Master’s Opportunities in Nutrition

The ARS Île-de-France research year is a one-year funded opportunity that lets eligible clinicians step away from routine specialist training to carry out research. It is run by the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency and is designed for junior doctors, pharmacy assistants, and dentists in specialist training who want to develop a research profile and progress toward higher qualifications. Selected participants complete their project in a recognised French research laboratory affiliated to a un...

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...

This internship/fellowship is based at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience , within the Integrated Systems Biology Branch . The project is centered on integrative biology approaches to military-relevant health, with a focus on understanding the etiology of health problems and developing solutions that support performance, resilience, and readiness. Participants will work under a men...

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...

Fully funded master's position in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Wyoming, USA, with Dr. Jaden Tatum in the Department of Family & Consumer Sciences. The thesis will evaluate regional agricultural residues, including their volume flows, material properties, and valorization potential. The project also includes pilot work developing mushroom cultivation substrates. This opportunity is relevant to students interested in food science, human nutrition, agricultural biomass, mus...

The University of Edinburgh is inviting applications for a full-time MSc by Research in Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences , based at the Moray House School of Education and Sport on the Holyrood Campus in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. This one-year postgraduate research degree begins in September 2027 and involves an independent, sustained research project culminating in either a 30,000-word dissertation or a portfolio of smaller projects. Students receive supervision while planning, co...

Thammasat University’s Faculty of Public Health is accepting Round 1 applications for international graduate programs in public health. The available master’s programs are the MSc Occupational and Environmental Health and the MPH Global Health . These programs are suited to students interested in occupational health, environmental health, global health, international public health, and related health sciences. Full and partial scholarships are available for eligible candidates. The application p...

Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands is offering the Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) , a fully funded opportunity for African students pursuing an eligible on-campus Master’s degree. Eligible study areas include agriculture, food systems, environmental sciences, climate change, water, biotechnology, biosystems engineering, nutrition and sustainable development. The programme is designed for applicants seeking advanced study related to agriculture, environmental science, food an...

Oregon State University is seeking an enthusiastic master's student for a funded research project in dairy science, food science, nutrition, and gastrointestinal health. The project will investigate how dairy proteins and dairy side streams generate bioactive peptides during digestion and how these peptides influence gastrointestinal health. Research activities may include advanced peptidomics, LC-MS/MS, bioinformatics, and cell culture approaches to identify peptides that support gut barrier fu...