AIR Centre opens Call 5 Studentships

The Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre), in collaboration with the European Polar Board (EPB) and the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR), has opened a Call applications for five PhD Studentships . Applications are open until May 31, 2023, and the Studentships funded by FCT, under the Collaboration Protocol signed between FCT and the AIR Centre.

The Studentships be awarded will be in the field of "Preservation and restoration of Polar marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity" and will focus on the following topics:

• Long-term assessment of the role of cephalopods in the diet of wandering albatrosses in the Southern Ocean: implications for Antarctic conservation policies
• Spatial ecology of juvenile and immature black-browed albatrosses, with relevance for marine spatial planning and for the potential spread of pathogens
• Comparative evolutionary ecotoxicological adaptations to anthropogenic disturbance in sea anemones from Antarctica and the deep sea
• Planeamento Espacial Marinho na Região Antártica
• NitrOnICE – Decipher Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic Ocean Nitrogen Microbiome
• Atmospheric rivers' role in extreme temperatures and precipitation and potential effect on microbial biodiversity on the Antarctic Peninsula

In Portugal, FCT carries out activities in the field of Polar Sciences through the Polar Program, a thematic program whose main objective is to promote, support, and encourage the development and internationalization of Portuguese Polar Sciences, responding to the need for institutional support and monitoring of national research in the Polar Regions by Portuguese scientists.

See the Notice of the Call Call