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PhD position (1.0 fte, 4 years) in deep-sea benthic ecology in the Arctic Ocean (vacancy 15494)
EUR 3,20431 October 2026Closes in 7 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Position on Biophysical Origins of RNA Toxicity in Huntington’s Disease
EUR 3,20431 October 2026Closes in 7 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Candidate in Explainable Machine Learning for Studying Biology at Single-Cell Resolution (15476)
EUR 3,20431 October 2026Closes in 7 daysOpen to internationalOpenIMPRS for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP) PhD Program, 2027 intake
Structured English-language PhD programme in Munich run with LMU Munich, starting September to October 2027.31 October 2026Closes in 7 daysOpen to internationalOpenDoktorand i medicinsk vetenskap: advanced surgical endoscopy (ERCP) and bacterial growth in the upper gastrointestinal tract
A four-year, full-time salaried doctoral post in medical science, partly translational but mainly clinically integrated.1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD fellowship: Marine mammals and effects of underwater noise (SEANOISE, Biology programme, November 2026 call)
A PhD fellowship in the Velux Foundation-funded SEANOISE project, available from February 2027 or later.1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD fellowship: Tracking Microbes Across Borders using Genomics to Uncover Biomass-to-Biogas Transmission Pathways
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences; employment as academic staff at basic salary grades 4…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Position (m/f/d) – Reproductive Mechanobiology (Job Code 23/2026)
Funded for an initial three years within the ERC Starting Grant REPROMECH, with possible extension; remuneration 75% of…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD project: Immune and tumor determinants of immunotherapy response in multiple myeloma
Fully financed PhD fellowship; salary and terms of employment under the applicable collective agreement (no figure printed).1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenAnaerobic growth of aerobic methane-oxidising bacteria (two PhD positions) (PhD fellowship, GSNS November 2026 call, Biology programme)
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, a salaried position: the page states that salary and…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenRNA modifications and RNA-binding proteins (PhD fellowship, GSNS November 2026 call, Molecular Biology and Genetics programme)
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, a salaried position: the page states that salary and…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenDeveloping advanced imaging tools to understand microbe-electrode interfaces (PhD fellowship, GSNS November 2026 call, Biology programme)
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, a salaried position: the page states that salary and…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenClimate change from fjord to coast: predicting marine ecosystem responses to changing Arctic catchments (PhD fellowship, GSNS November 2026 call, Biology programme)
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, a salaried position: the page states that salary and…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenClimate change and catchment-freshwater connectivity: predicting Arctic freshwater ecosystem responses (PhD fellowship, GSNS November 2026 call, Biology programme)
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, a salaried position: the page states that salary and…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD fellowship in Soft Matter physics and Food Science: molecular structure of casein micelles
A full-time salaried PhD fellowship for a maximum of three years, starting 1 January 2027 or as soon…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD fellowship in Protein Dynamics at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
DKK 31,8001 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenAITHYRA International PhD Program in AI for Biomedicine, 2026 call (start September 2027)
A fully funded four-year PhD employment contract in Vienna at a minimum gross monthly salary of EUR 2,832.10…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD positions at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, November 2026 Call (general call and specific calls)
Admission to a GSNS PhD programme is contingent on financing, and Aarhus University must have a complete financing…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD student in Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics, Department of Ecology and Genetics (UFV-PA 2026/2654)
One full-time, four-year doctoral student employment at the Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, paid on the…1 November 2026Closes in 8 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD: Developing green facades for building insulation and enhancing urban biodiversity (BIO-SKIN)
A PhD in the BIO-SKIN project, embedded in the Biosystematics Group and the Laboratory of Entomology and supervised…2 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD: The link between mountains, downstream agriculture and ecosystems globally (MountAInWater project, Water Systems and Global Change)
EUR 3,2042 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to internationalOpenPresident’s PhD Scholarships, 2027-28 entry (first round)
GBP 27,0362 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to internationalOpenIMPRS on Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS CoNI) PhD Call for Applications 2026/2027
EUR 3,4002 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD: Moss traits and fire ignition in high-latitude peatland and tundra ecosystems
EUR 3,2042 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to internationalWeekly funding email
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