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Fellowship

Miller Research Fellowship 2027-2030

Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley

United States · On Site

Applications closedDeadline Sep 10, 2026
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Fellowship

2027 Yale Quantum Institute Fellowship

Yale Quantum Institute

United States · On Site

Closes in 23 daysDeadline Oct 4, 2026
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Grant or competition

AMBSO Impact Research Initiative

Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization

Uganda / Africa · On Site

Closes in 21 daysDeadline Oct 2, 2026
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Scholarship

Hilde Domin Programme

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Germany · On Site

Opens in 6 daysDeadline Oct 15, 2026
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Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Germany · On Site

Closes in 66 daysDeadline Nov 16, 2026
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Fellowship

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

cerg1.ugc.edu.hk

Hong Kong SAR, China · On Site

Closes in 81 daysDeadline Dec 1, 2026
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Fellowship

Abdallah S. Kamel Center Research Fellowships 2027-2028

Yale Law School Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization

United States · On Site

Opens in 51 daysDeadline Nov 30, 2026
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Scholarship

Generative Graph Modelling for Anomaly Detection

Macquarie University

Australia · On Site

Closes in 50 daysDeadline Oct 31, 2026
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Scholarship

AI-enabled Digital Twin for Preventive Care

Macquarie University

Australia · On Site

Closes in 50 daysDeadline Oct 31, 2026
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Secure Edge Computing Framework for Data Processing

Macquarie University

Australia · On Site

Closes in 50 daysDeadline Oct 31, 2026
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Variational Decentralised Learning

Macquarie University

Australia · On Site

Closes in 50 daysDeadline Oct 31, 2026
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PhD program

PhD in Global Talent Mobility and Europe’s Strategic Autonomy

Utrecht University

Netherlands · On Site

Closes in 3 daysDeadline Sep 14, 2026
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PhD program

PhD Position: Develop Hybrid Machine Learning for Global Soil Mapping

Utrecht University

Netherlands · On Site

Applications closedDeadline Sep 6, 2026
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Scholarship

Vice-Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship (VCPS)

RMIT University

Australia · On Site

Applications closedDeadline Aug 30, 2026
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Scholarship

Clarendon Fund Scholarships

University of Oxford

United Kingdom · On Site

Open now
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Scholarship

ANU University Research Scholarship with HDR Fee Merit Scholarship

Australian National University

Australia · On Site

Applications closedDeadline Aug 31, 2026
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Scholarship

University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

University of Auckland

New Zealand · On Site

Closes in 51 daysDeadline Nov 1, 2026
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PhD program

Imperial College Business School Fully Funded Doctoral Programme 2027

Imperial College London Business School

United Kingdom · On Site

Closes in 82 daysDeadline Dec 2, 2026
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Fellowship

EPFL CYD Doctoral Fellowships - 15th Call

EPFL and Cyber-Defence Campus

Switzerland · On Site

Opens in 83 daysDeadline Feb 25, 2027
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Fellowship

EPFL CYD Proof of Concept Fellowships

EPFL and Cyber-Defence Campus

Switzerland · On Site

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Scholarship

Gordon and Isabel Humphrey Scholarship 2027

University of Melbourne

Australia · On Site

Closes in 44 daysDeadline Oct 25, 2026
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Fellowship

Fulbright-Fogarty Public Health Fellowship Award

U.S. Fulbright Program

United States · On Site

Closes in 25 daysDeadline Oct 6, 2026
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Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees / Cotutelle

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Germany · On Site

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Opportunity details

Application statusCloses in 66 days
DeadlineNovember 16, 2026
ParticipationOn Site

Who can apply

Applicants from eligible countries, including Uganda, may apply. Candidates must have a suitable university degree, normally obtained no more than six years before the application deadline, and if the doctorate has already begun it should generally have started no more than three years before the deadline. Applicants normally cannot have resided in Germany for more than 15 months at the deadline.

Key information

Study level
Doctoral / PhD
Funding coverage
Other support
Award value or coverage details
DAAD provides a monthly scholarship payment, travel allowance, insurance and applicable additional benefits during the funded stay in Germany. Depending on the doctoral arrangement, the programme may also support travel by supervising academics and other costs connected with the bi-national doctoral structure.

About this opportunity

The DAAD Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees programme supports doctoral candidates whose dissertation is supervised jointly by an academic at their home university and an academic at a German institution. It enables substantial research periods in Germany while maintaining the candidate\'s doctoral connection to the home institution.

Benefits
DAAD provides a monthly scholarship payment, travel allowance, insurance and applicable additional benefits during the funded stay in Germany. Depending on the doctoral arrangement, the programme may also support travel by supervising academics and other costs connected with the bi-national doctoral structure.

Requirements
Applicants need a detailed doctoral research proposal and schedule, evidence of academic qualifications, CV, confirmation of doctoral supervision at the home university, written confirmation from the German academic supervisor and documentation of the agreed bi-national or cotutelle arrangement. Appropriate German or English language competence must also be demonstrated.

How to apply
Establish supervision arrangements with both the home institution and a German university, prepare the research plan and obtain the required academic confirmations. Register in the DAAD portal, complete the online scholarship application, upload all academic and doctoral documentation and submit by 2026-11-16.

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