-climatic data. The successful candidate will contribute to project activities that include preparing and p...

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...

LightSound4Bio is a project at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) focused on innovative synergistic stimuli for microalgal cultivation and biomass valorisation, integrating light, acoustics, and AI-driven process optimisation. The recruited researcher will join R&D work in environmental engineering and contribute to several project activities, including the study of how light spectra and acoustic frequencies affect growth kinetics and biomass composition, the applicatio...

MIT Portugal Scholarships support doctoral study within the MIT Portugal programme at Portuguese universities. The scholarship is designed for PhD students whose research aligns with the programme’s strategic areas and who want to join a research community connected to MIT Portugal’s network and professional-development activities. Successful applicants pursue their PhD at a Portuguese university rather than at MIT, while becoming part of the MIT Portugal Community. The programme’s focus areas i...

This scholarship from the Fundação Cidade de Lisboa supports students from Portuguese-speaking African countries who are studying, or have applied to study, at a university in Lisbon. It is designed for master’s-level study and is offered in the areas of Law, Economics, Engineering and Management. The award is administered by the Fundação Cidade de Lisboa and has been supporting students since 1990. Selected students receive financial support alongside broader academic and social assistance, inc...

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...