Fixed-term positions for Researchers and Technologists in the research areas: "Agrosystems and Bioeconomy", "Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment", and "Food and Nutrition" (409_CRI_SLX)

Deadline for applications: 11:59 AM CET on July 21, 2026.

Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) is an internationally-recognized research center, a technical and vocational agricultural highschool and a technology transfer consultancy, located in the Province of Trento, in the north of Italy.  The campus also includes experimental farms throughout the province, expanding the possibilities for field research, experimentation and teaching.

The FEM Research and Innovation Centre (CRI) (https://cri.fmach.it/en/) pursues basic and applied scientific research, developing biotechnologies, and promoting innovation in agriculture, alpine ecology, biodiversity conservation, and forest, environmental, and food sciences.

CRI is looking for candidates interested in fixed-term positions as: 

• Junior - “First Stage Researcher” and Post-Doctoral “Recognized Researcher”, to advance scientific knowledge in their chosen discipline through collaborative fundamental or applied research activities and publish their scientific results;
• Junior or Post-Doctoral Technologists, to design, manage and develop laboratory protocols, complex data analyses, infrastructures, facilities, databases, or instrumentation necessary for basic or applied research activities, providing strategic and advanced support to researchers.

CRI offers approximately 30 fixed-term positions per year depending on funding, project requirements and organizational needs.

Main research areas and work duties are: 

Agrosystems and Bioeconomy

• Designing and conducting research on sustainable agricultural systems, crop production and plant breeding.
• Contributing to the development of technologies and protocols for crop genomics, digital agriculture, automation, and precision farming.
• Analyzing and optimising agricultural supply chains with a focus on sustainability.
• Coordinating field trials and supporting research at the experimental farm.

Biodiversity, Ecology, and the Environment

• Designing and conducting research on forest, alpine, aquatic, and agro-environmental species and ecosystems.
• Contributing to the development of technologies and protocols for remote-sensing, genetics and genomics, and movement ecology.
• Analysing the impact of climate and anthropogenic changes on plant, animal and microorganism biodiversity (including species and genetic diversity), behaviour, physiology, and ecosystem function.
• Developing population models and models of biotic/environmental interactions.

Food and Nutrition

• Designing and conducting research on food quality, traceability, and safety.
• Contributing to the development of technologies and protocols for metabolomic and physico-chemical analyses of food matrices.
• Assessment of the sensory and nutritional properties of food products.

Gross annual salary (before taxes): €41,245.00 for Junior positions (Master degree) and €47,182.01 for post-doctoral positions.

Selection process: an online multiple-choice test will be used to create a shortlist of 200 suitable candidates. For each funded position, shortlisted candidates with appropriate qualifications for the position will be interviewed, and hired based on merit. To participate in this selection procedure, candidates are required to pay a non-refundable administrative and secretarial fee of € 30. The fee must be paid in full prior to submitting the application. 

Date of the online test: July 30, 2026. The test time will be announced after the deadline for applications.

More information about the application process is available at the following link: 409_CRI_SLX

Online application is available at: https://fondazionemach.ilmiotest.it/ 

Deadline for applications: 11:59 AM CET on July 21, 2026