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PhD position in biology, specialisation in aquatic ecology (trap and transport of migrating eels)
Four-year salaried employment as a doctoral student at SLU Aqua, Drottningholm (Stockholm), on the state salary scale with…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenScientific project assistant predoctoral (PhD): coupled-cluster methods for strongly correlated molecules and materials (FWF ASTRA project, Job ID 6283)
EUR 3,776.1030 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenDoctoral Position in Groundwater Microbial and Viral Ecology and Environmental Bioinformatics (SNSF project)
A fully funded 48-month doctoral position at ETH Zurich within a newly funded SNSF interdisciplinary project, with an…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD Candidate in Child Eating Behaviour
A PhD in the chair group Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, led…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD position: cellular mechanisms of traumatic brain injury-associated dementia
A four-year salaried PhD contract (initially 18 months, then extended after a positive evaluation), funded by an NWO…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD fellowship: Integrating Hormonal and Biomechanical Stimuli in Multi-scale Modelling of human Vascular cells (ERC DISSEX)
A three-year PhD position in the ERC Starting Grant project DISSEX, from 1 March 2027 or later.30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysEligibility not statedOpenGermany – CGIAR++ Science and Impact Hub PhD Scholarship, 2026 call
EUR 1,80030 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD fellowship: AI-augmented Physiological Modelling for Prediction and Mitigation of Heat Stress in Pigs
A salaried PhD fellowship at Aarhus University, available from 1 February 2027.30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD Position in Computational Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Spatial Metabolomics
PhD fellowship/scholarship at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences; salary and terms of employment follow the applicable collective…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenNRP Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) PhD Studentships, October 2027 intake
Four-year studentship covering tuition fees, a stipend at the UKRI national minimum rate (2026/7 rate GBP 21,805 a…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenCALL 2026 for PhD positions at the IMPRS “The Leipzig School of Human Origins”
PhD students are supported by Max Planck support contracts at 65 percent of TVöD pay group 13, by…30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD position in Experimental Physics with a focus on photonics and materials science, fundamental aspects (AN 2026/1076)
approximately 33 100 SEK gross per month30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD position in Experimental Physics with focus on photonics and materials science, applied aspects (AN 2026/1077)
approximately 33 100 SEK gross per month30 November 2026Closes in 16 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD fellowship: Agroecological approaches to reduce nitrogen losses in vegetable production (Food Science programme)
Salaried PhD fellowship at Aarhus University on basic salary grades 4 to 8 under the agreement between the…1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Student: community ecology, stone tool use and social behaviour in gracile capuchin monkeys (ISLaS group, IMPRS-QBEE)
A fully funded four-year PhD position in Konstanz, paid on the German public-sector TVöD scale E-13 at 65%,…1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD project PREFERENCE (MSCA Doctoral Network, DC11): dynamic whole-body PET/CT of organ-specific insulin sensitivity in diabetes
A fully financed three-year, full-time PhD fellowship as an early-stage researcher in an MSCA Doctoral Network, with planned…1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedOpenDoctoral Position in Environmental Microbiology: physiology and bioenergetics of alkaliphilic methanogenic archaea (NCCR Genesis)
A fully funded four-year doctoral position (100%, fixed-term) in Zurich within a national interdisciplinary network, with training in…1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD Student: Community ecology, stone tool use and social behavior in gracile capuchin monkeys
TVöD salary scale E-13, 65%1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedOpenPhD fellowship: Carbon flux and particle export along the land-ocean continuum in Greenland’s coastal ocean
Salaried PhD fellowship available from 1 February 2027, employed as academic staff at basic salary grades 4 to…1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedOpenDoctorate Fellowship in Immunometabolism, acute exercise and the immunometabolic response in wheelchair Paralympic athletes (CMEPP) (FAPESP vacancy 9913)
BRL 5,7901 December 2026Closes in 17 daysEligibility not statedOpenMax Planck School of Cognition doctoral program, 2027 intake
EUR 1,565/month net stipend in the orientation year, then a public-service wage agreement contract1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysOpen to internationalOpenMax Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence PhD Program, first cohort (2027 start)
The first PhD cohort of a new Germany-wide graduate school at the interface of AI and biomedicine, starting…1 December 2026Closes in 17 daysOpen to internationalOpenSWBio DTP fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships in the biosciences (September 2027 start)
£21,805 per annum for 2026-20272 December 2026Closes in 18 daysOpen to internationalOpenPhD Admissions, March 2027 session
The fellowship is paid by the agency that awarded it (CSIR, UGC, DBT Category I, ICMR or BINC)…5 December 2026Closes in 21 daysDomestic applicants onlyWeekly funding email
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