Life Science PhD, Fellowship and Scholarship Deadlines: 15 Close by 24 August 2026
One hundred and fifty-three life science funding calls are open right now across seven regions. Fifteen of them close by 24 August 2026, and five of those fifteen are Indian institute project posts that a master’s graduate can apply to directly. Every date here was read on the funder’s own website on 17 August 2026.
This is our weekly funding roundup for life scientists. Every entry was checked against the funding organisation’s own website on 17 August 2026. Nothing here comes from a scholarship aggregator, and the section on verification explains why that distinction is worth more than it sounds.
The index now holds 153 open calls: 57 in Europe, 22 global schemes with no single home country, 22 in North America, 16 in India, 14 across Asia and the Pacific, 12 in Africa and 10 in Latin America. Twenty-one entries are new today. Fourteen closed since last week because their dates simply passed, and one moved in the other direction: the HPI at UCT Research School fellowships in Cape Town were due to close on 15 August and now close on 1 September 2026.
Fifteen of the 153 close within the next week. If you read only one section, read the next one.
| Programme | Host / country | Level | Funding | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project-JRF, antifungal peptide delivery in leguminous crops (Advt. No. 26/Project/2026/HR) | Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT, India | Master’s | INR Rs. 37,000/month + 27% HRA. | 19 August 2026, walk-in interview |
| Project Associate I, Cdk-related kinases in Toxoplasma gondii (Advt. No. 17/2026) | BRIC-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, India | Master’s | INR Rs 31,000/month + HRA. | Online link for submission of application is available up to 20-08-2026 |
| Project Associate I, spectroscopy-based exosomal cancer biomarker project (Adv. 08/2026) | BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (BRIC-RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram, India | Master’s | INR Rs. 37,000/month + 16% HRA. | 20 August 2026 |
| Project Associate I, colorectal cancer mucin and gut microbiota project (Adv. 07/2026) | BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (BRIC-RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram, India | Master’s | INR Rs. 37,000/month + HRA (NET) or Rs. 30,000/month + HRA. | 20 August 2026 |
| Project Associate and Project Technical Support project staff positions, Life Sciences route (Advertisement No. 08/2026) | CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, India | Master’s | INR Rs 25,000 to Rs 31,000/month + 20% HRA. | Last Date of filling up online Application Form is 20.08.2026; Life Sciences walk-in on 20.08.2026 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships for research within Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology | Novo Nordisk Foundation (Novo Nordisk Fonden), Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden (host institution) | Multiple levels | DKK 3300000. | 20 August 2026 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships for research within Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology | Novo Nordisk Foundation (Novo Nordisk Fonden), Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden (host institution) | Multiple levels | DKK 3300000. | 20 August 2026 |
| Hillel Friedland Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Genomics, Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | Postdoc | A two-year funded fellowship in the Cancer Genetics Group at the Sydney Brenner Institute… | 20 August 2026 |
| Becas Internas Doctorales Cofinanciadas (Co-financed Doctoral Fellowships) | CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas), Argentina | PhD | A 60-month non-renewable doctoral fellowship starting 1 April 2027, run under CONICET’s… | 21 August 2026 (window opened 27 July 2026) |
| Becas Internas Doctorales (Doctoral Fellowships) | CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas), Argentina | PhD | The 2026 call allocates 1,000 doctoral fellowships, each running 60 months and… | 21 August 2026 (window opened 27 July 2026) |
| Senior Research Fellow, otitis media pathogenesis (Advt. No. 32/2026) | Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, India | Master’s | INR Rs. 42,000/month + HRA. | 21 August 2026 |
| AMBER Postdoctoral Fellowship: PRISM: Platform for Robotic Imaging and Synchrotron Microscopy | EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), AMBER MSCA COFUND programme, France | Postdoc | EUR Not stated as a figure. EMBL prints a “generous stipend reviewed yearly” plus… | 24 August 2026 |
| AMBER Postdoctoral Fellowship: Development of AI-assisted sample optimisation workflows for cryo-EM | EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), AMBER MSCA COFUND programme, France | Postdoc | EUR Not stated as a figure. EMBL prints a “generous stipend reviewed yearly” plus… | 24 August 2026 |
| AMBER Postdoctoral Fellowship: Next generation vitrification workflows for cryo-ET | EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), AMBER MSCA COFUND programme, France | Postdoc | EUR Not stated as a figure. EMBL prints a “generous stipend reviewed yearly” plus… | 24 August 2026 |
| QIMR Berghofer International PhD Scholarships | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia | PhD | AUD 39,220/year. | 24 August 2026 |
| Research Associate-II and Project Associate-I, REPAT effector proteins in Spodoptera litura | BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi, India | Master’s | Emoluments as per DST and SERB norms, with no rupee figure printed on the advertisement…. | 27/08/2026 |
| Project Associate-I, whole-body lipid metabolism model and web application (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I) | BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India | Master’s | INR Rs 31,000/month + HRA. | Last Date: 2026-08-27 (Walk In) |
| Research Associate-I, climate-resilient rice for direct-seeded cultivation using CRISPR (Advt. No. 27/Project/2026/HR) | Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, funded by DBT, India | Postdoc | INR Rs 58,000/month + 30% HRA. | 27 August 2026 |
| PhD in Mathematical Analysis, Modelling and Applications, Academic Year 2026/27, second session | Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy | PhD | EUR 16242.96. | 27 August 2026 (second session) |
