PhD Opportunities in Biotechnology in Italy

University of Basilicata (UniBas) has announced the PhD Call 2026/2027 for admission to its doctoral programs (XLII Cycle) in Italy. The call covers several research areas, including Architecture , Archaeology , Cultural Heritage , History , Engineering , Sustainable Development , Science , Agricultural , Forest and Food Sciences , Health Sciences , and Mediterranean studies . Available PhD programs include: Cities and Landscapes: Architecture, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, History and Resourc...

Call for Applications: Fully Funded PhD Position at the University of Pisa, Italy under the IDEAS Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network . The recruited Doctoral Candidate will work on DC14: “4D Biopharmaceuticals with electromagnetically activated functionalities.” The project focuses on designing advanced polymer materials for drug delivery and responsive biomedical applications, including nanoparticles , hydrogels , 3D-printed scaffolds , and electrospun fibres that release drugs on demand w...

The University of Pisa is recruiting a doctoral candidate for MSCA Doctoral Network IDEAS, position DC14: 4D Biopharmaceuticals with electromagnetically activated functionalities . This PhD is part of a larger European network, IDEAS, focused on improving drug efficacy with next-generation amorphous materials and training early-stage researchers in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical materials science. The project is hosted by the DICI – Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering ...

RAREFIND is opening its second call for an International PhD Programme in Advanced Gene & Cell Therapy , coordinated by Fondazione Telethon and hosted at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) in Pozzuoli/Naples, Italy . This is a fully funded PhD fellowship opportunity for candidates interested in genetic diseases , gene discovery , gene therapy , and cell therapy . The programme is designed for students who want to move from fundamental discovery toward therapeutic application...

Two places are available at the University of Milan for the 2026/2027 academic year (42nd cycle), starting on 1 January 2027 , within the industrial PhD programme Intersectoral Innovation: an intersectoral PhD programme for innovation . This call is specifically reserved for employees of partner companies and other entities , making it a strong opportunity for professionals who want to pursue doctoral training while contributing to innovation-oriented research. The programme is organised by the ...

PhD opportunity in Wheat ATI diversity for sustainable food chains at Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy . The doctoral project, titled SUS-ATI – Sustainable use of wheat ATI diversity for healthier, low-impact food supply chains , focuses on the genetic and functional diversity of alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) in wheat. The research combines genomic characterization , analysis of variation at ATI loci, integration of genomic and phenotypic data, and evaluation of low...

Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy is advertising a PhD position in Microbial Populations in Food and Agro-Environmental Matrices . The project sits within Agricultural Sciences and combines classical microbiology with molecular methods to study microbial communities in food and agro-environmental samples. The research includes culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches: quantifying main microbial groups with conventional microbiological techniques and selective/diffe...

PhD opportunity in the DIViNE Doctoral Network (Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe) at the University of Milan, with research mobility and training also at Uppsala University. This fully funded doctoral position, DC6: Security Externalities and Post-Conflict Democratization, is part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network under Horizon Europe. The project examines how security provision, development pathways, and institutional reform interact in post-conflict set...

Research opportunity in microbiology , immunology , and cell biology at the University of Milan . The laboratory of Moira Paroni studies the activation and generation of pathogenic Th17 cells in response to bacterial pathogens. The project combines immunology , flow cytometry , microbiology , and molecular biology , with transcriptomic and molecular analyses plus functional studies using human primary cells and complex co-culture models. The selected candidate will work on the genetic manipulati...