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Master 2 research internship: bio-based food packaging from brown macroalgae
UMR PAM at L'Institut Agro Dijon offers a six-month Master 2 internship on sustainable food packaging. The student will fractionate brown seaweed biomass, characterise polysaccharide and antioxidant fractions, and turn them into packaging films whose mechanical and barrier properties are compared with whole-biomass materials.
- Country
- FR
- Experience
- Experience not specified
- Salary / stipend
- EUR 680 per month (internship stipend)
- Apply by
- 04 Dec 2026
- Job type
- Internship
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- Research
- Openings
- 1
Who can apply
Second-year Master's or final-year engineering student with solid knowledge of physical chemistry and food packaging
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Fractionate brown macroalgae biomass selectively
- Characterise polysaccharide and antioxidant-rich fractions
- Prepare packaging materials from single or recombined fractions
- Measure mechanical properties, moisture sensitivity and water-vapour and oxygen transfer
- Compare fractionated materials with whole-biomass materials
- Propose valorisation strategies for bio-based food packaging
What the employer asks for
- Master 2 or final-year engineering student
- Solid knowledge of physical chemistry and food packaging
- Interest in bio-based materials and circular economy
- Motivation, curiosity, autonomy and teamwork
- Good writing and synthesis skills
Selection process
Not stated in the source. Review the original notice.
Documents to keep ready
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Pay, benefits and perks
Monthly internship stipend of EUR 680
About the employer
UMR PAM, run by L'Institut Agro Dijon, Université de Bourgogne Europe and INRAE, studies food and wine quality, food microbiology, preservation and contaminants.
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
Applications close 4 Dec 2026; internship starts 1 Feb 2027 for 6 months
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in Research (JRF / SRF / PhD / Postdoc) roles. named in this notice
- Bio-based packaging films
- Alginate and seaweed polysaccharides
- Water-vapour and oxygen permeability
- Mechanical testing
- Junior Research Fellow
- JRF
- Senior Research Fellow
- SRF
- PhD
- Postdoctoral
- Research Associate
- Food Technology research
- GATE XL
- ICAR NET
- ASRB
- Publications
Pay on similar vacancies
From 3 Research & Academia vacancies on FSD in the same role family that publish pay. Monthly, before deductions.
Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for Research (JRF / SRF / PhD / Postdoc) roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- Summarise your dissertation or main research project in two minutes for a non-specialist panel.
- Why this group or lab, and how does your experience fit the project described in the call?
- How did you design your experiments and choose the statistical analysis?
- Which analytical techniques have you used hands-on, and what were their limitations?
- What would be the first three months of work on this project if you were selected?
- Tell us about a result that did not work and what you did next.
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Prepare a short research statementOne page on your project experience and why this group or call fits.
- Line up refereesMost calls ask for two or three referees; tell them in advance.
- Check the funding termsFellowship amount, duration, HRA and eligibility (NET / GATE) differ between calls.
Source & editorial check
Apply via the ABG offer page. Six-month internship from 1 Feb 2027.
Original posting: 2026-10-29
Checked 2026-11-07 · Updated 2026-11-07
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