PhD Opportunities in Energy Engineering 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 ...

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...

PhD opportunity at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy focused on legume ecosystem services and weed flora in agricultural systems. The project is linked to the VALERECO and SOILRES projects and examines how including legume crops in a cereal-based rotation affects ecosystem services, soil biological quality, and spontaneous flora/weed communities. The research combines field sampling , soil and crop measurements , weed flora data analysis , and work across project partners. The selected P...

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...

New PhD opportunity at the University of Perugia (CIRIAF) in Energy and Sustainable Development , XLII Cycle, in Perugia, Italy . This call announces 2 open PhD positions with a competitive PhD scholarship in a highly multidisciplinary and international research environment. The programme connects energy , sustainability , environmental wellbeing , environmental sustainability , and energy transitions , with research activities, workshops, scientific exchanges, and links to European and internat...

The MOCLab at Università di Padova is seeking two PhD candidates for AGRIPOLYS , a European MSCA Doctoral Network focused on polymers designed for agriculture. This opportunity sits at the intersection of polymer chemistry , biotechnology , materials science , agriculture , and sustainability . The two advertised PhD projects are: 1) Biodegradable polymers for beneficial microorganism survival and soil health . 2) Precision macromolecular carriers for targeted nucleic acid delivery in plants. Th...

PhD position at the University of Parma in the Department of Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies, within the Engineering Methods & Tools (EMT) Group led by Claudio Favi. This project is part of the ECODESIGN international research and training network funded by the EU under Horizon Europe/MSCA. It focuses on ecodesign methodologies and digital engineering approaches that support circular economy strategies at industrial scale. The doctoral research will develop CAD-integrated dat...