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PhD position in genome evolution and architecture in unicellular eukaryotes
EUR 3,2042 November 2026Closes in 9 daysOpen to internationalOpenDoctorate Fellowship in Physiology, efferent branch of the anti-inflammatory reflex in sepsis (FAPESP vacancy 9940)
R$ 5.790,003 November 2026Closes in 10 daysEligibility not statedOpenDoctorate Fellowship in Physiology, afferent branch of the anti-inflammatory reflex in sepsis (FAPESP vacancy 9939)
R$ 5.790,003 November 2026Closes in 10 daysEligibility not statedOpenDoctoral scholarship holder endocrine disruptor-mediated neurotoxicity (NeXED MSCA Doctoral Network)
Employed full-time for 24 months on the MSCA Doctoral Network project, with at least 12 further months of…3 November 2026Closes in 10 daysEligibility not statedOpenCrick PhD Studentship, 2027 entry (PhD student recruitment route)
GBP 27,715 per year for four years, plus fees and research costs3 November 2026Closes in 10 daysOpen to internationalOpenFuture Leaders in Biomedical Sciences Scholarships, 2027 scholarships
GBP 27,7153 November 2026Closes in 10 daysOpen to internationalOpenCrick PhD student recruitment, 2027 PhD programme
GBP 27,7153 November 2026Closes in 10 daysOpen to internationalOpenCologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) PhD programme, class of 2027
Every PhD student gets an employment contract of at least three years with social benefits, paid at 65…3 November 2026Closes in 10 daysOpen to internationalOpenDoctoral Clinical Fellows programme 2027 (three-year fully funded PhD fellowship for clinicians)
A place on the Crick PhD programme plus a three-year fully funded fellowship that covers a salary matched…4 November 2026Closes in 11 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD position in RNA structure computational analysis neural sublocalization of transcripts
DKK 31,8504 November 2026Closes in 11 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD fellowship in Veterinary Virology (cross-reactive vaccines for swine influenza A virus)
DKK 27,8004 November 2026Closes in 11 daysOpen to internationalOpenOffice of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program, 2026 Solicitation 2
USD 3,600/month4 November 2026Closes in 11 daysDomestic applicants onlyOpenPhD student in Medical Science: single-cell genomics of treatment resistance in leukemia (ref BKV-2026-00842)
SEK 33,700 per month (2026 salary level, starting salary)5 November 2026Closes in 12 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD position to resolve structural ribosome heterogeneity in the human malaria parasite, Parasite RNA Biology group (Baumgarten Lab)
Fully funded 3-year PhD position; the PhD starts in the second half of 2027.6 November 2026Closes in 13 daysEligibility not statedOpenCancer Research UK Manchester Institute 4-year PhD studentships, 2027/28 entry
tax-free stipend £22,894 per annum + tuition fees + bench fees6 November 2026Closes in 13 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD position: multisynaptic plasticity in dendrites
A salaried PhD contract of 4 years at 1.0 FTE or 5 years at 0.8 FTE, starting with…8 November 2026Closes in 15 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD position: Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation and Computational Affective Neuroscience (ERC HEART2ADAPT)
EUR 3,2049 November 2026Closes in 16 daysEligibility not statedOpenBHF Multidisciplinary PhD Programme (CHAIN consortium, heart and brain), 2027/28 entry
GBP 21,7479 November 2026Closes in 16 daysDomestic applicants onlyOpenPhD fellowship: Deciphering host-pathogen interplay by utilizing biostructure prediction and New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) to engineer durable disease resistance in plants
Three-year PhD fellowship funded by a DFF project in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen; employment as academic…9 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD project: Optical probing of oxygen levels in tissue, development and application during ultra-fast FLASH radiotherapy
Call for a fully financed PhD fellowship; salary and terms of employment follow the applicable collective agreement.9 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD student in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Materials for Thermal Energy Harvesting, ERC Starting Grant HEAT-BRIDGE (ref LiU-2026-03809)
SEK 35,300 a month starting salary for PhD students, stated on the advert; the advert adds that the level is raised at this year's annual salary review in October and, for the sibling position, that the salary is revised each October and again when the student reaches 30 and 60 per cent completion of the doctorate9 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD student in Ionic Thermoelectrics and Electrochemistry for Thermal Energy Harvesting, ERC Starting Grant HEAT-BRIDGE (ref LiU-2026-03808)
SEK 35,300 a month starting salary for PhD students, stated on the advert; the advert adds that the level is raised at this year's annual salary review in October and, for the sibling position, that the salary is revised each October and again when the student reaches 30 and 60 per cent completion of the doctorate9 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenSainsbury Wellcome Centre PhD Programme in Neuroscience, September 2027 intake
GBP 30,8399 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenTwo doctoral positions in tropical forest ecology, animal-plant interactions and forest restoration (AniCaRes)
Two doctoral posts in an SNSF Starting Grant project, funded according to ETH Zurich doctoral salary conditions.10 November 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedWeekly funding email
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