Life-sciences scholarships, PhD positions and summer research programmes — molecular biology, biotechnology, neuroscience and more.
Tips for Biology & Life Sciences applicants
- Lab rotations and summer programmes are common entry routes.
- Wet-lab skills and techniques should be listed specifically on your CV.
- Many institutes (OIST, Westlake, KAUST) run funded summer programmes.
Open opportunities in Biology & Life Sciences
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships 2027 (UK)
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend
- Open to: 12 listed countries
- Study level: PhD
- 3–4 years
Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2027 (UK)
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC)
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend
- Open to: 24 listed countries
- Study level: Master's
- Typically a one-year UK master's
ORFeus MSCA Doctoral Network — 15 PhD Positions on the “Dark Proteome” (8 countries)
ORFeus Doctoral Network (MSCA) — Princess Máxima Center and partners
Belgium Multiple countries +1
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3 years
IRB Barcelona International PhD Fellowships — 2026 Extraordinary Call (up to 8 positions)
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
Spain
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
Francis Crick Institute PhD Programme 2027 — London (all nationalities)
The Francis Crick Institute
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
Slovak National Scholarship Programme (NŠP) — study and research stays in Slovakia
SAIA — Slovak Academic Information Agency
Slovakia
- Stipend, Travel grant
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Master's, PhD, Postdoc
- 1–10 months (students 1–2 semesters)
Utrecht University PhD — Biophysical Origins of RNA Toxicity in Huntington’s Disease
Utrecht University — Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research
Netherlands
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
Imperial College London President’s PhD Scholarships 2027
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3.5 years
PhD Position: AI for Multimodal Biology & Microscopy — Stockholm University / SciLifeLab (Sweden, Salaried)
Stockholm University — Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (CMCB lab, SciLifeLab)
Sweden
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years full-time; first contract up to 1 year, then renewed up to 2 years at a time
National Taiwan University (NTU) International Degree Admission — Fall 2027
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
- Partially funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Undergraduate, Master's, PhD
Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship — University of Toronto (2027 entry)
University of Toronto
Canada
- Fully funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Undergraduate
- 4 years
USTC International Winter Camp 2027 — Hefei, China (19 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027)
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
China
- Partially funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Graduate, Master's, Undergraduate
- 2 weeks
FPU — Spanish University Teacher Training PhD Contracts (Spain)
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Spain)
Spain
- Salary
- Eligible countries: check official page
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
University of Helsinki — PhD Researcher in Protein Synthesis (Finland)
University of Helsinki — Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Finland
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
Utrecht University PhD — Environmental Causes of Childhood & Early-Onset Cancer (CUE-CAN)
Utrecht University — Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences
Netherlands
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
EPFL Life Sciences Summer Research Program 2027
EPFL School of Life Sciences
Switzerland
- Stipend, Travel grant
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Master's, Undergraduate
UBC International Scholars Program (2027 entry)
University of British Columbia
Canada
- Fully funded, Partially funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Undergraduate
- 4 years
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (Imperial) — 2 PhD Studentships in Spatial Genomics (London)
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences / Imperial College London
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
BEST “Between Earth and Sky” MSCA COFUND PhD Programme — University of Toulouse
Université de Toulouse (BEST — MSCA COFUND)
France
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3 years
ETH Zurich Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (Master’s)
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Master's
- 3–4 semesters
Eric Bleumink Fellowship — University of Groningen (fully funded master’s)
University of Groningen
Netherlands
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to: Developing countries
- Study level: Master's
- 1–2 years (length of the master's)
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience — PhD on Traumatic Brain Injury & Dementia (Amsterdam)
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (KNAW)
Netherlands
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (HKU-PS) 2027/28 — University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong — Graduate School
Hong Kong
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
SINGA — Singapore International Graduate Award (PhD, A*STAR / NUS / NTU / SUTD)
A*STAR with NUS, NTU, SUTD and SIT
Singapore
- Fully funded, Stipend
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
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