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No. Positions Available: 3 positions  Job Title: Doctoral Candidate (First Stage Researcher, R1)  Application Deadline: 30 March 2026 (23:59 GMT)

Duration: 36 months (full-time)  Start Date: September 2026

EDICT (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials) is a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN). The network brings together leading academic institutions, industry partners, and clinical trial networks across Europe to train the next generation of researchers who will transform how clinical trials are designed, conducted, and reported. 

EDICT is recruiting 16 Doctoral Candidates across seven European institutions, with research organised around four interconnected work packages: 

• Measurement: Developing and validating standardised EDI metrics and assessment tools 

• Methodologies: Creating innovative, patient-centric, and culturally competent methodologies for clinical trials 

• Implementation: Translating EDI principles into practical tools, frameworks, and guidelines 

• Systemic Change: Developing evidence-based policies and fostering cross-sector collaboration 

*Please review full job description for further details and essential requirement  

 

 

 

ROSETTA - Marie Skłodowksa-Curie Fellowship Programme 2024 

J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway 

Ref. No. University of Galway 002-25 

 

2nd Call – ROSETTA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellowships 

 

ROSETTA is an innovative fellowship programme co-ordinated by the University of Galway and will involve four other universities (Implementing Partners): University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin. The programme is co-funded by LERO, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, the Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions programme and the University of Galway. ROSETTA fellows will be provided with the highest quality research environment and a training programme where they will critically examine the development, use and regulation of technology from a time perspective across all aspects of life from children, people with disabilities, people in the workplace, to healthcare and social inclusion for older people. 

 

ROSETTA will be recruiting 19 fellowships, each with a duration of 2 years, providing an unparalleled opportunity for Postdoctoral Researchers to delve into the critical intersection of time and technology in our rapidly evolving digital landscape.   
 
We are seeking fellows with an interest in the broad research area of ‘the true impact of technology on our time’ to bring fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to this research. Whether you're passionate about information systems, business, law, computer science, medicine, sociology, biomedical engineering, psychology, or any other related discipline, we want to hear from you! 

 

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for 19 full-time fixed term Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral Fellows (PFs) at University of Galway. Up to 9 fellowships may be awarded on the 2nd Call. 

 

ROSETTA Fellowships are open to applicants who have a PhD degree and comply with the programme’s eligibility criteria and mobility rule. Researchers at Risk are encouraged to apply. All candidates must discuss their research idea and proposal and seek the support of an eligible ROSETTA supervisor for their application. 

 

All fellowships will be based in Ireland where fellows will be hosted by their ROSETTA supervisor’s host institution. 

 

The programme aims to provide exceptional training and career development opportunities to postdoctoral researchers, fostering international mobility, intersectoral collaboration, and interdisciplinary exposure.  

 

Further information can be found in the Guide for Applicants to ROSETTA at https://rosetta.lero.ie/call-for-proposals/  

This project has received co-funding from Horizon Europe’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Grant Agreement No:101126578. 

 

 

Essential Criteria: 

As per the MSCA definition: 

• ROSETTA is open to applicants who have a PhD degree at the call deadline. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but have not formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply. The successful defence must take place before the call deadline. 

• Applicants must comply with the MSCA mobility rule: have not resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Ireland for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the call deadline. Compulsory national service and short stays such as holidays are not considered. 

• Applicants must have working proficiency in English or be fluent in English. Applicants whose first language is not English may be required to provide evidence of their English proficiency. 

 

Please note: 

• ROSETTA Fellowships are open to candidates who meet the required criteria.  Please see Employment Permits - University of Galway for further information.  

• ROSETTA will support applications from those displaced by conflict or whose situation makes it difficult to pursue research careers. Researchers at Risk are encouraged to apply. Please see: Guidelines for Inclusion of Researchers at Risk | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (europa.eu) for further information.  

 

Gross Salary: 

Remuneration is in line with EC rules for Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND grants. 

 

Level 1: €50,124 gross salary* per annum (excluding family allowance) or €57,252 gross salary* per annum (if conditions for family allowance are met). 