| Rhodes Scholarship, East Africa | The Rhodes Trust, United Kingdom (University of Oxford) | Multiple levels | GBP 20,400 per year (2025-26 rate) plus full fees. | 27 August 2026 |
| Rhodes Scholarship, West Africa | The Rhodes Trust, United Kingdom (University of Oxford) | Multiple levels | GBP 20,400 per year (2025-26 rate) plus full fees. | 27 August 2026 |
| Research Associate-III, image-based disease screening in chickpea (advertisement dated 14-08-2026) | BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi, India | Postdoctoral Researcher | INR 67000. | 28 August 2026 |
| JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard Program, Open Call) | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan | Postdoc | JPY 362,000/month plus airfare and a JPY 200,000 settling-in allowance. | 28 August 2026 |
| Estancias Posdoctorales por Mexico 2026 (Postdoctoral Stays in Mexico) | Secihti (Secretaria de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnologia e Innovacion), Mexico, Mexico | Postdoc | Postdoctoral fellowships to carry out a research project at a Mexican public higher… | 28 August 2026 |
| DMM Conference Travel Grants | The Company of Biologists, Worldwide | Multiple levels | GBP 500. | 28 August 2026 |
| Amgen Scholars Australia Program, Summer 2027 | Amgen Foundation, Australia | Undergraduate | Funded undergraduate summer research placement at the University of Melbourne, running 3… | 31 August 2026 |
| Project Associate-I, Dr Diya Binoy Joseph Lab (Advt. inStem/Temp/28/2026) | BRIC-inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine), Bengaluru, India | Master’s | INR Rs. 31,000/month + HRA (NET-qualified) or Rs. 25,000/month + HRA. | 31 August 2026 |
| Project Associate-II and Project Assistant, extramural projects (Advt. No. NCCS/Project Management Cell/P05/Online/2026) | BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India | Master’s | INR Rs 28,000/month + HRA. | Last Date of Receipt of Application through Google Form is 31.08.2026 |
| Project Associate-I, NIPGR Short-Term Research Fellowship scheme (advertisement dated 17-08-2026) | BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR), New Delhi, India | Master’S Graduate | One Project Associate-I post under Dr Senthil-Kumar Muthappa, paid at DST/DBT norms. The… | 31 August 2026 |
| Project Associate-I, differential virulence and drug resistance in bovine tuberculosis, Dr Nisheeth Agarwal lab (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I) | BRIC-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, India | Master’s | INR Rs 31,000/month + HRA. | Last Date: 2026-08-31 (Walk In) |
| Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarships for Postgraduate Study | Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, South Africa | Multiple levels | A limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate study at local and… | 31 August 2026, for studies commencing January to June 2027 |
| Pathfinder Grant (formerly The Exploration Fund Grant) | The Explorers Club, Any country | Multiple levels | USD 2,500 to USD 5,000. | 31 August 2026 |
| Rising Explorer Grant | The Explorers Club, Any country | Undergraduate | Awards average USD 2,000. | 31 August 2026 |
| The 2027 Postdoctoral Scholar Program (First Round) | Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan | Postdoc | A full-time postdoctoral appointment at Academia Sinica running 1 January 2027 to 31… | August 1 to September 1, 2026 |
| Scholarship for International Graduate Students (Master’s study in Germany) | Heinrich Boell Stiftung (Heinrich Boell Foundation), Germany | Master’s | EUR 992/month base scholarship, plus allowances. | 1 September 2026 (Fall 2026 round; the window opened on 15 July 2026) |
| Scholarship for International Doctoral Candidates (PhD study in Germany) | Heinrich Boell Stiftung (Heinrich Boell Foundation), Germany | PhD | EUR 1,500/month base scholarship, plus allowances. | 1 September 2026 (Fall 2026 round; the window opened on 15 July 2026) |
| Reintegration Fellowships, Autumn Call 2026 | The Carlsberg Foundation (Carlsbergfondet), Denmark | Postdoc | Two-year postdoctoral fellowship covering full salary plus operating expenses of DKK… | Deadline: 1 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, India | Postdoc | INR Rs 42,000/month + HRA. | Last Date: 2026-09-10 (Walk In) |
| University Research Committee (URC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2027 | University of Cape Town, South Africa | Postdoc | ZAR 350,000/year. | 15 September 2026 |
| Australia-USA Mobility Fund (Adam J Berry Memorial Fund) | Australian Academy of Science, Australia | PhD | AUD 5,000. | 16 September 2026 Applications close at 11. |
| France and Europe EMCR Mobility Grants | Australian Academy of Science, Australia | Postdoc | AUD 8,500. | 16 September 2026 Applications close |
| Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Awards | Genetics Society of America (GSA), United States | Bachelors | Support towards travel or registration costs for an undergraduate presenting Drosophila… | 17 September 2026 |
| Chamada Publica MCTI/CNPq numero 20/2026, Atlanticas: Programa Beatriz Nascimento de Mulheres na Ciencia | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil, Brazil | PhD | Overseas fellowships in three tracks, doctoral sandwich, senior and postdoctoral… | Data limite para submissao das propostas 30/09/2026 |
| Short-term Fellowships 2026, autumn deadline (departures January to April 2027) | Fondazione AIRC per la ricerca sul cancro ETS, Italy | PhD | EUR 4,500. | Departures between January and April 2027: deadline September 30, 2026 |
| ERS Short-Term Research Fellowships (October 2026 call) | European Respiratory Society (ERS), Switzerland (applications accepted from all nationalities) | Multiple levels | A one to three month research visit at a host institution outside the applicant’s own… | 1 October 2026 |
| Fellowship (one to three years) | Sigrid Juselius Foundation (Sigrid Juseliuksen Saatio), Finland | Postdoc | A one-to-three-year grant for postdoctoral medical research carried out abroad, paid in… | Application period: 15.09.-15.10.2026 |
| Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (2027 Fellowship) | Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, United States | Multiple levels | Up to USD 90,000 (USD 25,000 a year stipend plus USD 20,000 a year tuition, up to two… | 29 October 2026 |
