Today4 Nov
PhD Studentship: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network BlueOcean
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
- Stipend
- £43,994 a year
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Funded PhD positions
Open PhD positions and PhD scholarships that pay your tuition and living costs, with the university, country, stipend and deadline. Each one links to its own page.
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Today4 Nov
PhD Studentship: Machine-learning for High-speed Aerial Vehicle Control
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
Today4 Nov
PhD: Impact evaluation of climate policies in agricultural and forest landscapes
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today4 Nov
PhD position: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galápagos islands
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today4 Nov
PhD Research Fellow in Diversity and Ecology of Marine Algae and Protistan Parasites
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today4 Nov
PhD students in Statistics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Varbi (Swedish universities)
- Starts
- for the position is January 1, 2027, or
Today4 Nov
PhD Position (m/f/d) – Water-based Assembly of Covalent Materials
PhD positionFunded PhD positionvia DAAD PhDGermany
- Starts
- as soon as possible
Today5 Nov
PhD Research Fellow in Applied and Computational Mathematics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today5 Nov
PhD in Bioinformatics and Machine Learning for Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today5 Nov
PhD Research Fellow in Multi-Level Resistive Memory Cells for Ternary Computing
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today5 Nov
PhD Research Fellow in Terrestrial Ecology
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today5 Nov
Doctoral student in Risk and Safety of Heterogeneous Swarm Systems
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Varbi (Swedish universities)
Today5 Nov
Research Associate / PhD Student (m/f/x)
PhD positionFunded PhD positionvia DAAD PhDGermany
- Starts
- 01.01.2027
Today6 Nov
PhD Studentship: Exploring How Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Uses Nutrients
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
- Stipend
- £21,805 a year
Today6 Nov
DPhil Studentship – Investigating and Modelling Brain Dynamics Across Species
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
- Stipend
- £21,805 a year
Today6 Nov
PhD Studentship: Investigating Molecular Drivers of Enhancer Rewiring in Blood Cancers
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
- Stipend
- £21,805 a year
Today6 Nov
PhD Studentship: Regularized dynamical parametric approximations for gradient flows
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
Today6 Nov
PhD Studentship: Irradiation Damage Resistant Refractory High Entropy Alloys for Advanced Modular Reactors with UKNNL
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
- Stipend
- £26,805 a year
Today6 Nov
PhD in Contrast Ultrasound Imaging of Nanobubbles for Cancer Diagnostics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today6 Nov
2 PhD positions on Measuring the Future of Power Electronics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today6 Nov
PhD Position in Political Science: Militarization and Democratic Erosion in Latin America
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
Today6 Nov
PhD-student in cellular neuroscience
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today6 Nov
PhD fellowship in quantum computing, optimization on noisy gate-based NISQ platforms
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today6 Nov
PhD fellowship in analogue quantum computing
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today6 Nov
PhD Candidate in AI Driven MAC Control for Integrated Terrestrial NTN 6G Networks
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today6 Nov
Doctoral position in medical radiation physics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Varbi (Swedish universities)
Today6 Nov
PhD Student (f/m/d) Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycles in Waste Heat Recovery
PhD positionFunded PhD positionvia DAAD PhDGermany
- Starts
- 01.01.2027
Today7 Nov
PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in South Africa
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today7 Nov
PhD Candidate in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', case studies in Scotland
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today7 Nov
PhD Positions in Systems Engineering (Up to 2 positions)
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today7 Nov
PhD in the Kavli Institute’s Aging Neuroscience Group
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia Jobbnorge
Today8 Nov
The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at Makerere University in Uganda Opens 7 Fully Funded Master’s, PhD and Research Fellowship Positions — Apply Now
PhD positionFully fundedvia Global South Opportunities
Today8 Nov
PhD Studentship: Developing Treatment Guidance to Support Military Personnel Affected by Deployment-related Psychological Distress
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
Today8 Nov
Economic and Social Science Research Council PhD studentships in Education, Management & Business Studies and Sociotechnical Futures and Digital Methods (interdisciplinary)
PhD positionFunded studentshipvia jobs.ac.uk
Today8 Nov
PhD Position: Decolonising Reparations
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today8 Nov
PhD Position on Operational Analysis and Assessment of New Aircraft Concepts
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today8 Nov
PhD position in-Operando Neuromorphic OptoElectronics
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today8 Nov
PhD Position(s) Diffractive Electron Imaging of Surfaces
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today8 Nov
PhD Position Quantum Physics - Rare-earth Ion single Photon Emitter
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Today8 Nov
PhD Candidate - Spatial multi-omics and single cell analysis of human diseases
PhD positionSalaried PhD positionvia AcademicTransfer
- Stipend
- €3,204–€4,051 a month (gross salary)
Programmes that fund PhDs every year
Major scholarships and doctoral programmes with their official pages. Deadlines move each year, so the usual window is shown; check the page for this year's date. List reviewed 3 Nov 2026.
