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Norwich, United Kingdom Stipend GBP 21,805/year (2026/27) + tuition fees + GBP 5,000 Experience not specifiedOn-site

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The University of East Anglia is offering a four-year funded NRP Biosciences DTP PhD at the Quadram Institute, Norwich Research Park, starting 1 October 2027. The student will build infection models from static cell cultures to Organ-on-Chip systems to find out how non-typhoidal Salmonella, a major foodborne pathogen, persists in human host tissues.

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The University of Warwick is offering a funded PhD through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership, open to students worldwide, supervised by Dr Amber Barton and Dr Antonia Sagona. The project studies why bacteriophages that kill Salmonella enterica, a foodborne pathogen, are often serovar-specific and how broader host-range therapeutic phages could be developed.

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Freising, Bavaria, Germany TV-L E13 at 65% (part-time) Experience not specifiedOn-site

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The Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich is hiring a part-time PhD student (TV-L E13, 65%) in its Mechanoreceptors & Sensory Biophysics group in Freising, starting 1 December 2026 and initially limited to 30 November 2029. The student will use atomic force microscopy to measure how natural, engineered and AI-designed sweet proteins bind the human sweet taste receptor.

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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Funded graduate research assistantship Experience not specifiedOn-site

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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, has a funded graduate research assistantship for an M.S. or Ph.D. student in food safety and applied microbiology in Dr Hanyu Chen's Food Safety Innovation Group, Department of Food Science and Nutrition. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until filled, for a Fall 2027 start.

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Corvallis, Oregon, United States Funded by BUILD Dairy, Hilmar and ADPI (amount not stated) Experience not specifiedOn-site

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Oregon State University is seeking a master's student for a funded research project on how dairy proteins and dairy side streams release bioactive peptides during digestion and how these peptides affect gut health. Funding comes from BUILD Dairy, Hilmar and ADPI; the stipend and tuition details are not stated.

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Belfast, United Kingdom UK tuition fees + UKRI stipend (GBP 21,805 for 2026 entry) + Experience not specifiedOn-site

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Queen's University Belfast is offering a fully funded four-year PhD, starting January 2027, through the BBSRC Food Consortium Collaborative Training Partnership with Samworth Brothers. The student will develop AI and data analytics methods to assess and monitor supply chain resilience in food manufacturing, moving beyond self-reported supplier assessments.

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Nottingham, United Kingdom UK tuition fees + enhanced UKRI stipend GBP 23,303/year tax Experience not specifiedOn-site

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The University of Nottingham, with Swansea University and snack maker pladis, is offering a fully funded four-year PhD through the Food Consortium IDLA, starting February 2027. The student will build immersive consumer testing methods using VR, mixed reality and a 360-degree projection room, and use computer vision and behavioural analytics to read consumer experience of foods.

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Agro Food Park, Aarhus N, Denmark Danish collective agreement, basic salary steps 4-8 Experience not specifiedOn-site

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Aarhus University's Department of Food Science is hiring a two-year postdoc in stakeholder and consumer research in its Food Quality Perception and Society team, starting 1 January 2027 at Agro Food Park, Aarhus. The postdoc works across EU projects on sustainable packaging, environmental food labels and circularity (BIOWRAP, Environmental Food Label, CIRC4FOOD), mainly using qualitative and mixed methods.

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The Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich is hiring a part-time PhD student (TV-L E13, 65%) in its Molecular Modeling group in Freising, starting 1 December 2026 and initially limited to 30 November 2029. The student will use structural biology and AI-guided design to predict and design peptides that act as new food ingredients and taste modulators.

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Agro Food Park, Aarhus N, Denmark Danish collective agreement salary for postdocs Experience not specifiedOn-site

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Aarhus University's Department of Food Science is offering a two-year postdoc in cultivated meat at Agro Food Park, Aarhus, from 1 February 2027. The postdoc works on scaling, flavour and nutritional value of cultivated meat, including culture media recycling for 2D and 3D cell culture; first-year funding is secured and the second year depends on project grants.

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University Park, Pennsylvania, United States Fully funded (amount not stated) Experience not specifiedOn-site

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Penn State University is offering a fully funded master's research position in food science in Dr Valentina Trinetta's Food Microbiology and Safety Applied Laboratory. The thesis, "Innovative Sanitation Technologies for Food and Feed Safety", evaluates dry and non-thermal alternatives to conventional wet sanitation.

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North Carolina State University has fully funded Master's and PhD positions in food microbiology and safety in Dr Mairui Gao's lab, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until filled, with a preferred start in Spring or Fall 2027.

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