| IBRO Neuroscience Training Grants | IBRO (International Brain Research Organization), Belgium | Multiple levels | USD 3,000 (Asia-Pacific) up to USD 5,000 (Africa), depending on region of residence. | 31 October 2026. The application window is 15 September 2026 to 31 October 2026, so the portal is not open yet. |
| Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program, 2026 Solicitation 2 | U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, United States | PhD | USD 3,600/month. | Applications are due November 4, 2026 |
| Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program (PPU), Call PPU 2027 | Institut Pasteur, France | PhD | Selected students receive a salary from Institut Pasteur on a three-year contract, with… | The call for enrollment of students in October 2027 will be open from October 1st to November 16th, 2026 |
| DSTI-NRF Honours Student Funding for the 2027 Academic Year | National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), South Africa, South Africa | Undergraduate | Scholarships for a South African honours year (the one-year postgraduate degree taken… | 23 November 2026 (applicant closing date). Applicants who need an ISFAP assessment must submit by 14 August 2026. |
| Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsstipendium) | Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw), Germany | PhD | Up to EUR 1,650 per month plus EUR 100 per month research-cost allowance, normally for up… | 13 January 2027 (), for funding starting 1 April 2027. A later round for funding starting 1 October 2027 runs 8 June to 7 July 2027. |
| Scholarships for International Students and Doctoral Candidates | Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Hanns Seidel Foundation), Germany | Multiple levels | EUR 300/month study-cost allowance plus a monthly base rate set by the funding regulations. | 15 January 2027, the close of the winter application window that opens on 15 December 2026. The portal is shut between windows. |
| Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann Study Scholarship (Studienstipendium) | Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw), Germany | Undergraduate, Masters | EUR 300 per month study-cost allowance for everyone, plus a means-tested stipend of up to… | 2 March 2027. The application portal opens 11 January 2027. |
| Structured Master’s in Mathematical Sciences (Mathematical Sciences and AI for Science streams) | African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa, South Africa | Master’s | ZAR 2,200/month. | See official page |
| Becas para asistencia a cursos CABBIO 2026 | Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion (ANII), Uruguay, Uruguay | Master’s | USD 1,000. | Varies by programme |
| ESPRIT (Early-Stage Program: Research, Innovation, Training) | Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria | Postdoc | Thirty-six months of independent project funding covering the principal investigator’s… | Rolling |
| The Barry Goldwater Scholarship | Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, United States | Undergraduate | USD 7,500. | Varies by programme |
| Undergraduate Research Program (URP) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States | Undergraduate | USD 7,000 stipend, plus room and board. | See official page |
| Cusanuswerk Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsförderung) | Cusanuswerk, Bischöfliche Studienförderung, Germany | PhD | EUR 1,750 per month (EUR 1,650 stipend plus EUR 100 research allowance), for up to three… | See official page |
| Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsstipendium) | Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst, Germany | PhD | The foundation funds around 300 doctoral researchers a year across all disciplines, with… | See official page |
| Hertz Fellowship (2027 cohort) | Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, United States | PhD | Up to USD 250,000 over up to five years. | See official page |
| Promotionsfoerderung fuer Auslaender:innen (doctoral scholarship for foreign nationals) | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Germany | PhD | EUR 1,500/month. | Rolling |
| Study Scholarship for International (Non-EU) Students in Germany | Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung fuer die Freiheit (Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom), Germany | Master’s | EUR 992/month, plus family allowances and paid health insurance. | See official page |
| Doctoral Scholarship for International (Non-EU) Doctoral Candidates in Germany | Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung fuer die Freiheit (Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom), Germany | PhD | Up to EUR 1,500/month, plus family allowances and paid health insurance. | See official page |
| ISN Career Support Grant (CSC Research Grant) | ISN (International Society for Neurochemistry), Any | Postdoc | Up to USD 10,000. | See official page |
| ISN Laboratory Exchange Grant | ISN (International Society for Neurochemistry), Any country other than your own | Multiple levels | Up to USD 5,000. | See official page |
| IUPAB General Bursaries for Conferences | IUPAB (International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics), Any | Multiple levels | Up to EUR 1,500. | Rolling |
| PhD programs in Cancer Biology and in Cancer Engineering | Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States | PhD | USD 55,620 per year (2026-2027), plus USD 54,139 tuition, health insurance and relocation. | See official page |
| Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation | The Rufford Foundation, Multiple | Master’s | A staged ladder of four grants for conservation fieldwork in emerging and developing… | Rolling |
| University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship (UoADS) | Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, New Zealand | PhD | Up to NZD 35,468 per year stipend (2026), plus tuition fees, for up to 42 months full-time. | See official page |
India: open this week
Project-JRF, antifungal peptide delivery in leguminous crops (Advt. No. 26/Project/2026/HR)
INR Rs. 37,000/month + 27% HRA.
Deadline: 19 August 2026, walk-in interview · not open to international applicants
Project Associate I, Cdk-related kinases in Toxoplasma gondii (Advt. No. 17/2026)
INR Rs 31,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: Online link for submission of application is available up to 20-08-2026
Project Associate I, spectroscopy-based exosomal cancer biomarker project (Adv. 08/2026)
INR Rs. 37,000/month + 16% HRA.