 

*Gross salary is inclusive of a mobility allowance of €6,480 annually payable as part of their gross salary which shall be fixed for 24 months during the fellowship period. 

 

Salaries are subject to taxes and deductions, e.g., deduction of PRSI (employee social security), and income taxes. For more information about tax entitlements, please go to https://www.revenue.ie/ 

 

The Fellowship includes an additional budget allocation for research and travel costs. 

 

Training and Career Development 

Fellows are encouraged to avail of training and development opportunities to support their career development plans. All fellowships will include a secondment period. Fellows will have the flexibility to select a secondment with the non-academic or academic sector to suit their research and career development. Researchers are encouraged to engage with our Researcher Development Centre (RDC) upon employment. The RDC is an initiative of the offices of the VPR and Graduate Studies to support the continuing professional development of all our researchers at University of Galway. 

 

 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 

The University of Galway is committed to principles of equality and encouraging diversity and inclusion. Several of the participating academic Institutions and Schools are holders of Athena SWAN awards. We celebrate the diversity of our staff and students and work to support an inclusive environment free from discrimination and harassment.  

 

 

To Apply: The application process should include an Online application + Administrative Proposal as follows:  

 

• Part A: Administrative Proposal: Max 2000 characters 

• Part B: Research Proposal (max. 10 pages)  

• Part C: Academic CV: Max 5 pages (With three references) 

• Part D: Ethics Issues Table and Self-Assessment Form 

 

Candidates must develop a project proposal in line with ROSETTA Research Themes and submit their complete application via the online application system. The system will remain open for applications until 23.59 (UTC) on the call deadline of 25th July 2025. 

 

See Guidance Documents, Terms & Conditions and https://rosetta.lero.ie/ for more information. 

 

For informal enquiries, contact the University of Galway programme manager at rosetta@lero.ie.  Please put reference number University of Galway 002-25 in subject line of all queries related to this post. 

 

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 25th July 2025 at 23.59 UTC. 

 

University’s Strategic Plan 

 

Working in Research at University of Galway 

 

Moving to Ireland (Euraxess) 

 

We reserve the right to re-advertise or extend the closing date for this post.  

 

The University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer.  

 

All positions are recruited via an internationally advertised open call for proposals. The evaluation and selection process will follow an Open, Transparent, Merit (OTM) and Competency-based Recruitment process and will include an international peer review followed by an interview stage. 

Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland Ref Number: 2025-RDD-127 

This four-year project has recently been funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI). Three partner organizations will participate in this project: the School of Engineering/Ryan Institute/J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, University of Galway; Teagasc Grange Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre (the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority); School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD).  This project will provide financial support to four PhD students and 1 MScEng student who will be registered in University of Galway and UCD. 

This project aims to develop a zero-waste, synergistic process to support AD deployment by converting digestate and CO2 into fertilizer and high-value bioproducts. It will overcome key barriers in biomethane production, enhancing its sustainability and economic viability while supporting Ireland’s renewable energy transition and climate action goals. 

The students will start research work after 1 July 2026 but not later than 1 December 2026.  They will receive a high level of support from the three partner institutions. The stipend paid to the successful PhD candidates will be €25,000 per annum for four years, in addition to tuition fees of €6,000 per annum. A high level of competency in spoken and written English is required. Please see the following link with regard to English language requirements at University of Galway (here) and at UCD (here). The successful candidate will contribute to advancing sustainable agriculture, waste valorisation, and low-carbon technologies, aligned with Ireland’s biomethane and climate strategies. 

The research topics for the five scholarships, along with their associated supervisors and requirements, are as follows: 

PhD scholarship 1  

Project overview: 

This scholarship will develop technologies to valorise liquid digestate and biogenic CO2 for commercial grade nutrient recovery and cost-effective biomethane enhancement with an integrated bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) technology. The research work will be conducted in the Environmental Lab at University of Galway under the supervision of Prof. Xinmin Zhan.   

Academic Entry Requirements: 

• a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline. 

