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Life Science PhD, Fellowship and Scholarship Deadlines: 31 Close by 21 September 2026

Life Science PhD, Fellowship and Scholarship Deadlines: 31 Close by 21 September 2026

Thirty-one verified life science funding deadlines close by 21 September 2026. Two close today, 7 September, and the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and the Royal Society University Research Fellowship both close on 9 September. Twenty entries are new this week. Every date here was read on the funding organisation’s own website on 7 September 2026.

This is our weekly funding roundup for life scientists. Every entry was checked against the funding organisation’s own website on 7 September 2026. Nothing here comes from a scholarship aggregator, and nothing here charges a fee to apply. If you only want the imminent ones, the directory has a closing this week filter.

Two things define this week. Europe’s institute PhD programmes have opened their winter calls almost together, giving a final-year master’s student a run of four-year funded positions to apply to between now and December, while the largest postdoctoral scheme in Europe closes in two days. Indian institute recruitment is doing what it always does in early September, which is turn over fast.

ProgrammeHost / countryLevelFundingDeadline
Junior Research Fellow, laboratory of Dr Reena Singh (Advertisement No. inStem/Temp/36/2025)BRIC-inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine), Bengaluru, IndiaMscOne contractual Junior Research Fellow post for twelve months, renewable on review of…07-Sep-2026 on the open-positions listing; the advertisement PDF prints 07.09.2026
Human Technopole PhD positions via the SEMM National PhD Programme in Systems MedicineHuman Technopole (HT), Milan, ItalyMaster’S Graduate, Doctoral StudentFive fully funded PhD positions with research carried out at Human Technopole in Milan…7 September 2026
Concurso Fondecyt de Postdoctorado 2027ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo), Chile, ChilePostdocUp to CLP 32,284,000/year, plus up to CLP 3,000,000 installation in year 1.8 September 2026
Project Technical Support-II, multiplex bead-based viral nucleic acid detection platform, Dr Shailendra Mani lab (Recruitment Notice No. THS/RN/16/2026)BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, IndiaBscRs 20,000 a month plus house rent allowance, on a project developing an advanced…Date of walk-in interview: 9th September 2026
Project Research Scientist-II, Placenta Health Project (Recruitment Notice No. THS/RN/16/2026)BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, IndiaMixedRs 67,000 a month plus house rent allowance on the Placenta Health Project, an adaptive…Date of walk-in interview: 9th September 2026
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026European Commission, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countriesPostdocCall budget of EUR 399.05 million. Support comprises a living allowance and a mobility…9 September 2026
University Research Fellowship (URF)The Royal Society, United Kingdom and Republic of IrelandPostdocUp to GBP 1,907,400 over 8 years.9 September 2026
Senior Project Associate, whole-body lipid metabolism model for NAFLD (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I)BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, IndiaPostdocINR Rs 42,000/month + HRA.Last Date: 2026-09-10 (Walk In)
NRF/DSTI/Wits SARChI Chair in Electrochemistry and Energy Technologies (MEET) Postdoctoral Research FellowshipUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaPostdocZAR 320000.10 September 2026. Wits prints no cut-off time and no timezone against the date, so treat it as the whole of that day in South Africa and submit early.
University of Sydney Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship, international roundThe University of Sydney, administering Australian Government RTP funding, AustraliaMultiple levelsAUD 42,754/year.11 September 2026
Junior Research Fellow, clathrin light chain in neural development, Dr Deepa Subramanyam lab (Advt. No. NCCS/Project Management Cell/P06/Online/2026)BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, IndiaRs 37,000 a month plus house rent allowance, on a project running to 19 June 2027. The…Last Date of Receipt of Application through Google Form is 14.09.2026
Senior Project Associate, INDIGO influenza vaccine project at CDSA (Recruitment Notice No. THS-C/RN/15/2026)BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, IndiaEarly-CareerRs 42,000 a month plus house rent allowance at the Clinical Development Services Agency…Date of walk-in interview: 14th September 2026
Project-JRF, drug-sensing pathways against multidrug-resistant Candida auris (Advt. No. 29/Project/2026/HR)Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT, IndiaMaster’sOne Project-JRF post at Rs 37,000 a month plus 16 per cent house rent allowance under Dr…14 September 2026
Rolex Explorers Club GrantThe Explorers Club, in partnership with Rolex, Any countryMultiple levelsUSD 10,000.14 September 2026
Project Junior Research Fellow, epigenomics and transcriptomics, Dr Srinivas Animireddy lab (Advt. No. inStem/Temp/40/2026)BRIC-inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine), Bengaluru, IndiaMaster’sOne Project Junior Research Fellow post in the Developmental Chromatin Dynamics…15.09.2026
Senior Research Fellow / Project Associate-II, genome-edited rice for grain mineral content, Dr Hasthi Ram labBRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi, IndiaMaster’sOne Senior Research Fellow or Project Associate-II post at Rs 42,000 a month plus 27 per…15/09/2026
DSTI-CSIR Inter-Programme Bursary SchemeCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa, funded by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, South AfricaMultiple levelsZAR 160,000 to 180,000/year plus a ZAR 10,000 laptop allowance.15 September 2026
Individual Grants for Young Researchers 2026: Postdoctoral fellows in France, autumn sessionFondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer, FrancePostdocEUR 57204.15 September 2026, 15h
Hubrecht International PhD Program (HIPP), 2026-2027 roundHubrecht Institute (KNAW), Utrecht, Netherlands (applications accepted worldwide)Master’sA fully funded four-year PhD position at the Hubrecht Institute in the Utrecht Science…15 September 2026
IMPRS for Functional Material Design doctoral positions, 2026 callInternational Max Planck Research School for Functional Material Design (IMPRS-FMD), Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, GermanyPhDNine advertised projects in the 2026 call, inside a school of 23 doctoral researchers on…Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Summer Research Scholarship Programme 2026/2027Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandMixedA research project of up to ten weeks, about 400 hours, over the summer trimester…A completed online application must be submitted, Tuesday 15 September 2026
University Research Committee (URC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2027University of Cape Town, South AfricaPostdocZAR 350,000/year.15 September 2026
