Master’s Opportunities in Agriculture

The Smart Building Materials Lab in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary is offering fully funded master's and PhD research positions in sustainable building materials. The research focuses on developing and applying low-carbon construction materials, advancing sustainable manufacturing, and supporting circular construction approaches. The positions also involve AI-enabled sensing and materials science, creating an interdisciplinary research environment at the interse...

The Olden Lab in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia is offering funded MSc and PhD opportunities in freshwater science in Vancouver, Canada. The positions focus on major freshwater research challenges, including freshwater conservation , climate change, sustainable water management, biodiversity, environmental DNA (eDNA), and machine learning. Students will be able to develop research connected to the conservation and management of freshwater...

The DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme offers fully funded master’s study opportunities through participating universities across Sub-Saharan Africa. The scholarships support postgraduate research and training in fields addressing major regional development and scientific challenges. Available areas include water and environmental engineering , agriculture, infectious diseases, electrical power systems, climate change and other related disciplines. The programme connects students wi...

Environmental Laboratory research opportunity in aquatic plant ecology and management at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Defense research enterprise. The project centers on aquatic plant management science, with a strong emphasis on plant ecology, invasive species ecology and management, and insect-plant interactions. The selected student will work under the guidance of a mentor and contribute to research on c...

Pennsylvania State University is offering a fully funded master’s research position in food science through the Food Microbiology and Safety Applied Laboratory. The thesis project, “Innovative Sanitation Technologies for Food and Feed Safety,” will evaluate dry and non-thermal alternatives to conventional wet sanitation. The research is focused on developing and assessing sanitation approaches that can support microbiological safety in food and feed systems while addressing limitations associate...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (EL) offers a research appointment for post-bachelor and graduate students in an applied, mentor-guided laboratory environment. EL is one of the seven laboratories within USACE-ERDC and supports environmental challenges for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, and the nation through environmental science and engineering research and development. Participants work alongside researchers in a broad, interdiscipli...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (EL) offers a research appointment within a broad environmental science and engineering environment. As one of seven laboratories in USACE-ERDC, EL focuses on solving environmental challenges for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, and the nation through applied research and development. Participants will work under the guidance of a mentor in a real-world laboratory setting and gain hands-on experience with ...

The STRI SIFP Graduate Student Fellowship supports graduate-level research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama through a 10-week Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program award. This opportunity is designed for students working in ecology and evolutionary biology, with research based at STRI’s tropical research environment. The fellowship is open to graduate students who have completed at least one semester and is intended for students at the master’s and PhD level. As part...

Fully funded PhD or master's opportunity in food microbiology and safety at North Carolina State University, USA, under the supervision of Dr. Mairui Gao in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences. The research focuses on foodborne pathogen evolution, microbial risk assessment, and novel biocontrol strategies. Students may use genomics, microbiome analysis, and machine learning to investigate food safety challenges and develop innovative approaches to pathogen control. Appli...