• has demonstrated laboratory research experience.  

• Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills. 

• Experience with fermentation and anaerobic digestion. 

• Knowledge of analytical instrumentation (e.g., GC, HPLC). 

PhD scholarship 2 

Project Overview: 

This project focuses on transforming solid digestate into high-value microbial biopesticides using an innovative biphasic solid-state fermentation (SSF) process. The research addresses critical bottlenecks in SSF, particularly heat accumulation and process scalability, and aims to deliver semi-continuous, industry-relevant production systems. The PhD student will be supervised by Dr. Yuansheng Hu at UCD. 

Academic Entry Requirements: 

Essential: 

• A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Environmental Engineering, Biotechnology, Microbiology, or a related discipline. 

• Strong understanding of microbial processes and/or fermentation systems. 

• Demonstrated laboratory research experience. 

• Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication skills. 

Desirable 

• Experience with solid-state fermentation, composting, or anaerobic digestion. 

• Experience with cell and spore enumeration techniques (e.g., CFU counting, microscopy). 

• Familiarity with microbial community analysis (e.g., sequencing methods). 

• Knowledge of analytical instrumentation (e.g., GC, HPLC). 

PhD scholarship 3: 

Project Overview: 

Systems modelling can be a useful aid to understand how production systems react to changing circumstances and new developments and innovations in production systems research. Previous research by Dr. Paul Crosson combined bioeconomic farm systems modelling with partial LCA for integrated livestock-AD production models. The overall objective of this study is to further extend this framework to quantify the impact of novel technologies (specifically bipolar membrane electrodialysis) on AD plant performance and the emissions intensity of biofertilizer production. The PhD student will be supervised by Dr. Paul Crosson at Teagasc. 

Academic Entry Requirements: 

Essential: 

• A first-class Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Biosystems Engineering or a related discipline. 

• Strong understanding of agricultural systems and/or sustainable energy systems. 

• Demonstrated data analytics or quantitative analysis experience. 

• Excellent analytical, organisational, and communication (written and oral) skills. 

Desirable 

• Experience with anaerobic digestion and biomethane production. 

• Experience with life-cycle assessment or biosystems modelling. 

• Familiarity with economic evaluation of agricultural or energy systems. 

• Publication of scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.

PhD scholarship 4: 

Project Overview: 

This project aims to complete a market and stakeholder analysis for energy security and climate goals. This is a unique opportunity to work on a nationally funded project that combines academic insight with real-world applications. The PhD candidate will specifically explore the market potential and exporting opportunities of anaerobic digestion (AD) byproducts e.g. biogas, digestate and fertilizer in both Irish and international markets. The project aims to contribute impactful theoretical results for marketing and sustainability, as well as evidence-based recommendations for energy security. This PhD research is supervised by Dr. Patricia McHugh in J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at University of Galway. 

Academic Entry Requirements:  

• 1st class or 2.1 honours Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Marketing, Business, or closely related discipline. 

• Candidates must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and a strong passion and motivation for excellence in research, with a view to publication, international conference presentations and collaborations. 

• Strong self-motivation and self-learning abilities, and a high sense of responsibility and teamwork spirit. 

• Problem-solving, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills. 

Research Masters Scholarship 

Project Overview: 

This project aims to test a bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) technology for nutrient recovery from digestate BMED technology at a pilot scale. This research work will be supervised by Prof. Xinmin Zhan at University of Galway. 

Academic Entry Requirements:  

• 1st class Bachelor’s Degree in environmental science and engineering, chemical engineering, or chemistry. 

• Candidates must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and a strong passion and motivation for excellence in research. 

• Strong self-motivation and self-learning abilities, and a high sense of responsibility and teamwork spirit. 

• Problem-solving, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills. 

For PhD scholarships 1, 2, and 3 and the Research Masters scholarship application, please send your transcript, CV, a cover letter with names and contact details of two referees to (the subject title “PhD application 2026 - your name”): 

• PhD Scholarship 1: Prof. Xinmin Zhan at xinmin.zhan@universityofgalway.ie.  

