PhD Opportunities in Energy Engineering in Spain

🌍 TERRA-MED announces 33 funded international PhD positions, including a project co-supervised by Hug March Corbella and Ismael Yrigoy Cadena. This PhD is hosted by the TURBA Lab (Urban Transformation & Global Change Lab) at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona, with collaboration from Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) in Palma. Project UOC4: “The role of energy and water security in adapting to extreme heat by vulnerable households.” The research examines the Water-Energy-Cli...

PhD opportunity at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) for a candidate interested in joining the DRYLAND project. The project focuses on how drought affects soil biogeochemical cycles and mountain water quality . The selected PhD researcher will contribute to field sampling, laboratory experiments, data analysis, and ecosystem modelling, with the broader aim of improving understanding of ecosystem resilience to climate-induced water stress. This opportunity ...

The TERRA-MED predoctoral programme is an international doctoral initiative recruiting doctoral researchers to work on environmental and climate challenges affecting Mediterranean territories. The programme is coordinated by the Euroregion Pyrenees–Mediterranean and is co-funded by the European Union through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA COFUND) . It brings together research institutions across France and Spain and combines academic mobility, intersectoral collaboration, and structured tr...

The Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain, is seeking a motivated predoctoral candidate to join the DRYLAND project and apply for an FPU or FI fellowship. This PhD opportunity focuses on understanding how drought affects soil biogeochemical cycles and mountain water quality. The project investigates how drought mobilizes carbon, nutrients, and trace elements from high-mountain soils and how these changes propagate to streams and rivers. The res...

PhD opportunity in plant genomics and evolution at CICA–Universidade da Coruña (Spain). The project is linked to an FPU 2026 fellowship and welcomes motivated candidates interested in joining research on plant evolutionary genomics. Possible research lines include: Iberian endemic plants (hybridisation, phylogenomics, conservation genomics), tropical trees (biogeography, species delimitation, domestication using modern, historical and ancient DNA), and deleterious mutations in plants (classic an...

PhD position in Structural Biology and Biochemistry at the Proteolysis Lab, IBMB-CSIC in Barcelona, Spain . The project focuses on investigating protein structures using state-of-the-art biophysical and biochemical techniques, including cloning, overexpression, purification, and biochemical/biophysical characterization of proteins with biotechnological and biomedical relevance. This opportunity is linked to the FPU 2026 Predoctoral Fellowship candidate call. The lab is seeking a highly motivated...

🎓 PhD opportunity in sustainable construction materials at the Multifunctional Materials Research Group (×MAT) , part of Construtech UPC at the Escola de Camins , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain . The group is inviting candidates to apply with them for the Spanish FPU 2026 programme (Spanish State Research Agency, AEI). The position is a predoctoral contract of up to 4 years and includes a minimum gross salary of 25,457 EUR/year plus support for research stays abro...

Call now open for a PhD position in the MAGIC project at CIM-UVigo / University of Vigo in Spain. The project focuses on the temporal and spatial variability of productivity and harmful phytoplankton blooms in the Galician Rías . The research combines oceanographic and remote sensing databases , advanced statistical techniques , and numerical modelling . The thesis will be co-supervised by Beatriz Mouriño (GOB, CIM-UVigo) and Marta Sestelo (SiDOR, UVigo and CITMAga), within the PhD programme in ...

PhD opportunity in Granada, Spain with the Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Immunity group at Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra (IPBLN-CSIC) , linked to the University of Granada . The project sits at the intersection of immunology , innate immunity , inflammation , sepsis , mitochondria , inflammasomes , and bacterial infection . The group is seeking a highly motivated candidate with an excellent academic record to apply for the FPU 2026 PhD contract. Possible research directi...