496 verified fully funded scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now. The soonest deadline is 27 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by TU Delft, Max Planck Society and University of Manchester. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) invites applications for a PhD on natural visual patterns, mental wellbeing and overheating resilience. The project studies how natural visual patterns in the built environment relate to human wellbeing, and how these insights can be combined with overheating-resilience strategies as cities adapt to heat.
Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in neurochemistry with molecular neurobiology. Research in this area studies the molecular organisation of the nervous system - neurotransmitter systems, protein networks at synapses, and the molecular changes underlying neurological and psychiatric disease - using biochemical, cell-biological and imaging approaches on neural cells and tissue models.
✓ Fully FundedSalaried PhD position per the Swedish collective agreement
This PhD uses optical measurements to understand polymer-based electronic devices while they operate. The goal is to connect material behaviour with device stability and energy-efficient computing. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
✓ Fully Funded€3,204–€4,051 gross/month, increasing with doctoral year.
The ERC ICE-FLOE project examines small-scale interactions between ocean turbulence and sea ice. Its goal is to improve how melting and fragmentation are represented in climate simulations. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
This DASAL doctorate examines how aircraft using alternative energy sources would operate alongside conventional traffic. It focuses on measurable effects on airspace safety, efficiency and capacity. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
This doctorate develops mathematical approaches for transport and logistics decisions involving multiple organisations. It considers how competition and cooperation change the choices available to each participant. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Earlham Institute is advertising an ARIES doctorate on genomic variation and population structure in Atlantic bluefin tuna and Atlantic herring. The project involves CEFAS researchers.
A fully funded PhD studentship in Parkinson's Disease at the UK DRI at Imperial. Hosted by Imperial College London in London. Apply by 30 October 2026 (time not specified).
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University invites applications for two PhD candidates within the DIViNE doctoral network, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions project on political violence and democracy. The advertised projects address institutional reform and public support for political violence, asking how institutional change shapes citizens' attitudes toward violent and democratic political action.
✓ Fully FundedSalaried PhD position per the Swedish collective agreement
Fully funded three-year PhD at Aarhus University in Physical AI, developing adaptive foundation models for robotics with multimodal perception and reasoning.
Stockholm University's Department of Physics invites applications for a PhD student position in physics, focused on quantum-chemical calculations of X-ray spectra in the condensed phase. Complementing the chemical-physics line, this position approaches condensed-phase X-ray spectroscopy from the physics side - developing theoretical descriptions and computational implementations for spectra of liquids, molecular solids and aqueous systems, and connecting them to experiments that probe chemical bonding and dynamics in real environments.
✓ Fully FundedSalaried PhD position per the Swedish collective agreement
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) advertises a PhD position in political science on militarization and democratic erosion in Latin America. The project examines how the expanding role of armed forces in public life - from public security to infrastructure and emergency governance - interacts with the quality of democratic institutions across Latin American countries, combining comparative analysis, country cases and where relevant quantitative measures of militarization and democratic performance.
PhD position developing life-like materials that learn, remember, and forget for use in soft robotics at Empa St. Gallen. Salaried employment contract.
✓ Fully FundedSalary set by host institution (typically CHF 50,000–70,000/year gross)
These Göttingen positions support theoretical or computational research in nonequilibrium statistical physics and active matter. Applicants can apply without IELTS - German doctoral hiring assesses English through documents and interview.
The Department of Mathematics at Aarhus University invites applications for PhD positions in mathematics, statistics and stochastics within its graduate programme. The call covers projects across the department's research groups, including analysis, geometry, probability, statistics and applied mathematics, with successful candidates joining active research environments at the Aarhus campus.
Fully funded TU Delft PhD positions in the Taminiau Lab (QuTech) on quantum networks based on spin defects in silicon carbide. EUR 3,204 to 4,051 gross/month. Deadline: 15 December 2026. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Surrey Morphology Group is recruiting a PhD student to compare predictability in Romance verbal inflection. The studentship forms part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project Scaling Predictability in Morphological Paradigms.
The University's flagship funding initiative awarded to approximately three percent of research students who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential.
Fully funded 4-year PhD programme 2027 at The Francis Crick Institute London. £27,715 per year tax-free stipend, tuition covered for international students. Deadline: 3 November 2026, 12:00 midday GMT.
Stockholm University invites applications for a doctoral student in psychology working on chronomedicine in psychiatry. The project studies how circadian and sleep-wake rhythms relate to psychiatric conditions and their treatment, contributing to the growing field of chronomedicine that times diagnosis and intervention to biological rhythms.