Programa de Becas de Posgrado Nacional (National Postgraduate Scholarship Programme)Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion (ANII), Uruguay, UruguayMultiple levelsMonthly financial support for postgraduate students to complete a master’s or a doctorate…16 September 2026. ANII prints the closing time without a timezone, so treat it as Uruguayan local time and submit early. The window opened 18 August 2026.
Australia-USA Mobility Fund (Adam J Berry Memorial Fund)Australian Academy of Science, AustraliaPhDAUD 5,000.16 September 2026 Applications close at 11.
France and Europe EMCR Mobility GrantsAustralian Academy of Science, AustraliaPostdocAUD 8,500.16 September 2026 Applications close
Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Canada Research Training Awards Suite), CanadaPostdocCAD 70,000 per year for 24 months.16 September 2026 for CIHR (health and life sciences); 19 October 2026 for NSERC (biology)
Globalink Research Internship (GRI) 2027Mitacs, CanadaUndergraduateMitacs publishes no single award figure. The award covers a contribution towards…16 September 2026
Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel AwardsGenetics Society of America (GSA), United StatesBachelorsSupport towards travel or registration costs for an undergraduate presenting Drosophila…17 September 2026
DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in GeneticsGenetics Society of America (GSA), United StatesMultiple levelsUSD 1,000.18 September 2026
Human Technopole PhD positions via the Politecnico di Milano PhD in Data Analytics and Decision SciencesHuman Technopole (HT), Milan, ItalyMaster’S Graduate, Doctoral StudentEUR 1400.18 September 2026
Project Research Scientist-II, BRAIN-TB bacterial regulators of CNS tuberculosis (Recruitment Notice THS/RN/17/2026)BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, IndiaPostdocOne Project Research Scientist-II post at Rs 67,000 a month plus house rent allowance on…Walk-in interview 21 September 2026
Project Research Scientist-I, AI models from maternal and neonatal imaging data (Recruitment Notice THS/RN/17/2026)BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, IndiaMaster’sOne Project Research Scientist-I post at Rs 56,000 a month plus house rent allowance on…Walk-in interview 22 September 2026
Project Associate-II, ribosome hibernation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Advt. No. 28/Project/2026/HR)Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT, IndiaMaster’sOne Project Associate-II post at Rs 42,000 a month plus 27 per cent house rent allowance…24 September 2026, walk-in interview
Project-JRF, structural biology of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-1 secretion system (Advt. No. 30/Project/2026/HR)Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT, IndiaMaster’sOne Project-JRF post at Rs 37,000 a month plus 27 per cent house rent allowance under Dr…24 September 2026, walk-in interview
Beca de Doctorado BIO Fulbright ANID, Convocatoria 2026ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo), Chile, with the Comision Fulbright Chile, ChileA full doctoral scholarship for Chileans to start a PhD at a United States university…Fin del plazo de recepcion de postulaciones: lunes 28 de septiembre 2026 de Chile continental (end of the application period, Monday 28 September 2026
Doctoral Research Scholarship 2027-2028 (B2), Regular component and Re-Entering Research componentFonds de recherche du Quebec (FRQ), CanadaPhDA doctoral research scholarship of 25,000 Canadian dollars a year, paid in term…Deadline (application): September 29th, 2026
UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships Programme (UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme), Cycle 2026United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), JapanEarly-CareerUp to USD 10,000 as a lump sum for a stay of 3 to 9 months.Deadline for Candidate Submission: 30 September 2026
Doctorado Becas Chile ANID-DAAD 2026ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo), Chile, ChilePhDA Becas Chile doctoral scholarship awarded under ANID’s advanced human capital agreement…1 October 2026 (the round opened 3 September 2026)
CMRI Summer Student Scholarships 2026/27Children’s Medical Research Institute, AustraliaSeveral summer scholarships for undergraduate science or medical science students to work…Applications for summer student scholarships open on the 28th of August and close on the 1st of October 2026
Master’s Research Scholarships 2027-2028 (B1), Regular component and Re-Entering Research componentFonds de recherche du Quebec (FRQ), CanadaMscA master’s research scholarship of 20,000 Canadian dollars a year, paid in semester…Deadline (application): October 1st, 2026
IMPRS for Molecules of Life PhD Programme, 2026/2027 application roundInternational Max Planck Research School for Molecules of Life (IMPRS-ML), Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, GermanyPhDA structured doctoral programme on the Martinsried life science campus near Munich, run…7 October 2026 (
Postdoctoral Scholarships 2027-2028 (B3)Fonds de recherche du Quebec (FRQ), CanadaPostdocA postdoctoral scholarship of 45,000 Canadian dollars a year for a minimum of six months…Deadline (application): October 8th, 2026
Vacation Internship Program 2026/27Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, AustraliaA paid laboratory placement of up to six weeks in a Baker Institute research laboratory…Applications close Sunday, 11 October 2026
2027 Summer Research Program (Research Experience Program)The University of Queensland, AustraliaMixedA six-week full-time research placement inside a UQ research unit, 11 January to 19…You must submit an online application form, Sunday 11 October 2026
Zukunftskolleg two-year Postdoctoral FellowshipZukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, GermanyPostdocFour two-year fellowships at the Zukunftskolleg, the University of Konstanz Institute for…12 October 2026
Promotionsfoerderung (doctoral scholarships), October 2026 callStudienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, GermanyPhDA monthly stipend of 1,650 euros for a doctoral candidate, plus a research allowance the…Opening of the Call 1-14 October 2026. Each call remains open for two weeks, exactly 14 days.
Biozentrum PhD Fellowships, Winter Call 2026/27Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland (applications accepted worldwide)Master’sFull funding for the entire PhD, awarded to a maximum of 10 candidates a year. The…18 October 2026
Gilliam Fellows Program, 2027 competitionHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), United States (international students at an HHMI-eligible institution may apply)PhDUp to three years of annual support during the PhD, made up of a stipend, a discretionary…27 October 2026
Honjo International Scholarship Foundation Scholarship for Foreign Students (2027 intake)Honjo International Scholarship Foundation (HISF), JapanMultiple levelsJPY 230,000 / 210,000 / 180,000 per month depending on degree length, for approximately…31 October 2026 (the online application system runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 October 2026)
