14 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Joint Doctorate Fellowships (Fully Funded)

Applications are now open for the GreenFieldData project, offering 14 prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Joint Doctorate Fellowships. These fully funded PhD positions focus on IoRT (Internet of Robotic Things) data management and analysis for sustainable agriculture, combining advanced data science, AI, robotics, and green farming solutions to address climate change and socio-economic challenges in agriculture.

The program provides double degree PhDs from top European universities, with a duration of 36 months (3 years) and start dates in September or October 2026. It is fully funded through the EU’s Horizon Europe program (MSCA Doctoral Networks, Grant ID: 101226371), with no application fee required. Open to candidates of any nationality who meet the MSCA eligibility rules (especially the mobility rule and not holding a PhD yet). The application deadline is April 15, 2026. You can check out BS, MSPhD and postdoc positions here.

Key Details:

  • Degree Level: PhD (Doctoral)
  • Host Countries: Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, France
  • PhD Start Date: September/October 2026
  • Funding Type: Fully funded (competitive MSCA employment package)
  • Open to All Nationalities
  • No Application Fee
  • Duration: 36 months (3-year contract)
  • Application Deadline: April 15, 2026

What This Scholarship Offers:

  • Generous monthly living allowance paid as gross salary (EUR 4010)
  • Mobility allowance every month: EUR 710 to pay for relocation, travel, and personal moving costs
  • Family allowance added monthly if you have a spouse, partner, or dependent children: EUR 660

Beyond the money, you gain these valuable advantages:

  • Enrollment in a prestigious double PhD degree from two top European universities
  • Joint supervision by expert professors from different countries
  • Paid secondments and real work experience with industry partners
  • Advanced training in the latest skills including AI, data science, IoRT, and edge-cloud systems
  • Strong boost to your future career in research, digital tech, and agriculture
  • Full international mobility experience across Europe

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Eligibility Criteria:

  • Not hold a doctoral degree at the time of recruitment (those who defended but not yet awarded are ineligible)
  • Comply with the mobility rule: not have resided or carried out main activity (work/studies) in the recruiting host country for more than 12 months in the 36 months before recruitment
  • Hold or be about to obtain a Master’s degree in a relevant field from a recognized university
  • Demonstrate strong academic record, solid scientific background (research experience is advantageous), and motivation for a double degree PhD
  • Have sufficient English proficiency for the international environment
  • Be open to international mobility and enthusiastic about disseminating research through publications, presentations, and posters

The project strongly encourages applications from women, non-binary individuals, people with disabilities, and underrepresented groups. Selection is merit-based.

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Available PhD Titles:

  • IoRT network optimization for cereals production
  • AI-empowered data collection for precision olive oil farming
  • IoT data lakes and large language models for agri-food sustainability assessment
  • Human-centric digital twins for biostimulant application monitoring
  • Deep learning and image quality optimization for vineyard disease detection
  • IoRT-based soil data for optimized olive crop irrigation
  • AI analysis of acoustic signals for tree abiotic stress characterization
  • Sensor-based monitoring and data science for grazing animals
  • Soil and crop health assessment in sugar-beet farms
  • Natural language interaction for robotized biostimulant practices
  • IoT visual sensors for drought effects on grassland
  • Optimization-simulation for GHG emission supervision in autonomous robot fleets
  • Database-driven adaptive navigation for agricultural robots
  • LLM-based integration and management of agricultural AI data

For more details of each Positons, Please visit Here.

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How to Apply

  • Visit the official GreenFieldData website for full position descriptions and individual application links
  • You may apply for up to 3 positions, ranking them by preference (1 = most preferred)
  • Prepare all required documents in English.
  • Submit online via the position-specific links before April 15, 2026
  • The recruitment process includes initial shortlisting (by April 30, 2026), interviews/assignments (May 5-15, 2026), and final interviews (May 21-22, 2026)


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