- Covers
- Salaried 3–4 year PhD contract with living, mobility and family allowances
- Who can apply
- Any nationality; you must not have lived in the host country for more than 12 of the last 36 months
- Deadline
- Positions open all year; each is advertised on EURAXESS with its own deadline
- Covers
- Monthly stipend, health insurance, travel allowance; tuition is free at most German public universities
- Who can apply
- Graduates with a master's degree, mainly from outside Germany; rules differ by home country
- Deadline
- Usually closes between October and December, depending on your country
- Covers
- Full cost of study at Cambridge: fees, maintenance, travel
- Who can apply
- Applicants from outside the UK
- Deadline
- Usually October (US applicants) and early December or January (others), tied to the course deadline
- Covers
- Full course fees and a living grant
- Who can apply
- All nationalities; you are considered automatically when you apply for a DPhil by the December or January deadline
- Deadline
- Usually December or January (your course's deadline)
- Covers
- Oxford fees, a living stipend, travel to and from Oxford
- Who can apply
- Citizens of the countries Rhodes selects from; age and degree rules apply
- Deadline
- Usually June to October, depending on your country
- Covers
- Tuition, living stipend, travel and academic expenses for up to three years, then the PhD's own funding
- Who can apply
- Any nationality; bachelor's degree earned within the last seven years
- Deadline
- Usually early or mid October
- Covers
- Tuition, airfare, living allowance and more
- Who can apply
- Citizens of eligible low and middle income Commonwealth countries
- Deadline
- Usually October
- Covers
- Tuition and a tax-free stipend for 3.5–4 years
- Who can apply
- UK students and a share of places for international students (varies by partnership)
- Deadline
- Mostly December to February for an October start
- Covers
- Monthly stipend, tuition exemption, health insurance, housing allowance
- Who can apply
- Researchers from the countries in the programme, with a master's degree
- Deadline
- Usually September to December, depending on your country
- Covers
- Salaried employment contract; doctoral students are paid staff
- Who can apply
- Master's degree; any nationality
- Deadline
- Open positions are posted all year by each professor
- Covers
- Doctoral contract or stipend for the length of the PhD
- Who can apply
- Any nationality; each school sets its own requirements
- Deadline
- Each school has its own deadline, often between November and February
- Covers
- Fully funded PhD contract
- Who can apply
- Any nationality
- Deadline
- Recruitment once or twice a year; check the page for the current call
- Covers
- Monthly stipend for a PhD at a German university
- Who can apply
- International students doing their PhD in Germany; commitment to the foundation's values
- Deadline
- Usually 1 March and 1 September
- Covers
- Monthly stipend and seminars for a PhD in Germany
- Who can apply
- International graduates with good German; age limits apply
- Deadline
- Usually 15 January and 15 July
- Covers
- Tuition, housing, monthly stipend, medical insurance
- Who can apply
- Non-Chinese citizens with a master's degree, under the age limit
- Deadline
- Usually January to April, through embassies or universities
- Covers
- Tuition, monthly allowance, return airfare
- Who can apply
- Citizens of countries with diplomatic ties to Japan; age limits apply
- Deadline
- Embassy route usually April to June; university route varies
- Covers
- Tuition, monthly allowance, airfare, Korean language course
- Who can apply
- Non-Korean citizens; age and degree rules apply
- Deadline
- Usually February to March
- Covers
- Tuition, monthly stipend, housing, health insurance, flight
- Who can apply
- International applicants under the age limit
- Deadline
- Usually January to February
- Covers
- Tuition, monthly stipend, housing contribution, medical insurance
- Who can apply
- Citizens of partner countries
- Deadline
- Usually mid January
- Covers
- Monthly stipend and conference/travel allowance for up to three years; many universities add a tuition waiver
- Who can apply
- Any nationality, applying for a PhD at a Hong Kong university
- Deadline
- Usually early December
- Covers
- Tuition subsidy and monthly stipend
- Who can apply
- Admitted PhD students; any nationality
- Deadline
- Follows NUS PhD intake deadlines (usually two intakes a year)
- Covers
- Full tuition, living stipend, housing, medical and dental cover, relocation
- Who can apply
- Any nationality; all admitted students receive the fellowship
- Deadline
- Several application rounds a year
- Covers
- Tuition offset and living stipend
- Who can apply
- Domestic and international students, through each university
- Deadline
- Set by each university, often August to October for international applicants
- Covers
- Tuition, living costs, airfare and health insurance (varies by country)
- Who can apply
- Citizens of participating countries; apply through the Fulbright commission or US embassy at home
- Deadline
- Set by each country, often February to October
- Covers
- Fellowship for doctoral candidates writing a dissertation on education
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidates in any discipline whose dissertation is about education; any nationality, at a US-based institution
- Deadline
- Usually October