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship (Overseas Candidates), 2027 enrolmentRotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation, JapanMultiple levelsJPY 100,000 per month (undergraduate) or JPY 140,000 per month (master’s and doctoral)…31 October 2026 (the application system opens on 1 October 2026)
NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Office of Fellowships, United StatesPostdocA guest-researcher associateship at a sponsoring US federal laboratory, awarded for…2 November 2026. The funder states no timezone, so plan against the earlier of your own and US Eastern time.
IMPRS for Biological Intelligence PhD Programme, 2026/27 recruitment roundInternational Max Planck Research School for Biological Intelligence (IMPRS-BI), Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, GermanyPhDA structured doctoral programme at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence…10 November 2026
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grant (2026 grant cycle)American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), United StatesPostdocUp to USD 140,000 over two years (USD 56,000 a year salary plus USD 14,000 a year…15 November 2026
Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2027Zonta International, United StatesPhDUSD 12,000 each, up to 30 fellowships a year.15 November 2026. The funder writes: “The 20 Earhart Fellowship application must be submitted in full by 15 November 2026 to be considered.” No cut-off time and no timezone are printed, so treat the date as the whole of that day and submit early.
DKMS John Hansen Research Grant 2027DKMS Stiftung Leben Spenden, administered by DKMS Group gGmbH, Any country (the grant follows the researcher, not a host country)PostdocEUR 240,000 over three years (maximum EUR 80,000 a year).16 November 2026
CRG International PhD Programme, 2027 callCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, SpainPhDUp to 20 fully funded positions. Selected students get a four-year employment contract…Deadline 22nd November 2026
Wellcome Sanger Institute 4-year PhD Programme, 2027 intakeWellcome Sanger Institute, United KingdomPhDTwelve funded studentships. A studentship covers full financial support including all…Tuesday 24 November 2026 (
IMPRS for Biology and Computation PhD Programme, 2027 intakeInternational Max Planck Research School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, GermanyPhDThree years of funding to work on the doctoral project, at the Max Planck Institute for…7 December 2026 (
AHRI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PDRF/2026)Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), South AfricaPostdocA one-year renewable postdoctoral research fellowship at AHRI’s KwaZulu-Natal campuses…The deadline is 31 December, 2026.
Arthritis and Related Autoimmune Disease Research Grant (2027 cycle)Arthritis National Research Foundation, United StatesEarly-CareerUp to USD 250,000 over two years.8 January 2027
Psoriatic Arthritis / Ankylosing Spondylitis Research Grant (2027 cycle)Arthritis National Research Foundation, United StatesEarly-CareerUp to USD 250,000 over two years.8 January 2027
Rheum for Kids: Pediatric Skin and Joint Grant (2027 cycle)Arthritis National Research Foundation, United StatesEarly-CareerUp to USD 50,000 for one year.8 January 2027
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, 2027 competitionNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Education, United StatesUndergraduateA two-year award of up to USD 9,500 per academic year in academic assistance, plus a paid…31 January 2027
AGA-Aman Armaan Ahmed Family SURF for Success Program (summer undergraduate research fellowship)American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), United StatesUndergraduateUSD 6,200 stipend for a 10-week summer fellowship, 6 awards.3 February 2027 (applications open 7 October 2026)
AGA-Dr. Harvey Young Education and Development Foundation’s Young Guts Scholars ProgramAmerican Gastroenterological Association (AGA), United StatesUndergraduateUSD 6,075 to USD 7,575 per award, 6 awards, over a 10-month term.3 February 2027 (applications open 7 October 2026)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, United StatesUndergraduateUSD 6,000 stipend for ten weeks.3 February 2027, the close of the application window that opens on 1 November 2026. None of the four SURF pages prints a clock time or a timezone, so only the date is asserted here.
BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursary 2027British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP), United KingdomUndergraduate2027 rate not yet published. The 2026 round paid GBP 470 per week for a 6 to 8 week…11 April 2027 for the student application. The funder prints “2027 Key Dates: Supervisor applications: 11 January – 14 February 2027. Student applications: 1 March – 11 April 2027.” Projects only appear on the list on 1 March if a supervisor registered one by 14 February, so speak to a supervisor before then. No cut-off time is printed for 2027; the 2026 round closed.
2027 Winter Research Program (Research Experience Program)The University of Queensland, AustraliaMixedA four-week full-time research placement inside a UQ research unit, 28 June to 23 July…You must submit an online application form, Sunday 11 April 2027
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF)American Cancer Society, United States (host institution); non-US citizens with an appropriate visa or lawful immigration status may applyPostdocUSD 66,000, USD 68,000 and USD 70,000 across years one to three, plus USD 4,000 a year in…See official page
CRG Undergraduate and Master Student Fellowships, academic year 2026/2027Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, SpainMixedTen fellowship-funded research projects across CRG groups and core facilities for the…Open until filled
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Canada’s three federal granting agencies), CanadaUndergraduateA paid full-time research placement of 14 to 16 weeks with a supervisor at an eligible…Varies by programme
FAPESP Bolsa de Iniciacao Cientifica (Undergraduate Research Fellowship)FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), BrazilUndergraduateAn undergraduate research fellowship for students enrolled in a bachelor’s course at a…Rolling
FAPESP Bolsa de Doutorado Direto (Direct Doctorate Fellowship)FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), BrazilPhDA direct doctorate fellowship for students admitted to a stricto sensu postgraduate…Rolling
FAPESP Bolsa de Pos-Doutorado (Postdoctoral Fellowship)FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), BrazilPostdocA postdoctoral fellowship that places recent doctorate holders in an active research…Rolling
Wellcome Early-Career AwardsThe Wellcome Trust, United KingdomEarly-CareerYour salary plus up to 400,000 pounds for research expenses, usually over five years…Rolling
Zonta Women in STEM Award 2027Zonta International, United StatesMultiple levelsUSD 5,000 each, 16 international awards a year, plus a one-year Zonta International…Varies by programme