Deadline: 20 August 2026 · not open to international applicants
Project Associate I, colorectal cancer mucin and gut microbiota project (Adv. 07/2026)
INR Rs. 37,000/month + HRA (NET) or Rs. 30,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: 20 August 2026 · not open to international applicants
Project Associate and Project Technical Support project staff positions, Life Sciences route (Advertisement No. 08/2026)
INR Rs 25,000 to Rs 31,000/month + 20% HRA.
Deadline: Last Date of filling up online Application Form is 20.08.2026; Life Sciences walk-in on 20.08.2026
Senior Research Fellow, otitis media pathogenesis (Advt. No. 32/2026)
INR Rs. 42,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: 21 August 2026 · not open to international applicants
Research Associate-II and Project Associate-I, REPAT effector proteins in Spodoptera litura
Emoluments as per DST and SERB norms, with no rupee figure printed on the advertisement….
Deadline: 27/08/2026
Project Associate-I, whole-body lipid metabolism model and web application (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I)
INR Rs 31,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: Last Date: 2026-08-27 (Walk In)
Research Associate-I, climate-resilient rice for direct-seeded cultivation using CRISPR (Advt. No. 27/Project/2026/HR)
INR Rs 58,000/month + 30% HRA.
Deadline: 27 August 2026
Research Associate-III, image-based disease screening in chickpea (advertisement dated 14-08-2026)
INR 67000.
Deadline: 28 August 2026
Project Associate-I, Dr Diya Binoy Joseph Lab (Advt. inStem/Temp/28/2026)
INR Rs. 31,000/month + HRA (NET-qualified) or Rs. 25,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: 31 August 2026
Project Associate-II and Project Assistant, extramural projects (Advt. No. NCCS/Project Management Cell/P05/Online/2026)
INR Rs 28,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: Last Date of Receipt of Application through Google Form is 31.08.2026
Project Associate-I, NIPGR Short-Term Research Fellowship scheme (advertisement dated 17-08-2026)
One Project Associate-I post under Dr Senthil-Kumar Muthappa, paid at DST/DBT norms. The…
Deadline: 31 August 2026
Project Associate-I, differential virulence and drug resistance in bovine tuberculosis, Dr Nisheeth Agarwal lab (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I)
INR Rs 31,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: Last Date: 2026-08-31 (Walk In)
Senior Project Associate, whole-body lipid metabolism model for NAFLD (RN No. THS/RN/01/2026/08-I)
INR Rs 42,000/month + HRA.
Deadline: Last Date: 2026-09-10 (Walk In)
Europe: open this week
Postdoctoral Fellowships for research within Plant Science, Agriculture and Food Biotechnology
DKK 3300000.
Deadline: 20 August 2026
Postdoctoral Fellowships for research within Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Biotechnology
DKK 3300000.
Deadline: 20 August 2026
AMBER Postdoctoral Fellowship: PRISM: Platform for Robotic Imaging and Synchrotron Microscopy
EUR Not stated as a figure. EMBL prints a “generous stipend reviewed yearly” plus…
Deadline: 24 August 2026
AMBER Postdoctoral Fellowship: Development of AI-assisted sample optimisation workflows for cryo-EM
EUR Not stated as a figure. EMBL prints a “generous stipend reviewed yearly” plus…
Deadline: 24 August 2026
AMBER Postdoctoral Fellowship: Next generation vitrification workflows for cryo-ET
EUR Not stated as a figure. EMBL prints a “generous stipend reviewed yearly” plus…
Deadline: 24 August 2026
PhD in Mathematical Analysis, Modelling and Applications, Academic Year 2026/27, second session
EUR 16242.96.
Deadline: 27 August 2026 (second session)
Scholarship for International Graduate Students (Master’s study in Germany)
EUR 992/month base scholarship, plus allowances.
Deadline: 1 September 2026 (Fall 2026 round; the window opened on 15 July 2026)
Scholarship for International Doctoral Candidates (PhD study in Germany)
EUR 1,500/month base scholarship, plus allowances.
Deadline: 1 September 2026 (Fall 2026 round; the window opened on 15 July 2026)
Reintegration Fellowships, Autumn Call 2026
Two-year postdoctoral fellowship covering full salary plus operating expenses of DKK…
Deadline: Deadline: 1 September 2026
Short-term Fellowships 2026, autumn deadline (departures January to April 2027)
EUR 4,500.
Deadline: Departures between January and April 2027: deadline September 30, 2026
ERS Short-Term Research Fellowships (October 2026 call)
A one to three month research visit at a host institution outside the applicant’s own…
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Fellowship (one to three years)
A one-to-three-year grant for postdoctoral medical research carried out abroad, paid in…
Deadline: Application period: 15.09.-15.10.2026
IBRO Neuroscience Training Grants
USD 3,000 (Asia-Pacific) up to USD 5,000 (Africa), depending on region of residence.
Deadline: 31 October 2026. The application window is 15 September 2026 to 31 October 2026, so the portal is not open yet.
Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program (PPU), Call PPU 2027
Selected students receive a salary from Institut Pasteur on a three-year contract, with…
Deadline: The call for enrollment of students in October 2027 will be open from October 1st to November 16th, 2026
Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsstipendium)
Up to EUR 1,650 per month plus EUR 100 per month research-cost allowance, normally for up…
Deadline: 13 January 2027 (), for funding starting 1 April 2027. A later round for funding starting 1 October 2027 runs 8 June to 7 July 2027.
Scholarships for International Students and Doctoral Candidates
EUR 300/month study-cost allowance plus a monthly base rate set by the funding regulations.
