PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Public Health 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...

This post-doctoral research fellowship is part of the TERRAMARE project, an integrated terrestrial and marine decision-support tool for assessing resource use trade-offs in Europe. The work is centred on analysing the energy and material implications of digital technologies, with a specific focus on computing and communications equipment. The successful researcher will develop forward-looking scenarios for electricity consumption linked to computing and communications equipment, and will examine...

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...

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...

Universidade Católica Portuguesa , through its CADOS/RI0 context and with support from Porticus, is launching the 2027 Post-Doctoral Program in Integral Human Development. The programme offers five fellowships for junior researchers and welcomes candidates from all areas of scientific knowledge. The research theme is Integral Human Development (IHD) , with an applied and interdisciplinary orientation. Fellows are expected to develop work related to poverty, inequality, development, and the socia...

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...