India: open this week

Junior Research Fellow, laboratory of Dr Reena Singh (Advertisement No. inStem/Temp/36/2025)
BRIC-inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine), Bengaluru · Msc · India
One contractual Junior Research Fellow post for twelve months, renewable on review of…
Deadline: 07-Sep-2026 on the open-positions listing; the advertisement PDF prints 07.09.2026

Project Technical Support-II, multiplex bead-based viral nucleic acid detection platform, Dr Shailendra Mani lab (Recruitment Notice No. THS/RN/16/2026)
BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · Bsc · India
Rs 20,000 a month plus house rent allowance, on a project developing an advanced…
Deadline: Date of walk-in interview: 9th September 2026

Project Research Scientist-II, Placenta Health Project (Recruitment Notice No. THS/RN/16/2026)
BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · Mixed · India
Rs 67,000 a month plus house rent allowance on the Placenta Health Project, an adaptive…
Deadline: Date of walk-in interview: 9th September 2026

Senior Project Associate, whole-body lipid metabolism model for NAFLD (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I)
BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · Postdoc · India
INR Rs 42,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: Last Date: 2026-09-10 (Walk In)

Junior Research Fellow, clathrin light chain in neural development, Dr Deepa Subramanyam lab (Advt. No. NCCS/Project Management Cell/P06/Online/2026)
BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune · India
Rs 37,000 a month plus house rent allowance, on a project running to 19 June 2027. The…
Deadline: Last Date of Receipt of Application through Google Form is 14.09.2026

Senior Project Associate, INDIGO influenza vaccine project at CDSA (Recruitment Notice No. THS-C/RN/15/2026)
BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · Early-Career · India
Rs 42,000 a month plus house rent allowance at the Clinical Development Services Agency…
Deadline: Date of walk-in interview: 14th September 2026

Project-JRF, drug-sensing pathways against multidrug-resistant Candida auris (Advt. No. 29/Project/2026/HR)
Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT · Master’s · India
One Project-JRF post at Rs 37,000 a month plus 16 per cent house rent allowance under Dr…
Deadline: 14 September 2026

Project Junior Research Fellow, epigenomics and transcriptomics, Dr Srinivas Animireddy lab (Advt. No. inStem/Temp/40/2026)
BRIC-inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine), Bengaluru · Master’s · India
One Project Junior Research Fellow post in the Developmental Chromatin Dynamics…
Deadline: 15.09.2026

Senior Research Fellow / Project Associate-II, genome-edited rice for grain mineral content, Dr Hasthi Ram lab
BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi · Master’s · India
One Senior Research Fellow or Project Associate-II post at Rs 42,000 a month plus 27 per…
Deadline: 15/09/2026

Project Research Scientist-II, BRAIN-TB bacterial regulators of CNS tuberculosis (Recruitment Notice THS/RN/17/2026)
BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · Postdoc · India
One Project Research Scientist-II post at Rs 67,000 a month plus house rent allowance on…
Deadline: Walk-in interview 21 September 2026

Project Research Scientist-I, AI models from maternal and neonatal imaging data (Recruitment Notice THS/RN/17/2026)
BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad · Master’s · India
One Project Research Scientist-I post at Rs 56,000 a month plus house rent allowance on…
Deadline: Walk-in interview 22 September 2026

Project Associate-II, ribosome hibernation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Advt. No. 28/Project/2026/HR)
Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT · Master’s · India
One Project Associate-II post at Rs 42,000 a month plus 27 per cent house rent allowance…
Deadline: 24 September 2026, walk-in interview

Project-JRF, structural biology of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-1 secretion system (Advt. No. 30/Project/2026/HR)
Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT · Master’s · India
One Project-JRF post at Rs 37,000 a month plus 27 per cent house rent allowance under Dr…
Deadline: 24 September 2026, walk-in interview

Europe: open this week

Human Technopole PhD positions via the SEMM National PhD Programme in Systems Medicine
Human Technopole (HT), Milan · Master’S Graduate, Doctoral Student · Italy
Five fully funded PhD positions with research carried out at Human Technopole in Milan…
Deadline: 7 September 2026

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
European Commission, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions · Postdoc · EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries
Call budget of EUR 399.05 million. Support comprises a living allowance and a mobility…
Deadline: 9 September 2026

University Research Fellowship (URF)
The Royal Society · Postdoc · United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
Up to GBP 1,907,400 over 8 years.
Deadline: 9 September 2026

Individual Grants for Young Researchers 2026: Postdoctoral fellows in France, autumn session
Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer · Postdoc · France
EUR 57204.
Deadline: 15 September 2026, 15h

Hubrecht International PhD Program (HIPP), 2026-2027 round
Hubrecht Institute (KNAW), Utrecht · Master’s · Netherlands (applications accepted worldwide)
A fully funded four-year PhD position at the Hubrecht Institute in the Utrecht Science…
Deadline: 15 September 2026

IMPRS for Functional Material Design doctoral positions, 2026 call
International Max Planck Research School for Functional Material Design (IMPRS-FMD), Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces · PhD · Germany
Nine advertised projects in the 2026 call, inside a school of 23 doctoral researchers on…
Deadline: Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Human Technopole PhD positions via the Politecnico di Milano PhD in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences
Human Technopole (HT), Milan · Master’S Graduate, Doctoral Student · Italy
EUR 1400.
Deadline: 18 September 2026

IMPRS for Molecules of Life PhD Programme, 2026/2027 application round
International Max Planck Research School for Molecules of Life (IMPRS-ML), Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry · PhD · Germany
A structured doctoral programme on the Martinsried life science campus near Munich, run…
Deadline: 7 October 2026 (

Zukunftskolleg two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship
Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz · Postdoc · Germany
Four two-year fellowships at the Zukunftskolleg, the University of Konstanz Institute for…
Deadline: 12 October 2026

Promotionsfoerderung (doctoral scholarships), October 2026 call
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes · PhD · Germany
A monthly stipend of 1,650 euros for a doctoral candidate, plus a research allowance the…
Deadline: Opening of the Call 1-14 October 2026. Each call remains open for two weeks, exactly 14 days.