Deadline: 15 January 2027, the close of the winter application window that opens on 15 December 2026. The portal is shut between windows.
Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann Study Scholarship (Studienstipendium)
EUR 300 per month study-cost allowance for everyone, plus a means-tested stipend of up to…
Deadline: 2 March 2027. The application portal opens 11 January 2027. · not open to international applicants
ESPRIT (Early-Stage Program: Research, Innovation, Training)
Thirty-six months of independent project funding covering the principal investigator’s…
Deadline: Rolling
Cusanuswerk Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsförderung)
EUR 1,750 per month (EUR 1,650 stipend plus EUR 100 research allowance), for up to three…
Deadline: See official page
Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst Doctoral Scholarship (Promotionsstipendium)
The foundation funds around 300 doctoral researchers a year across all disciplines, with…
Deadline: See official page
Promotionsfoerderung fuer Auslaender:innen (doctoral scholarship for foreign nationals)
EUR 1,500/month.
Deadline: Rolling
Study Scholarship for International (Non-EU) Students in Germany
EUR 992/month, plus family allowances and paid health insurance.
Deadline: See official page
Doctoral Scholarship for International (Non-EU) Doctoral Candidates in Germany
Up to EUR 1,500/month, plus family allowances and paid health insurance.
Deadline: See official page
Africa: open this week
Hillel Friedland Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Genomics, Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience
A two-year funded fellowship in the Cancer Genetics Group at the Sydney Brenner Institute…
Deadline: 20 August 2026
Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarships for Postgraduate Study
A limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate study at local and…
Deadline: 31 August 2026, for studies commencing January to June 2027
University Research Committee (URC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2027
ZAR 350,000/year.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
DSTI-NRF Honours Student Funding for the 2027 Academic Year
Scholarships for a South African honours year (the one-year postgraduate degree taken…
Deadline: 23 November 2026 (applicant closing date). Applicants who need an ISFAP assessment must submit by 14 August 2026. · not open to international applicants
Structured Master’s in Mathematical Sciences (Mathematical Sciences and AI for Science streams)
ZAR 2,200/month.
Deadline: See official page
Latin America: open this week
Becas Internas Doctorales Cofinanciadas (Co-financed Doctoral Fellowships)
A 60-month non-renewable doctoral fellowship starting 1 April 2027, run under CONICET’s…
Deadline: 21 August 2026 (window opened 27 July 2026)
Becas Internas Doctorales (Doctoral Fellowships)
The 2026 call allocates 1,000 doctoral fellowships, each running 60 months and…
Deadline: 21 August 2026 (window opened 27 July 2026)
Estancias Posdoctorales por Mexico 2026 (Postdoctoral Stays in Mexico)
Postdoctoral fellowships to carry out a research project at a Mexican public higher…
Deadline: 28 August 2026
Chamada Publica MCTI/CNPq numero 20/2026, Atlanticas: Programa Beatriz Nascimento de Mulheres na Ciencia
Overseas fellowships in three tracks, doctoral sandwich, senior and postdoctoral…
Deadline: Data limite para submissao das propostas 30/09/2026
Becas para asistencia a cursos CABBIO 2026
USD 1,000.
Deadline: Varies by programme · not open to international applicants
Asia-Pacific: open this week
QIMR Berghofer International PhD Scholarships
AUD 39,220/year.
Deadline: 24 August 2026
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard Program, Open Call)
JPY 362,000/month plus airfare and a JPY 200,000 settling-in allowance.
Deadline: 28 August 2026
Amgen Scholars Australia Program, Summer 2027
Funded undergraduate summer research placement at the University of Melbourne, running 3…
Deadline: 31 August 2026 · not open to international applicants
The 2027 Postdoctoral Scholar Program (First Round)
A full-time postdoctoral appointment at Academia Sinica running 1 January 2027 to 31…
Deadline: August 1 to September 1, 2026
Australia-USA Mobility Fund (Adam J Berry Memorial Fund)
AUD 5,000.
Deadline: 16 September 2026 Applications close at 11.
France and Europe EMCR Mobility Grants
AUD 8,500.
Deadline: 16 September 2026 Applications close
University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship (UoADS)
Up to NZD 35,468 per year stipend (2026), plus tuition fees, for up to 42 months full-time.
Deadline: See official page
Global: open this week
Rhodes Scholarship, East Africa
GBP 20,400 per year (2025-26 rate) plus full fees.
Deadline: 27 August 2026
Rhodes Scholarship, West Africa
GBP 20,400 per year (2025-26 rate) plus full fees.
Deadline: 27 August 2026
DMM Conference Travel Grants
GBP 500.
Deadline: 28 August 2026
Pathfinder Grant (formerly The Exploration Fund Grant)
USD 2,500 to USD 5,000.
Deadline: 31 August 2026
Rising Explorer Grant
Awards average USD 2,000.
Deadline: 31 August 2026
ISN Career Support Grant (CSC Research Grant)
Up to USD 10,000.
Deadline: See official page
ISN Laboratory Exchange Grant
Up to USD 5,000.
Deadline: See official page
IUPAB General Bursaries for Conferences
Up to EUR 1,500.
Deadline: Rolling
Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation
A staged ladder of four grants for conservation fieldwork in emerging and developing…
Deadline: Rolling
North America: open this week
Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Awards
Support towards travel or registration costs for an undergraduate presenting Drosophila…
Deadline: 17 September 2026
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (2027 Fellowship)
Up to USD 90,000 (USD 25,000 a year stipend plus USD 20,000 a year tuition, up to two…
Deadline: 29 October 2026 · not open to international applicants
Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program, 2026 Solicitation 2
USD 3,600/month.
