Funded PhD positions and scholarships
Funded PhD places, doctoral programmes and research fellowships open now, taken from the institutions' own websites.
16 open opportunities · updated 16 October 2026
- Fully Funded
DKFZ International PhD Program – 2026/27 Winter Selection
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg · Germany
Deadline:
- Fellowship
ETH AI Center PhD & Postdoc Fellowship Programs 2027
ETH AI Center, ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Deadline:
- Fellowship
ACLS Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships 2026–27
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) / Mellon Foundation · Global
Deadline:
- Fully Funded
ELLIS PhD Program 2026 – European AI & Machine Learning Doctoral Network
European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) · Global
Deadline:
- Fellowship
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program 2027–2029
CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) · Global (remote participation with Canada gatherings)
Deadline:
- Fellowship
NOMIS–ETH Fellowships 2026 – Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research at ETH Zurich
Center for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL), ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Deadline:
- Fully Funded
FMI International PhD Program – Autumn 2026 Round
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Basel · Switzerland
Deadline:
- Fully Funded
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2027/28
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong · Hong Kong
Deadline:
- Fully Funded
Max Planck Schools – PhD Programme (Autumn 2026 Central Call)
Max Planck Schools, Germany · Germany
Deadline:
- Fully Funded
Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2027
University of Cambridge · United Kingdom
Deadline:
- Fellowship
ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowships (ETH Fellows) – Bi-Annual Rolling Programme
Grants Office, ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Deadline: Rolling (apply any time)
- Fellowship
Harvey Fellowship (28twelve Foundation)
28twelve Foundation · United States
Deadline: Varies
- Fellowship
ISTA Postdoctoral Positions – Direct Group Leader Applications (Rolling)
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) · Austria
Deadline: Rolling (apply any time)
- Fully Funded
MEXT Scholarship 2027 (Japanese Government Scholarship)
Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) · Japan
Deadline: Varies
- Fully Funded
Uppsala University PhD Positions 2026 (Rolling – multiple departments)
Uppsala University – Various Departments, Sweden · Sweden
Deadline: Varies
- Fully Funded
van der Schaar Lab – Fully Funded Joint PhD in AI for Bio-Science & Foundational Models (2027 Start)
van der Schaar Lab, University of Cambridge · United Kingdom
Deadline: Rolling (apply any time)
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