Biozentrum PhD Fellowships, Winter Call 2026/27
Biozentrum, University of Basel · Master’s · Switzerland (applications accepted worldwide)
Full funding for the entire PhD, awarded to a maximum of 10 candidates a year. The…
Deadline: 18 October 2026

IMPRS for Biological Intelligence PhD Programme, 2026/27 recruitment round
International Max Planck Research School for Biological Intelligence (IMPRS-BI), Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence · PhD · Germany
A structured doctoral programme at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence…
Deadline: 10 November 2026

CRG International PhD Programme, 2027 call
Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona · PhD · Spain
Up to 20 fully funded positions. Selected students get a four-year employment contract…
Deadline: Deadline 22nd November 2026

Wellcome Sanger Institute 4-year PhD Programme, 2027 intake
Wellcome Sanger Institute · PhD · United Kingdom
Twelve funded studentships. A studentship covers full financial support including all…
Deadline: Tuesday 24 November 2026 (

IMPRS for Biology and Computation PhD Programme, 2027 intake
International Max Planck Research School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics · PhD · Germany
Three years of funding to work on the doctoral project, at the Max Planck Institute for…
Deadline: 7 December 2026 (

BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursary 2027
British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) · Undergraduate · United Kingdom
2027 rate not yet published. The 2026 round paid GBP 470 per week for a 6 to 8 week…
Deadline: 11 April 2027 for the student application. The funder prints “2027 Key Dates: Supervisor applications: 11 January – 14 February 2027. Student applications: 1 March – 11 April 2027.” Projects only appear on the list on 1 March if a supervisor registered one by 14 February, so speak to a supervisor before then. No cut-off time is printed for 2027; the 2026 round closed. · not open to international applicants

CRG Undergraduate and Master Student Fellowships, academic year 2026/2027
Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona · Mixed · Spain
Ten fellowship-funded research projects across CRG groups and core facilities for the…
Deadline: Open until filled

Wellcome Early-Career Awards
The Wellcome Trust · Early-Career · United Kingdom
Your salary plus up to 400,000 pounds for research expenses, usually over five years…
Deadline: Rolling

Latin America: open this week

Concurso Fondecyt de Postdoctorado 2027
ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo), Chile · Postdoc · Chile
Up to CLP 32,284,000/year, plus up to CLP 3,000,000 installation in year 1.
Deadline: 8 September 2026 · not open to international applicants

Programa de Becas de Posgrado Nacional (National Postgraduate Scholarship Programme)
Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion (ANII), Uruguay · Multiple levels · Uruguay
Monthly financial support for postgraduate students to complete a master’s or a doctorate…
Deadline: 16 September 2026. ANII prints the closing time without a timezone, so treat it as Uruguayan local time and submit early. The window opened 18 August 2026.

Beca de Doctorado BIO Fulbright ANID, Convocatoria 2026
ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo), Chile, with the Comision Fulbright Chile · Chile
A full doctoral scholarship for Chileans to start a PhD at a United States university…
Deadline: Fin del plazo de recepcion de postulaciones: lunes 28 de septiembre 2026 de Chile continental (end of the application period, Monday 28 September 2026 · not open to international applicants

Doctorado Becas Chile ANID-DAAD 2026
ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo), Chile · PhD · Chile
A Becas Chile doctoral scholarship awarded under ANID’s advanced human capital agreement…
Deadline: 1 October 2026 (the round opened 3 September 2026) · not open to international applicants

FAPESP Bolsa de Iniciacao Cientifica (Undergraduate Research Fellowship)
FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) · Undergraduate · Brazil
An undergraduate research fellowship for students enrolled in a bachelor’s course at a…
Deadline: Rolling

FAPESP Bolsa de Doutorado Direto (Direct Doctorate Fellowship)
FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) · PhD · Brazil
A direct doctorate fellowship for students admitted to a stricto sensu postgraduate…
Deadline: Rolling

FAPESP Bolsa de Pos-Doutorado (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo) · Postdoc · Brazil
A postdoctoral fellowship that places recent doctorate holders in an active research…
Deadline: Rolling

Africa: open this week

NRF/DSTI/Wits SARChI Chair in Electrochemistry and Energy Technologies (MEET) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg · Postdoc · South Africa
ZAR 320000.
Deadline: 10 September 2026. Wits prints no cut-off time and no timezone against the date, so treat it as the whole of that day in South Africa and submit early. · not open to international applicants

DSTI-CSIR Inter-Programme Bursary Scheme
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa, funded by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation · Multiple levels · South Africa
ZAR 160,000 to 180,000/year plus a ZAR 10,000 laptop allowance.
Deadline: 15 September 2026

University Research Committee (URC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2027
University of Cape Town · Postdoc · South Africa
ZAR 350,000/year.
Deadline: 15 September 2026

AHRI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PDRF/2026)
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) · Postdoc · South Africa
A one-year renewable postdoctoral research fellowship at AHRI’s KwaZulu-Natal campuses…
Deadline: The deadline is 31 December, 2026.

Asia-Pacific: open this week

University of Sydney Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship, international round
The University of Sydney, administering Australian Government RTP funding · Multiple levels · Australia
AUD 42,754/year.
Deadline: 11 September 2026

Summer Research Scholarship Programme 2026/2027
Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington · Mixed · New Zealand
A research project of up to ten weeks, about 400 hours, over the summer trimester…
Deadline: A completed online application must be submitted, Tuesday 15 September 2026

Australia-USA Mobility Fund (Adam J Berry Memorial Fund)
Australian Academy of Science · PhD · Australia
AUD 5,000.
Deadline: 16 September 2026 Applications close at 11.

France and Europe EMCR Mobility Grants
Australian Academy of Science · Postdoc · Australia
AUD 8,500.
Deadline: 16 September 2026 Applications close

CMRI Summer Student Scholarships 2026/27
Children’s Medical Research Institute · Australia
Several summer scholarships for undergraduate science or medical science students to work…
Deadline: Applications for summer student scholarships open on the 28th of August and close on the 1st of October 2026

Vacation Internship Program 2026/27
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · Australia
A paid laboratory placement of up to six weeks in a Baker Institute research laboratory…
Deadline: Applications close Sunday, 11 October 2026

2027 Summer Research Program (Research Experience Program)
The University of Queensland · Mixed · Australia
A six-week full-time research placement inside a UQ research unit, 11 January to 19…
Deadline: You must submit an online application form, Sunday 11 October 2026

Honjo International Scholarship Foundation Scholarship for Foreign Students (2027 intake)
Honjo International Scholarship Foundation (HISF) · Multiple levels · Japan
JPY 230,000 / 210,000 / 180,000 per month depending on degree length, for approximately…
Deadline: 31 October 2026 (the online application system runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 October 2026)