Deadline: Applications are due November 4, 2026 · not open to international applicants
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship
USD 7,500.
Deadline: Varies by programme · not open to international applicants
Undergraduate Research Program (URP)
USD 7,000 stipend, plus room and board.
Deadline: See official page · not open to international applicants
Hertz Fellowship (2027 cohort)
Up to USD 250,000 over up to five years.
Deadline: See official page · not open to international applicants
PhD programs in Cancer Biology and in Cancer Engineering
USD 55,620 per year (2026-2027), plus USD 54,139 tuition, health insurance and relocation.
Deadline: See official page
These are this week’s openings. The full list of every verified opportunity, with filters, is at stemskillslab.com/opportunities.
What closes first?
Fifteen deadlines fall between today and 24 August 2026. Six of them are in India, and four of those six are walk-in interviews or same-day cut-offs with no remote route.
- 19 August 2026: the RCB Faridabad Project-JRF on antifungal peptide delivery in leguminous crops, a walk-in interview at 9:30 am, paying Rs 37,000 a month plus 27 per cent HRA.
- 20 August 2026: seven close. In India, the BRIC-NIAB Hyderabad Project Associate I on Toxoplasma gondii kinases at Rs 31,000 a month plus HRA (the online form shuts at 5 pm), two BRIC-RGCB Thiruvananthapuram Project Associate I posts in cancer diagnostics at Rs 37,000 a month, and the CSIR-CDRI Lucknow Life Sciences walk-in in Lucknow, where reporting closes at 10:00 am. In Europe, both Novo Nordisk Foundation postdoctoral fellowships, worth up to DKK 3.3 million each, close at 2:00 pm Copenhagen time. In Africa, the Hillel Friedland Postdoctoral Fellowship in cancer genomics at the Sydney Brenner Institute in Johannesburg.
- 21 August 2026: both CONICET doctoral categories in Argentina, which together allocate 1,000 fellowships starting April 2027, and the ILS Bhubaneswar Senior Research Fellow post at Rs 42,000 a month plus HRA.
- 24 August 2026: three EMBL Grenoble AMBER postdoctoral fellowships in synchrotron imaging, cryo-EM sample optimisation and cryo-electron tomography, all at 23:59 CET, and the QIMR Berghofer International PhD Scholarships in Brisbane, which pay about AUD 39,220 a year tax free for three and a half years.
Two warnings attach to that list. A walk-in interview is not a deadline you can meet from your laptop: the RCB, CSIR-CDRI and THSTI posts require you to be physically present in Faridabad, Lucknow or Faridabad again on the stated morning, and CSIR-CDRI states that nobody is admitted after 10:00 am. And QIMR Berghofer wants three referee reports to have arrived before its closing date, which means the referees needed asking last week, not this one.
Which of these can a master’s student apply to directly?
Six new Indian institute project posts, and they are the most actionable entries in the whole index for anyone holding or finishing an MSc. All six state a rupee figure, none charges a fee to apply, and all six will be gone inside three weeks.
Two of them are unusual enough to call out. The BRIC-THSTI Faridabad posts under Dr Samrat Chatterjee are computational rather than bench work: the Project Associate I builds a web application on top of a whole-body lipid metabolism model, and the advert asks for Python, plus HTML, CSS, JavaScript and a SQL or NoSQL database. That is the closest match to a computational biology skill set that this lane has published, and it accepts a B.Tech as readily as an MSc.
| Institute | Post | Monthly stipend | Closes | How you apply |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIC-NIAB, Hyderabad | Project Associate I, Toxoplasma kinases | Rs 31,000 + HRA with NET or GATE, Rs 25,000 + HRA without | 20 August 2026, 5 pm | Online form on niab.org.in, interview held online |
| CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow | Project Associate and Project Technical Support, Life Sciences codes | Rs 25,000 to Rs 31,000 + 20% HRA | 20 August 2026 | Walk-in at Lucknow, reporting from 9:00 am, none after 10:00 am |
| BRIC-NIPGR, New Delhi | Research Associate II and Project Associate I, plant and insect immunity | DST and SERB norms, no figure printed | 27 August 2026 | Email one PDF to the principal investigator |
| BRIC-THSTI, Faridabad | Project Associate I, lipid metabolism model and web application | Rs 31,000 + HRA with NET or GATE, Rs 25,000 + HRA without | 27 August 2026 | Walk-in at Faridabad, 9:00 am, no prior submission |
| BRIC-NCCS, Pune | Project Associate II and Project Assistant, microbial genomics and bioinformatics | Rs 28,000 + HRA, and Rs 27,000 + HRA | 31 August 2026 | Google Form, and the advert requires a Gmail account |
| BRIC-THSTI, Faridabad | Senior Project Associate, genome-scale metabolic modelling | Rs 42,000 + HRA | 10 September 2026 | Walk-in at Faridabad, 9:00 am, no prior submission |
Three practical notes on this group. Most codes require a national eligibility test, usually CSIR-UGC NET or GATE, and on several posts the test is what separates Rs 31,000 from Rs 25,000 rather than what decides eligibility. Every one is a contractual position tied to a specific grant, usually for ten to twelve months, so it is a paid research apprenticeship rather than a portable award. And none of the six prints a nationality clause at all, which is not the same as being open to everyone: these are Government of India temporary project posts, so our records say the condition is not stated rather than claiming a door is open.
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Which of these are closed to international applicants?
Twenty-seven of the 153 entries are restricted by nationality, residence or immigration status. Several of them are recommended widely with no caveat attached, so read this before you spend an evening on a form.
