EMBL International PhD Programme
EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)
Who can apply: Open to highly qualified students of all nationalities. You must hold, or expect to receive before starting, a university degree that would formally qualify you to enter a PhD in the country where it was obtained. Two academic reference letters are required. EMBL states it charges no fee at any stage of recruitment… What is funded: A fully funded, salaried EMBL predoctoral fellowship across the six EMBL sites. No figure is published on the programme or application pages, so none is stated here. Expected start is flexible, by October 2027 at the latest. Deadline: 12 October 2026, 23:59 CET. Round: 2027 Winter Recruitment, open from 1 September 2026.
Read the full call and apply on the official page: EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), official page.
Who can apply
- Open to highly qualified students of all nationalities. You must hold, or expect to receive before starting, a university degree that would formally qualify you to enter a PhD in the country where it was obtained. Two academic reference letters are required. EMBL states it charges no fee at any stage of recruitment and will not ask for bank details.
Stage dates
Application submission deadline, 23:59 CET. Applications after it are not considered.12 October 2026
Reference deadline, 23:59 CET. Two academic reference letters are required.14 October 2026
Screening interviews run 27 October to 13 November 2026 online; the Virtual Panel Assessment is 1 December 2026; in-person interviews are 25 to 29 January 2027 at EMBL-EBI, Barcelona, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome, and 1 to 4 February 2027 at Heidelberg.1 December 2026
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.