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship (Overseas Candidates), 2027 enrolment
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation · Multiple levels · Japan
JPY 100,000 per month (undergraduate) or JPY 140,000 per month (master’s and doctoral)…
Deadline: 31 October 2026 (the application system opens on 1 October 2026)

2027 Winter Research Program (Research Experience Program)
The University of Queensland · Mixed · Australia
A four-week full-time research placement inside a UQ research unit, 28 June to 23 July…
Deadline: You must submit an online application form, Sunday 11 April 2027

Global: open this week

Rolex Explorers Club Grant
The Explorers Club, in partnership with Rolex · Multiple levels · Any country
USD 10,000.
Deadline: 14 September 2026

UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships Programme (UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme), Cycle 2026
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) · Early-Career · Japan
Up to USD 10,000 as a lump sum for a stay of 3 to 9 months.
Deadline: Deadline for Candidate Submission: 30 September 2026

Amelia Earhart Fellowship 2027
Zonta International · PhD · United States
USD 12,000 each, up to 30 fellowships a year.
Deadline: 15 November 2026. The funder writes: “The 20 Earhart Fellowship application must be submitted in full by 15 November 2026 to be considered.” No cut-off time and no timezone are printed, so treat the date as the whole of that day and submit early.

DKMS John Hansen Research Grant 2027
DKMS Stiftung Leben Spenden, administered by DKMS Group gGmbH · Postdoc · Any country (the grant follows the researcher, not a host country)
EUR 240,000 over three years (maximum EUR 80,000 a year).
Deadline: 16 November 2026

Zonta Women in STEM Award 2027
Zonta International · Multiple levels · United States
USD 5,000 each, 16 international awards a year, plus a one-year Zonta International…
Deadline: Varies by programme

North America: open this week

Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)
CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Canada Research Training Awards Suite) · Postdoc · Canada
CAD 70,000 per year for 24 months.
Deadline: 16 September 2026 for CIHR (health and life sciences); 19 October 2026 for NSERC (biology)

Globalink Research Internship (GRI) 2027
Mitacs · Undergraduate · Canada
Mitacs publishes no single award figure. The award covers a contribution towards…
Deadline: 16 September 2026

Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Awards
Genetics Society of America (GSA) · Bachelors · United States
Support towards travel or registration costs for an undergraduate presenting Drosophila…
Deadline: 17 September 2026

DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics
Genetics Society of America (GSA) · Multiple levels · United States
USD 1,000.
Deadline: 18 September 2026

Doctoral Research Scholarship 2027-2028 (B2), Regular component and Re-Entering Research component
Fonds de recherche du Quebec (FRQ) · PhD · Canada
A doctoral research scholarship of 25,000 Canadian dollars a year, paid in term…
Deadline: Deadline (application): September 29th, 2026

Master’s Research Scholarships 2027-2028 (B1), Regular component and Re-Entering Research component
Fonds de recherche du Quebec (FRQ) · Msc · Canada
A master’s research scholarship of 20,000 Canadian dollars a year, paid in semester…
Deadline: Deadline (application): October 1st, 2026

Postdoctoral Scholarships 2027-2028 (B3)
Fonds de recherche du Quebec (FRQ) · Postdoc · Canada
A postdoctoral scholarship of 45,000 Canadian dollars a year for a minimum of six months…
Deadline: Deadline (application): October 8th, 2026

Gilliam Fellows Program, 2027 competition
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) · PhD · United States (international students at an HHMI-eligible institution may apply)
Up to three years of annual support during the PhD, made up of a stipend, a discretionary…
Deadline: 27 October 2026

NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP)
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Office of Fellowships · Postdoc · United States
A guest-researcher associateship at a sponsoring US federal laboratory, awarded for…
Deadline: 2 November 2026. The funder states no timezone, so plan against the earlier of your own and US Eastern time.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grant (2026 grant cycle)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) · Postdoc · United States
Up to USD 140,000 over two years (USD 56,000 a year salary plus USD 14,000 a year…
Deadline: 15 November 2026

Arthritis and Related Autoimmune Disease Research Grant (2027 cycle)
Arthritis National Research Foundation · Early-Career · United States
Up to USD 250,000 over two years.
Deadline: 8 January 2027

Psoriatic Arthritis / Ankylosing Spondylitis Research Grant (2027 cycle)
Arthritis National Research Foundation · Early-Career · United States
Up to USD 250,000 over two years.
Deadline: 8 January 2027

Rheum for Kids: Pediatric Skin and Joint Grant (2027 cycle)
Arthritis National Research Foundation · Early-Career · United States
Up to USD 50,000 for one year.
Deadline: 8 January 2027

Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, 2027 competition
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Education · Undergraduate · United States
A two-year award of up to USD 9,500 per academic year in academic assistance, plus a paid…
Deadline: 31 January 2027 · not open to international applicants

AGA-Aman Armaan Ahmed Family SURF for Success Program (summer undergraduate research fellowship)
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) · Undergraduate · United States
USD 6,200 stipend for a 10-week summer fellowship, 6 awards.
Deadline: 3 February 2027 (applications open 7 October 2026) · not open to international applicants

AGA-Dr. Harvey Young Education and Development Foundation’s Young Guts Scholars Program
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) · Undergraduate · United States
USD 6,075 to USD 7,575 per award, 6 awards, over a 10-month term.
Deadline: 3 February 2027 (applications open 7 October 2026) · not open to international applicants

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science · Undergraduate · United States
USD 6,000 stipend for ten weeks.
Deadline: 3 February 2027, the close of the application window that opens on 1 November 2026. None of the four SURF pages prints a clock time or a timezone, so only the date is asserted here. · not open to international applicants

Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF)
American Cancer Society · Postdoc · United States (host institution); non-US citizens with an appropriate visa or lawful immigration status may apply
USD 66,000, USD 68,000 and USD 70,000 across years one to three, plus USD 4,000 a year in…
Deadline: See official page

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC (Canada’s three federal granting agencies) · Undergraduate · Canada
A paid full-time research placement of 14 to 16 weeks with a supervisor at an eligible…
Deadline: Varies by programme · not open to international applicants

These are this week’s openings. The full list of every verified opportunity, with filters, is at stemskillslab.com/opportunities.

