MESCAL Project PhD in Marine Science 2026 – YOA

Deadline: March 10, 2026

Applications are open for the MESCAL Project PhD in Marine Science 2026. The MESCAL Project, in collaboration with Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), IRD, and MARBEC, is providing a 3-yr PhD bursary beginning September 1, 2026.

The mission explores how Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) alongside the East African coast can improve fish populations’ resilience to local weather change. It entails larval dispersal modeling, genetic evaluation, and physiological assessments of key fish species, with analysis performed in Kenya, France, and accomplice international locations. The profitable candidate will break up their time between KMFRI in Mombasa and MARBEC in France, with work journey to South Africa and Tanzania.

Funding

• This bursary is funded by the IRD ARTS program (the bursary is already funded by the ARTS program, no separate application course of for this system is critical). The bursary covers the scholar stipend, medical insurance and the prices of 1 spherical-journey journey per yr between the 2 host international locations (France and Kenya). Student stipend quantity is adjusted primarily based on the residing prices of the nation the place the scholar is predicated at a given second. Additional analysis and journey prices of the thesis might be coated by the MESCAL mission.

Eligibility

• Candidates should originate from one of many accomplice nations of the IRD (i.e., from the creating world) they usually should possess a masters in marine science, ecology, bioinformatics, oceanography or different associated fields.
• The excellent candidate could have a Masters diploma with course work in or publicity to marine inhabitants dynamics, ecological modeling, statistics and inhabitants genetics. Previous use of R, Python or Matlab is extremely fascinating. In addition, because the mission will contain collaboration with quite a few worldwide companions in a big mission, the scholar should possess sturdy teamwork expertise, together with a optimistic angle, skilled demeanor and good communication expertise.
• A powerful need to stay and work in France, Kenya and different MESCAL accomplice international locations is central to profitable completion of the thesis.
• Proficiency in scientific communication and writing in English might be important to mission success and diffusion of thesis outcomes.
• Candidates from Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa are extremely inspired.

Application

Interested candidates ought to ship an electronic mail on or earlier than March 10, 2026 with topic “MESCAL ARTS connectivity PhD application” to [email protected] containing the next supplies:

• A letter of motivation, together with discussions of the applicant’s curiosity in this specific mission and facets of the applicant’s background that make her or him significantly applicable for the mission
• An in depth CV
• Names and phone info for two-4 skilled references
• Most current course grades and sophistication rankings

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