PhD Opportunities in Neuropsychology in Spain

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is recruiting a PhD researcher to join Nicola Molinaro’s Brain Rhythms and Cognition group in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain. The PRO-LISTEN project examines how the adult brain adapts to learning and understanding an additional language. The research focuses on Spanish and Basque and uses naturalistic speech, longitudinal magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings and computational modelling to investigate language-related brain dynamics ove...

Funded PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Language is available through the Brain Rhythms and Cognition Group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastián, Spain. The PRO-LISTEN project investigates the brain mechanisms underlying speech comprehension, multilingualism, and listening in challenging conditions. The position is a four-year, full-time doctoral opportunity funded by Spain’s Ministry of Science and includes research training. The successful candidate wi...

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, invites applications to its CRG International PhD Programme 2027. The call offers PhD research opportunities across internationally recognised laboratories working in genomics, molecular and cell biology, computational biology, RNA biology, epigenetics, cancer, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, microbiology and bioengineering. Projects include single-cell genomics and lineage tracing, genome regulation, chromatin and 3D genomics, RNA...

The Endocrine Pathophysiology Group at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), in collaboration with CIBEROBN, is inviting applications for predoctoral and postdoctoral contracts in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Successful candidates will join research in endocrinology, nutrition, and metabolism. Research topics include new therapeutic targets for obesity and diabetes; animal models, cell cultures, and metabolic phenotyping; molecular mechanisms of the brain-g...

A PhD opportunity is available in the OCCARE Research Group at EUIT-UAB in Barcelona, Spain, focusing on stroke rehabilitation , neuroplasticity , and innovative health technologies . The selected candidate will be supported in applying for a competitive national FPU PhD scholarship. The research is suited to motivated candidates interested in biomedical engineering, neuroscience, rehabilitation technologies, and related interdisciplinary fields. Applicants should review the OCCARE FPU 2026 info...

Brendan Costello is recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the Sign Language Research Group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain . The project is part of a new Spanish Research Agency-funded initiative that brings together sign language research , computer vision , artificial intelligence , pose estimation , and motion capture . The work aims to analyze sign language data and develop tools that improve understanding of how sign lang...

PhD position in Developmental Neurobiology at the Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC) in Spain, in the group of Nuria Flames . The project focuses on the evolution of the nervous system in C. elegans and other nematodes, with a research programme aimed at understanding the transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms involved in neuron-type specification, plasticity, and evolution. The laboratory uses a multidisciplinary approach that combines cellular biology , genomics , mol...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in social buffering and stress responses in wild birds at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC), Madrid, Spain . The project is based in the Social Evolution Unit and is supervised by Dr. Judith Morales , with co-supervision by Dr. Wendt Müller at the University of Antwerp, Belgium . This opening is a strong fit for applicants interested in animal behaviour , evolutionary biology , wild bird fieldwork , and the study of stress responses in natural population...

Exciting PhD opportunity in retinal disease research at the Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF) in Valencia, Spain . The Group of Pathophysiology and Therapies for Vision Disorders is seeking an outstanding candidate to apply for a 2027 ACIF Predoctoral Fellowship . This opportunity is centered on biomedical research into vision disorders , with a strong translational focus on developing new therapeutic strategies for retinal diseases and vision loss . The research environment combine...