What closes first?

Two entries close today, 7 September 2026. The Junior Research Fellow post in Dr Reena Singh’s laboratory at BRIC-inStem in Bengaluru is one of them, and the other is the set of five fully funded PhD positions at Human Technopole in Milan awarded through the SEMM National PhD Programme in Systems Medicine.

Then the week’s two biggest closes fall together on 9 September. The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call, with a budget of 399.05 million euros, is the largest single postdoctoral opportunity in this index, and the Royal Society University Research Fellowship, worth up to 1,907,400 pounds over eight years, closes the same day. Two Indian project posts at BRIC-THSTI in Faridabad also close on 9 September, one at Rs 20,000 a month for a bachelor’s holder and one at Rs 67,000 a month on the Placenta Health Project.

After that: the Wits SARChI postdoctoral fellowship in South Africa on 10 September, the University of Sydney Research Training Program stipend on 11 September, four entries on 14 September including the Rolex Explorers Club Grant, and eight on 15 September.

Why did ten European institute PhD programmes open at once?

Ten entries in this week’s list are European institute PhD programmes, and eight of them were added to the index in the past week. This is not a coincidence of our own scheduling. Institutes that recruit a cohort rather than fill a single project run one call a year, and that call opens in the autumn so interviews can happen in the new year and students can start the following autumn.

The dates run from 15 September to 7 December and every one is in the table below, so you can apply to several. The nearest are the IMPRS for Functional Material Design and the Hubrecht International PhD Program in Utrecht on 15 September; the furthest is the IMPRS for Biology and Computation in Berlin on 7 December. Sanger, on 24 November, funds twelve studentships in genomics, computational biology and bioinformatics, which is the closest thing here to a direct route into the work our computational biology skills roadmap describes.

Two structural details matter before you pick. The Biozentrum fellowship in Basel is tied to neither a group nor a project, so fellows rotate through at least two labs before choosing a thesis group, while CRG in Barcelona offers up to twenty four-year employment contracts on named projects. And in almost all of them you apply to the school rather than to a supervisor, which means two referees must submit through a portal by the same date you do.

What can an MSc student in India apply to right now?

Seven Indian institute posts entered the index this week, each read from the institute’s own recruitment page and its advertisement, and each open to an MSc holder.

The Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad has three: a Project-JRF on drug-sensing pathways in multidrug-resistant Candida auris at Rs 37,000 a month closing 14 September, and two Mycobacterium tuberculosis structural biology posts closing 24 September, one on the ESX-1 secretion system and one on ribosome hibernation at Rs 42,000 a month. Both want gene cloning, protein purification and cryo-electron microscopy, and both are walk-in selections, so the closing date is the day you attend, not the day you submit a form.

Two close on 15 September, a Project Junior Research Fellow in the Developmental Chromatin Biology group at BRIC-inStem that asks for R or Python and NGS analysis, and a Senior Research Fellow or Project Associate-II post on genome-edited rice at BRIC-NIPGR. BRIC-THSTI has two more: a Project Research Scientist-II on BRAIN-TB at Rs 67,000 a month closing 21 September, and a Project Research Scientist-I building AI models from maternal and neonatal imaging data at Rs 56,000 a month closing 22 September, which accepts a B.E. or B.Tech in computer science and so is one of the few posts here a computer science graduate can enter directly.

Almost all require a national eligibility test, usually NET, GATE or DBT-JRF, and carry an age limit between 28 and 40. Check both first. None of the seven charges a fee. Thirteen Indian entries are open this week in total, and the directory keeps them together under opportunities in India.

What is here for an undergraduate?

More than usual, and most of it for next summer rather than this one. The northern hemisphere undergraduate research season opens now and closes in the new year, so what you write in the next four months decides what you do in mid-2027.

Three new undergraduate entries arrived this week. The FAPESP Bolsa de Iniciacao Cientifica in Sao Paulo state accepts applications in continuous flow with no deadline at all, and takes foreign candidates enrolled at a Sao Paulo institution. The NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship pays up to 9,500 US dollars a year across two years plus a paid summer internship, closing 31 January 2027. The Canadian Undergraduate Student Research Awards pay a 6,000 Canadian dollar minimum for 14 to 16 weeks, but each university sets its own date.

Six more undergraduate entries are already in the table below, from the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship closing 16 September to the Mayo Clinic and American Gastroenterological Association programmes closing 3 February 2027, and the summer programmes in Australia and New Zealand take undergraduates too. One trap is worth naming: the BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursary closes on 11 April 2027, but its supervisor stage runs in February, and no project exists for a student to choose unless a supervisor registered one first.

Which of these are closed to international applicants?

Ten, three of them new this week. You should know this before you spend a weekend on an application, not after.

The NOAA Hollings Scholarship requires United States citizenship. The Canadian Undergraduate Student Research Awards require Canadian citizenship, permanent residence or Protected Person status under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The Wits SARChI postdoctoral fellowship is open to South African citizens only, and says preference will be given to female candidates. All three ANID entries from Chile are for Chilean nationals: Fondecyt Postdoctorado 2027, the Beca de Doctorado BIO Fulbright ANID, and the Doctorado Becas Chile ANID-DAAD round closing 1 October.

The Mayo Clinic fellowship takes international students only if they are already enrolled full time at a United States college, and is closed to anyone who will hold a first bachelor’s degree before the programme starts. Both American Gastroenterological Association programmes and the BSPP bursary carry similar limits. Everything else here takes applications from abroad: the Sanger programme says so plainly, and all three FAPESP fellowships state that foreign candidates are eligible. The directory filters the whole index down to those in one click, under open to international.

Why do eight of these entries carry no date?

Because their funders have not printed one, and we will not invent it. Six are genuinely open ended: the three FAPESP fellowships accept applications at any time of year in continuous flow, the Wellcome Early-Career Awards have no deadline, the CRG undergraduate and master fellowships stay open until each project is filled, and the Canadian Undergraduate Student Research Awards print “Application deadline: Set by institution”, so the date that binds you is your own university’s.

Two are more awkward, and we say so on the record page rather than guessing. The American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowships close on 1 June and 1 December, but no year is printed against either. The Zonta Women in STEM Award is submitted to a local Zonta club, and each club sets its own date. In both cases we print the funder’s own wording and link the page that holds the operative date.

