PhD opportunities in nutrition

PhD cotutelle opportunity in Food Science , biocatalysis , bioactive peptides , and food technologies at Université Laval (Canada) and Université de Lille (France). The project is titled “Synergistic approach of pulsed electric fields and immobilized biocatalysts to obtain peptides with biological activities from agro-food proteins.” It focuses on the enzymatic valorization of plant-based food proteins, using pulsed electric fields as a pretreatment to improve enzymatic hydrolysis by immobilized...

START PhD Summer School 2026 is a PhD-level summer school at the University of Copenhagen in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, focused on biosolutions for sustainable agrifood systems . The programme runs from 16–21 August 2026 and is designed for Danish and international PhD students working in areas such as agriculture , plant science , food science , biotechnology , circular bioeconomy , consumer behavior , regulation , innovation , and related interdisciplinary fields. The summer school explores th...

PhD opportunity at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) , within the ASARI African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute and the College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences (CAES) , focused on animal nutrition , feed science , and climate-resilient livestock systems . The project topic is Alternative Protein Sources for Climate-Resilient Livestock Systems in Morocco . It addresses major challenges facing livestock production in Morocco, including recurrent droughts, climate change,...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Guelph in the CREATE The Future is Gree(ai)n / CREATE-Gree(ai)n program. The project sits at the intersection of grain science , food structure and function , digestion , techno-function , flavour , data science , machine learning , and AI . The research will investigate how the structural architecture of grains governs food quality and how this knowledge can be used to design high-value grain-based ingredients. The broader CREATE-Gree(ai)n initi...

PhD opportunity at the University of Wollongong for a new project focused on running, nutrition, and injury . The post is aimed at motivated PhD candidates with interests or prior training in nutrition , dietetics , exercise science , sports science , physiotherapy , or public health . The announcer is Joel Craddock , Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Nutrition at the University of Wollongong. This appears to be a research-focused doctoral opening rather than a scholarship announcement. The project...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Guelph in Canada through the NSERC CREATE program “The Future is Gree(ai)n” . The project focuses on grain science and food innovation , with research on how grain structure influences food quality, nutrition, flavour, and functionality of grain-based foods. The position also emphasizes designing novel, high-value grain ingredients using AI and machine learning . Research areas include food processing, multi-scale structural analysis, flavour map...

PhD opportunity in Nutrition, Exercise and Biological Ageing at Wageningen University & Research This PhD vacancy is part of the national BIO-COMPaSS consortium and focuses on how nutrition and exercise can slow biological ageing. The project sits at the intersection of nutrition science, exercise physiology, omics technologies, biomarkers, and data science, with a strong emphasis on personalised lifestyle interventions and healthy ageing. You will work on analysing dietary intake, physical acti...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in dairy science , rumen biology , milk composition , food chemistry , and dairy processing at University College Cork and Teagasc Moorepark under the Walsh Scholars Programme . The project is titled Assessing the Impact of Methane Inhibitors on Rumen Composition, Milk Composition and Product Quality and is part of the wider GENMILK programme. The research will investigate how dietary methane inhibitors affect rumen microbiology, milk composition, and the quality and...

This PhD position at Radboud University focuses on the gut-brain axis and eating behavior in adults with ADHD, exploring neurocognitive and nutritional mechanisms underlying overeating and obesity. The project is funded by an NWO-VICI grant and is based at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, within the Food & Cognition group led by Prof. Esther Aarts. The research investigates how gut hormones (such as GLP-1) and prebiotic fibers, via the microbiome and short-chain fatty acids, affect...