• PhD Scholarship 2: Dr. Yuansheng HU at yuansheng.hu1@ucd.ie. 

• PhD Scholarship 3: Dr. Paul Crosson at paul.crosson@teagasc.ie. 

• Research Master Scholarship: Prof. Xinmin Zhan at xinmin.zhan@universityofgalway.ie. 

For PhD scholarship 4, please send a research proposal, your transcript, CV, a cover letter with names and contact details of two referees to (the subject title “PhD application 2026 - your name”): Dr. Patricia McHugh at patricia.mchugh@universityofgalway.ie 

Closing date: 15 May 2026. The position will remain open until filled, and we reserve the right to close the call at any time. 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time funded PhD scholarship(s) starting in Fall/Winter, 2026 affiliated to the School of Natural Sciences in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Galway. 

University of Galway

Located in the vibrant cultural city of Galway in the west of Ireland, the University of Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence 

For information on moving to Ireland please see www.euraxess.ie 

Detailed Project Description: The Disease Ecology Lab in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway is seeking a PhD student for a lab-based project exploring the evolutionary drivers of sex-biased parasitism and its influence on ecological dynamics using a well-known model host Daphnia magna and its bacterial parasite Pasteuria ramosa. The position will be fully funded for four years (fee waiver plus a €25000 tax exempt stipend per annum) by a College of Science and Engineering Scholarship. Suitable candidates should have at least a B.Sc. in Biology or a related field, proficiency in a range of laboratory techniques, strong attention to detail, communication and organisational skills and an ability to work independently as well as with others.

Living allowance (Stipend): €25000 per annum, [tax-exempt scholarship award] 

University fees: waived

Start date: 01/Sept/2026 (flexible)

Academic Entry Requirements: BSc. or M.Sc. (preferred) in Biology, Zoology or related field

To Apply for the Scholarship: Please send a full CV, academic transcripts, letter of motivation (max 2 pages), contact details for two references, and a brief outline of proposed work (max 1 page) to the lab PI (christina.tadiri@universityofgalway.ie) with the subject line “PhD in Sex-Biased Parasitism”

Contact Name: Dr. Christina Tadiri

Contact Email: christina.tadiri@universityofgalway.ie

Application Deadline: 15 /Jun/2026 00:00

Primary Supervisor name: Dr. Christina Tadiri

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time funded PhD scholarship starting in Fall/Winter, 2026 affiliated to the School of Natural Sciences in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Galway. 

University of Galway

Located in the vibrant cultural city of Galway in the west of Ireland, the University of Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence 

For information on moving to Ireland please see www.euraxess.ie 

Detailed Project Description: The Disease Ecology Lab in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway is seeking a PhD student for a lab-based project exploring the biodiversity-disease relationship using a well-known model host Daphnia and its parasites. Experiments will aim to understand the feedback loops between parasite-mediated competition, dilution and amplification. The position will be fully funded for four years (a €25000 tax-exempt stipend per annum plus EU-student fees covered by the project grant) by a Research Ireland grant awarded to the PI. Suitable candidates should have at least a B.Sc. in Biology or a related field, proficiency in a range of laboratory techniques, strong attention to detail, communication and organisational skills and an ability to work independently as well as with others.

Living allowance (Stipend): €25000 per annum

University fees: €5750 (covered by the project). Non-EU students may apply for an international fee waiver to make up the difference

Start date: 01/Sept/2026 (flexible)

Academic Entry Requirements: BSc. or M.Sc. (preferred) in Biology, Zoology or related field

To Apply for the Scholarship: Please send a full CV, academic transcripts, letter of motivation (max 2 pages), contact details for two references, and a brief outline of proposed work (max 1 page) to the lab PI (christina.tadiri@universityofgalway.ie) with the subject line “PhD in Host-Parasite Ecology”

Contact Name: Dr. Christina Tadiri

Contact Email: christina.tadiri@universityofgalway.ie

Application Deadline: 15 /Jun/ 2026 00:00

Primary Supervisor name: Dr. Christina Tadiri