The two new United States entries are both closed to international applicants, and they are closed in different ways. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research programme, which pays up to USD 3,600 a month for three to twelve months at a national laboratory and closes on 4 November 2026, requires United States citizenship or lawful permanent residence at the time of application. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is stricter still: on top of citizenship or permanent residence, there is no direct student application at all. Your institution nominates you, and it must be a United States institution that has a Goldwater Campus Representative.
Residence, not nationality, is the bar on several of the new entries. Both Australian Academy of Science mobility grants closing 16 September 2026 require you to be living in Australia at the time of application and again at the time of travel, and the Europe grant adds employment at an Australian research organisation. A non-Australian on a valid visa qualifies; an Australian citizen living abroad does not. The Fondazione AIRC short-term fellowships in Italy say in terms that they are open to any nationality, and then require that you already work in cancer research at a laboratory or hospital in Italy. The Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Fellowships never mention nationality either, and require a PhD awarded by a Danish, Greenlandic or Faroese institution.
Two entries are restricted by group rather than by country. CNPq’s Atlanticas call in Brazil, closing 30 September 2026, funds overseas doctoral and postdoctoral placements for Black, quilombola, Indigenous and Roma women, and admits foreign nationals only if they already hold regular migratory status in Brazil. The AIMS South Africa structured master’s, which is a full scholarship covering flights, tuition, accommodation, meals and a R2,200 monthly stipend, is open to citizens of any African country resident in Africa, so it is genuinely regional rather than national.
Against all of that, 113 of the 153 entries place no citizenship condition on the applicant. The clearest new example is the Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program in Paris, which opens on 1 October and closes on 16 November 2026. Institut Pasteur states that nationality does not affect eligibility, requires a master’s degree from a university outside France, employs its PhD students on a three-year contract, and answers the question of an application fee on its own page with a single word: no.
Why are three verified opportunities missing from this list?
Three opportunities passed every check on their merits this week and are still not on this page. Saying so is the point of the section, because a roundup that only shows what survived teaches you nothing about how to read a funder’s page yourself.
CAPES PDSE in Brazil, dropped because the published deadline is not the one that binds you. The doctoral sandwich programme prints a clean timetable: internal selection at your own university by 30 September 2026, registration in the CAPES system from 1 October to 3 November. Neither date is yours. Each Brazilian university runs its own internal call on its own calendar, capped by the September date but frequently earlier, and CAPES does not publish those calendars at all. Two independent readings of the same page split exactly here, one taking the cap as the deadline and one refusing to name a date, so the record was dropped rather than published with a number that would send readers to the wrong month. If you are enrolled in a Brazilian doctorate, the date you need is on your own graduate programme’s noticeboard.
The OBF Event Fellowships, dropped over a missing year. The Open Bioinformatics Foundation reimburses up to USD 1,500 toward attending a conference, workshop, code fest or hackathon that advances open-source bioinformatics. There is no membership requirement, no fee, and the award pays registration costs rather than charging them, which makes it one of the best fits in this whole index for the people who read this site. Its page prints three rounds a year, 1 April, 1 August and 1 December, and prints no year against any of them. We do not infer years, so the record could not carry a date. Go and look at the page anyway; the December round is real.
Four BRIC-NII adverts in New Delhi, dropped on a hundred rupees. The National Institute of Immunology had five live project posts, four of which state that a demand draft of Rs 100, or a UPI payment, is required at the time of interview. Any payment to be considered is a fee to apply, and this list excludes fee-bearing opportunities without exception. The fifth advert printed no fee and said the interview would be held online, and it was dropped too: when a funder charges at the interview desk as standard practice, one advert’s silence is not a guarantee, and a candidate who arrives and is asked for a demand draft has already lost the day.
How is this list verified?
Every fact in this article comes from the funding organisation’s own domain, fetched on 17 August 2026. Aggregators are used only to notice that an opportunity might exist. We then find the funder’s page and read the deadline, the eligibility and the funding there. If we cannot find an official page, the opportunity does not appear, with no caveat and no partial entry.
Every new entry this week was read twice, by two researchers working from the page alone, neither of whom saw the other’s answer. The two readings were then compared field by field. Agreement on the deadline and the official link is mandatory, and a disagreement on either one deletes the record, as it did for CAPES above. A disagreement on a softer field, such as a stipend figure, deletes that field and keeps the entry, because an unpublished number costs you nothing and a wrong one costs you trust. Four of this week’s Indian entries were read as having a firm cut-off time by one researcher and an unstated one by the other, since the adverts print a time such as 5 pm but never say which timezone. Those four now print the date alone, and you should treat 5 pm as Indian Standard Time without relying on us for it.
We also refuse to print a date we cannot stand behind. Sixty-five of the 153 entries carry no date at all, and that is deliberate. Where a funder prints a day and month with no year, which is normal for learned societies whose deadline is the same every year, we print exactly what they printed. Where a funder points at a per-course, per-university or per-campus deadline, we say the deadline varies and send you to the page that holds it. The Goldwater Scholarship is the clearest case in this issue: its schedule is written entirely as rules such as “last Friday in January”, and the date that actually stops you is set by your own campus representative.
One more thing this week is worth knowing about, because it is the failure mode this list exists to prevent working in reverse. Seventeen funder pages could not be fetched at all: some blocked our request, some timed out. Not one of those records was touched. A page that fails to load tells us nothing about whether an opportunity is open, and closing a live call because a server returned an error would be exactly the harm we are trying to avoid. Every record carries the date it was last successfully read, so you can judge its freshness yourself.