How many opportunities were dropped this week, and why?

Seven, and the reasons divide into two kinds.

Three went over a date we could not read safely. The ANII-Chevening master’s scholarships in Uruguay print 06.10.2026, where both components are twelve or less and the day and month order cannot be settled from the page. The Canadian Graduate Research Scholarship for master’s students prints “December 1” with no year anywhere. A research associate post at BRIC-NIPGR prints 11/09/2026, the same ambiguity. In all three the date is probably guessable, and that is exactly the problem: a guess here is a student missing a real deadline.

Three went because applying costs money, which this lane never publishes. The THSTI Biodesign fellowship charges Rs 590, reduced to Rs 118 for some applicants. The RCB Biosafety Support Unit post charges a non-refundable Rs 200. The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology PhD programme in Cambridge is free in itself, but you are considered only if you also submit a University of Cambridge admission application, which charges 20 pounds, so the award is unreachable without paying. The seventh, the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh studentships, went for a different reason: Edinburgh states the 2027 process is under review and the forms will not exist until November, so any date we printed today could move.

How is this list verified?

Every stored record was re-fetched from its funder’s own page before this issue went out. Of 235 checked, 24 closed because their dates had passed, 113 were unchanged and 81 were re-verified. No stored deadline changed anywhere in the index this week. Seventeen pages could not be fetched, and those records were left exactly as they were, because a page that fails to load tells us nothing about whether an opportunity is open.

Every new entry is read twice, by two readers who never see each other’s work. Disagreement about the deadline or the application page drops the record outright. Two candidates went that way this week. The index now holds 291 records, 222 of them open.

What should I do before the deadline?

Open the official link on the record page and read the funder’s own words first. Our record is a summary, the funder’s page is the authority, and a page can change between our check and your visit.

Then work backwards from the date. For the institute PhD programmes, referees are the part that fails: two academics who must submit through a portal by the same date you do, from their institutional addresses. Hubrecht states outright that making sure they do is your responsibility. Ask them this week. For the Indian project posts, most are walk-in selections, so gather the original documents you are told to bring rather than preparing a submission, and confirm your NET, GATE or DBT-JRF status first, because no amount of relevant experience substitutes for it. Portals queue on closing day, so submit before it.

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Frequently asked questions

Which life science funding deadlines close this week?

Two close on 7 September 2026: the Junior Research Fellow post in Dr Reena Singh’s laboratory at BRIC-inStem Bengaluru, and the five fully funded Human Technopole PhD positions awarded through the SEMM National PhD Programme in Systems Medicine in Milan. Four close on 9 September, including the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 and the Royal Society University Research Fellowship. The Wits SARChI postdoctoral fellowship closes 10 September, the University of Sydney Research Training Program stipend 11 September, and eight more entries close on 15 September. Thirty-one close by 21 September 2026 in total.

Why have so many European PhD programmes opened at the same time?

Because institutes that recruit a whole cohort run one call a year, and that call opens in autumn so interviews fall in the new year and students start the following autumn. Ten entries in this issue are European institute PhD programmes and eight arrived in the past week. The IMPRS for Functional Material Design and the Hubrecht International PhD Program close 15 September, Human Technopole’s Politecnico di Milano route 18 September, the IMPRS for Molecules of Life 7 October, the Biozentrum PhD Fellowships 18 October, the IMPRS for Biological Intelligence 10 November, the CRG International PhD Programme 22 November, the Wellcome Sanger Institute 4-year PhD Programme 24 November, and the IMPRS for Biology and Computation 7 December.

Which of these fund computational biology or bioinformatics work?

Several. The Wellcome Sanger Institute 4-year PhD Programme covers genomics, computational biology and bioinformatics across twelve funded studentships, closing 24 November 2026. The IMPRS for Biology and Computation at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics sits at the interface of molecular life science and computation and asks for knowledge of one with a willingness to gain the other, closing 7 December 2026. The IMPRS for Molecules of Life includes systems and computational biology, closing 7 October 2026. In India, the BRIC-THSTI Project Research Scientist-I post builds AI models from maternal and neonatal imaging data at Rs 56,000 a month and accepts a B.E. or B.Tech in computer science, closing 22 September, and the BRIC-inStem Project JRF asks for R or Python and NGS analysis, closing 15 September.

Can an MSc student in India apply to any of these directly?

Yes. Seven Indian institute posts entered the index this week and every one takes an MSc holder. Three are at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad: a Project-JRF on Candida auris antifungal resistance at Rs 37,000 a month closing 14 September, and two structural biology posts on Mycobacterium tuberculosis closing 24 September, at Rs 37,000 and Rs 42,000 a month. Two close on 15 September, at BRIC-inStem Bengaluru and BRIC-NIPGR New Delhi. BRIC-THSTI Faridabad has two more, closing 21 and 22 September, at Rs 67,000 and Rs 56,000 a month. Almost all require NET, GATE or DBT-JRF and carry an age limit between 28 and 40, and none charges an application fee.

Which of these are closed to international applicants?

Ten of this week’s entries. The NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship requires United States citizenship. The Canadian Undergraduate Student Research Awards require Canadian citizenship, permanent residence or Protected Person status under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. All three ANID competitions from Chile are for Chilean nationals. The Wits SARChI postdoctoral fellowship is for South African citizens only. The Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship accepts international students only if they are already enrolled full time at a United States college or university. Both American Gastroenterological Association undergraduate programmes and the BSPP Undergraduate Vacation Bursary carry national or institutional limits.

How often is this list updated, and how far can I trust it?

We publish a roundup every week and add newly verified opportunities in between. Before this issue every live record was re-fetched from its funder’s own page: 235 records were checked, 24 closed because their dates had passed, 113 were unchanged, 81 were re-verified, and no stored deadline changed anywhere in the index. Seventeen pages could not be fetched and those records were left exactly as they were, because a failed fetch tells us nothing about whether an opportunity is open. Every new entry is read twice by two readers who never see each other’s work, and disagreement about the deadline or the application page drops the record. Two were dropped that way this week. The index holds 291 records, 222 of them open, and every record carries the date it was last verified. Always open the official link before you apply.

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