PhD Opportunities in Environmental Science in Portugal

This PhD grant is offered within the 4-OCEANS project, Human History of Marine Life: Extraction, Knowledge, Drivers and Consumption of Marine Resources, c. 100 BCE to c. 1860 CE . The project investigates how knowledge about marine living resources was produced, circulated, and used in the modern era, with a particular focus on the Atlantic world. The successful candidate will contribute to research in early-modern history , especially at the intersection of environmental history , marine histor...

LightSound4Bio is a project at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) focused on innovative synergistic stimuli for microalgal cultivation and biomass valorisation, integrating light, acoustics, and AI-driven process optimisation. The recruited researcher will join R&D work in environmental engineering and contribute to several project activities, including the study of how light spectra and acoustic frequencies affect growth kinetics and biomass composition, the applicatio...

MIT Portugal Scholarships support doctoral study within the MIT Portugal programme at Portuguese universities. The scholarship is designed for PhD students whose research aligns with the programme’s strategic areas and who want to join a research community connected to MIT Portugal’s network and professional-development activities. Successful applicants pursue their PhD at a Portuguese university rather than at MIT, while becoming part of the MIT Portugal Community. The programme’s focus areas i...

FEUP | Entry-Level PhD Researcher | EcoSmarTech This opportunity is an entry-level PhD researcher position associated with FEUP (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto) and the EcoSmarTech project. The posting title indicates a doctoral-level research opening, but the provided text does not include the full project description, research tasks, supervisor details, eligibility conditions, funding notes, or application instructions. Based on the project name, the role appears to be connected t...

FEUP is advertising 1 PhD Researcher position for the project FP4-Rail4EARTH2 - INVTERM_FEUP_26.6 . The notice is hosted on Euraxess and refers to a doctoral research opportunity at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) , Portugal. The available information indicates a research opening at PhD level, but the posting excerpt provided here does not include the detailed research topic, supervisor details, stipend/funding notes, eligibility criteria, deadline, or application in...

PhD opportunity in Living Bioelectronic Interfaces with Large Motile Diatoms at the University of Coimbra , Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet, in collaboration with CNRS / LEMAR (Brest, France) . This project sits at the intersection of marine biology , biochemistry , biophysics , bioengineering , bioelectronics , and environmental sensing . The research asks whether the size, gliding motility, and biofilm dynamics of large diatoms such as Pleurosigma strigosum can ...

The Mértola Biological Station Association (Associação Estação Biológica de Mértola, EBM) is recruiting for 2 PhD studentships in Portugal, with research activity leading to a doctoral degree in areas such as Biological Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Agronomy, Forestry Engineering, Environment, Social Sciences, Archaeology, or related fields. The studentships are funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) under a collaboration protocol for the multiannual plan for PhD research ...