What should I do before the deadline?
Four practical notes that apply across most of this list.
Find the first stage before you value anything. A page with a key dates table almost always has a stage above the date you found, and that earlier stage is the one that locks you out. Institut Pasteur is a friendly version: the call itself opens on 1 October, but host laboratories post their projects from 1 September, and candidates are chosen by a laboratory before a joint application is submitted, so September is when the real work happens. Academia Sinica in Taipei is the sharper version. Its 2027 postdoctoral round closes at 17:00 Taiwan time on 1 September, and the submission is made by your sponsoring mentor, not by you, so an application handed over on the last afternoon has already missed it.
A walk-in is a place, not a deadline. Four Indian entries this fortnight are walk-in interviews. There is no form to submit and no confirmation email: you turn up with your documents on the stated morning, and CSIR-CDRI closes its doors at 10:00 am. Budget the travel before you decide the post is worth applying for, and read the advert for the document list, because the originals are checked at the desk.
Someone else may have to act before you can submit at all. The University of Cape Town postdoctoral fellowships closing 15 September are submitted by your intended principal investigator rather than by you. The Australian Academy of Science mobility grants need a letter of support from your host institution confirming it will cover accommodation. Academia Sinica needs a sponsoring mentor secured in advance. If you are applying through an institution, ask its research office for the internal date before you plan around the public one.
Undated does not mean unavailable. Sixty-five entries here have no deadline, and some of those are the easiest to act on today. The Rufford Foundation funds conservation fieldwork in over 120 eligible countries, India included, with no deadline of any kind and a first grant of up to GBP 7,000. The Austrian Science Fund’s ESPRIT scheme takes rolling submissions from postdocs and decides at five meetings a year. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung doctoral scholarship for foreign nationals pays EUR 1,500 a month and asks only that you apply around two years before you submit your dissertation. None of these will ever appear in a “closing soon” list, which is precisely why they are worth a Saturday morning.
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Which life science fellowships close in the next week?
Fifteen, between 17 and 24 August 2026. Six are in India: the RCB Faridabad Project-JRF on 19 August, and on 20 August the BRIC-NIAB Hyderabad Project Associate I, two BRIC-RGCB Thiruvananthapuram Project Associate I posts and the CSIR-CDRI Lucknow Life Sciences walk-in, followed by the ILS Bhubaneswar Senior Research Fellow post on 21 August. In Europe, both Novo Nordisk Foundation postdoctoral fellowships close on 20 August at 2:00 pm Copenhagen time and three EMBL Grenoble AMBER postdoctoral fellowships close on 24 August at 23:59 CET. Elsewhere: the Hillel Friedland Postdoctoral Fellowship in Johannesburg on 20 August, both CONICET doctoral categories in Argentina on 21 August, and the QIMR Berghofer International PhD Scholarships in Brisbane on 24 August.
Can a master’s student apply to any of these directly?
Yes, and the Indian institute project posts are the most direct route in the whole index. Six new ones were verified this week, at BRIC-NIAB Hyderabad, CSIR-CDRI Lucknow, BRIC-NIPGR New Delhi, BRIC-NCCS Pune and BRIC-THSTI Faridabad, paying between Rs 25,000 and Rs 42,000 a month plus house rent allowance. None charges a fee. Most require a national eligibility test such as CSIR-UGC NET or GATE, though on several posts the test raises the stipend rather than deciding eligibility. Two of the six, both at BRIC-THSTI under Dr Samrat Chatterjee, are computational posts asking for Python, web development and metabolic modelling rather than bench skills.
Do any of these charge an application fee?
None of them, because any opportunity carrying a fee to apply is excluded without exception. That rule cost this issue four otherwise good entries at the BRIC-National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi, whose adverts require a demand draft of Rs 100, or a UPI payment, at the time of interview. A society membership fee is a different thing and does not automatically disqualify a scheme, though we say what it costs and whether there is a waiting period. A request for money in order to be considered, a demand for your bank or Aadhaar details before any selection decision, and a contact address that is only a messaging number are the three clearest signs a funding listing is not genuine.
Why do 65 of these entries have no deadline date?
Because the funder did not print one, and we will not invent it. Some are genuinely rolling: the Rufford Foundation states there are no deadlines and applications may be submitted at any time of year, and the Austrian Science Fund’s ESPRIT scheme takes rolling submissions and decides at five meetings a year. Some print a recurring day and month with no year at all, which is normal for learned societies. Others defer to a date we cannot see: the Goldwater Scholarship’s binding date is set by each campus representative, and the AIMS South Africa master’s prints only month names. In every case we print the funder’s own wording and link you to the page that holds the operative date.
What is the difference between a walk-in interview and an application deadline?
A walk-in has no submission step at all. You appear in person on the stated morning with your documents, and the written test, skill test and interview happen that day. Four entries in this issue work that way: the RCB Faridabad Project-JRF on 19 August at 9:30 am, the CSIR-CDRI Lucknow Life Sciences posts on 20 August with reporting from 9:00 am and nobody admitted after 10:00 am, and both BRIC-THSTI Faridabad posts, on 27 August and 10 September, at 9:00 am. There is no remote route, no grace period and no confirmation email, so the travel is part of the decision to apply.
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 page: fourteen closed because their dates had passed, one moved later (the HPI at UCT Research School fellowships in Cape Town went from 15 August to 1 September 2026), and no other deadline had changed anywhere in the store. Seventeen pages could not be fetched at all, 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 record carries the date it was last verified so you can judge its freshness. Always open the official link before you apply: the funder’s page is the authority and this page is a signpost to it.
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