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Verified funding for life-science students and early-career researchers worldwide: funded PhD positions, standalone fellowships, master's scholarships and postdoc calls. Every record is read from the funding organisation's own website, never from an aggregator, and carries the date it was last verified so you can judge for yourself how fresh it is. Anything that charges a fee to apply is never listed.

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BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants

The Company of Biologists · Global · Multiple · Applicants based in the Global South, travelling to an international meeting outside their own countryGBP 3,00020 November 2026Closes in 47 daysOpen to international
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MedUni Vienna PhD Programme (UN094) PhD Call, Autumn Call 2026/2027

Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universitaet Wien) · Europe · PhD · AustriaPhD positions advertised through the PhD Call are salaried employment positions at the Medical University of Vienna and…22 November 2026Closes in 49 daysOpen to international
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CRG International PhD Programme, 2027 call

Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona · Europe · PhD · SpainUp to 20 fully funded positions.22 November 2026Closes in 49 daysOpen to international
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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 · Africa · Undergraduate · South AfricaScholarships for a South African honours year (the one-year postgraduate degree taken after a bachelor's).23 November 2026Closes in 50 daysDomestic applicants only
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Wellcome Sanger Institute 4-year PhD Programme, 2027 intake

Wellcome Sanger Institute · Europe · PhD · United KingdomTwelve funded studentships.24 November 2026Closes in 51 daysOpen to international
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FNR AFdoc (Aides a la formation doctorale), first call

FNR (Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg National Research Fund) · Europe · Doctoral · Luxembourg (doctorate hosted abroad or at a Luxembourg company)Up to EUR 54,574 per year in salary contribution, up to four years25 November 2026Closes in 52 daysDomestic applicants only
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Becas Nacionales para Estudios de Posgrado 2026 (National Postgraduate Scholarships)

Secihti (Secretaria de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnologia e Innovacion), Mexico · Latin America · Multiple · MexicoMXN 21,397.32/month (doctorate); MXN 16,047.99/month (master's)28 November 2026Closes in 55 daysOpen to international
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Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship (FAST-SF) 2027

Indian Academy of Sciences (Bengaluru), Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi) and The National Academy of Sciences, India (Prayagraj) · India · Multiple · IndiaAbout 200 fellowships will be offered during 2027.30 November 2026Closes in 57 daysDomestic applicants only
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Science Academies’ Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2027

Indian Academy of Sciences (Bengaluru), Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi) and The National Academy of Sciences, India (Prayagraj) · India · Multiple · IndiaA two-month fellowship to work with a scientist associated with the three academies during 2027, summer preferred.30 November 2026Closes in 57 daysDomestic applicants only
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Children’s Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Award (YIA)

Children's Tumor Foundation · Global · Multiple · United StatesTwo years of salary support for a senior doctoral student or a postdoctoral researcher working on neurofibromatosis, awarded…1 December 2026Closes in 58 daysOpen to international
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Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award: Plant and Microbe Engineering for Sustainability (2 to 5 May 2027)

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology · North America · Multiple · CanadaAn in-person travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia meeting "Plant and Microbe Engineering for Sustainability", 2 to…1 December 2026Closes in 58 daysOpen to international
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Max Planck School of Cognition doctoral program, 2027 intake

Max Planck School of Cognition (Max Planck Schools) · Europe · PhD · GermanyEUR 1,565/month net stipend in the orientation year, then a public-service wage agreement contract1 December 2026Closes in 58 daysOpen to international
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Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence PhD Program, first cohort (2027 start)

Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (Max Planck Schools) · Europe · PhD · GermanyThe first PhD cohort of a new Germany-wide graduate school at the interface of AI and biomedicine, starting…1 December 2026Closes in 58 daysOpen to international
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Integrated Master’s/PhD Program in Matter to Life, 2027 intake

Max Planck School Matter to Life (Max Planck Schools) · Europe · Multiple · GermanyEUR 1,565 stipend (Master's phase, period not printed); TVoD/TV-L E 13 contract in the PhD phase1 December 2026Closes in 58 daysOpen to international
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Engineering in Hydrocephalus Prize 2026

Hydrocephalus Association · North America · Multiple · United States$2504 December 2026Closes in 61 daysEligibility not stated
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PhD Admissions, March 2027 session

BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune · India · PhD · IndiaThe fellowship is paid by the agency that awarded it (CSIR, UGC, DBT Category I, ICMR or BINC)…5 December 2026Closes in 62 daysDomestic applicants only
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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 · Europe · PhD · GermanyThree years of funding to work on the doctoral project, at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics…7 December 2026Closes in 64 daysOpen to international
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Student Chapters Travel Award, 2027 ASBMB Annual Meeting

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) · North America · Undergraduate · United StatesUSD 5008 December 2026Closes in 65 daysDomestic applicants only
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International Selection in Sciences, 2027 session (Selection Internationale, Sciences track)

Ecole normale superieure - PSL (ENS-PSL), Paris · Europe · Multiple · FranceENS-PSL recruits undergraduates from universities outside France into the third year of a bachelor's degree or the first…15 December 2026Closes in 72 daysOpen to international
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Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award: Ending HIV: At the Crossroads of Innovation and Delivery (16 to 19 May 2027)

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology · North America · Multiple · CanadaAn in-person travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia meeting "Ending HIV: At the Crossroads of Innovation and…15 December 2026Closes in 72 daysOpen to international
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Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award: Vaccinology: Next-Generation Advances in Transforming Immunity (16 to 19 May 2027)

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology · North America · Multiple · CanadaAn in-person travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia meeting "Vaccinology: Next-Generation Advances in Transforming Immunity", 16 to…15 December 2026Closes in 72 daysOpen to international
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Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · North America · Postdoc · United StatesUp to two years of salary or stipend support, additional support for certain fellowship-associated expenses, and tailored professional…15 December 2026Closes in 72 daysOpen to international
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AHRI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PDRF/2026)

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) · Africa · Postdoc · South AfricaA one-year renewable postdoctoral research fellowship at AHRI's KwaZulu-Natal campuses, meant to give an early-career scientist a period…31 December 2026Closes in 88 daysOpen to international
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AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship, Summer 2027

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · North America · Multiple · United StatesUSD 10,000 stipend for the ten-week summer, plus travel expenses to and from AAAS and the placement site4 January 2027Closes in 92 daysDomestic applicants only

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