Academic Companion

25/09/2026

🚨 19 HIGHEST PAID Scholarships CLOSING SOON

💰 High-value fully funded scholarships + major funding opportunities

1. Stanford Knight-Hennessy — ~$4,900+/month equivalent — Closes Oct 6

Graduate funding can include tuition + stipend + additional allowances.

2. Clarendon Oxford — ~$2,350+/month — Deadline Dec/Jan, course-dependent

Full fees + annual living grant.

3. Swiss Government Excellence — ~$2,5900/month — Deadlines vary Sept–Dec

CHF 2,450/month + other benefits for eligible programmes.

4. ETH Zurich ESOP — ~$14,500/semester — Closes Nov 30

CHF 13,500/semester for 2027 entry + tuition fee waiver.

5. Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme — ~$3,450/month — Deadline varies

PhD funding + conference/research travel allowance.

6. Commonwealth Master's & PhD — ~$2,650/month equivalent — Closes Oct 20

Tuition + stipend + travel and other allowances.

7. Chevening — ~$2,650/month equivalent — Closes Oct 6

Tuition + monthly stipend + travel and other allowances.

8. SMART Scholarship — up to ~$3,830/month equivalent — Closes Dec 4

Tuition + annual stipend + other benefits.

9. KAUST Fellowship — ~$2,000–$3,000+/month — Deadline varies

Full tuition + stipend + housing + medical benefits.

10. MBZUAI Graduate Scholarship — ~$1,600–$3,000+/month depending on programme — Deadline varies

Tuition + monthly stipend + accommodation and other benefits.

11. Fulbright Foreign Student Program — funding varies by country — Deadlines vary Sept–Dec

Tuition, living support, travel and other benefits vary by country.

12. MEXT Japan — ~$920–$1,000/month — Deadline varies

Tuition + monthly stipend + airfare.

13. DAAD EPOS — ~$1,650/month for PhD — Deadlines vary

€1,400/month for doctoral candidates + insurance and travel allowance.

14. Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters — up to ~$1,610/month — Deadlines vary, mostly Oct–Jan

Tuition + scholarship + travel/installation support.

🇨🇭 15. EPFL Excellence Fellowship — up to ~$12,000/year — Deadline Dec 15

Master's funding + additional benefits.

16. Gates Cambridge — full funding + maintenance allowance — Deadlines Oct–Jan

Full-cost scholarship for eligible postgraduate applicants.

17. Rhodes Scholarship — full funding + stipend — Deadline varies by constituency

University fees + maintenance + travel and other allowances.

18. Commonwealth Shared Scholarship — tuition + living allowance — Deadline varies

Funding for eligible Master's programmes.

19. AAUW International Fellowships — up to $50,000/year — Closes Sept 17

For eligible women pursuing graduate/postdoctoral study in the USA.

🎓 Bachelor's | Master's | PhD | Postdoc

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Deadlines, eligibility, stipend amounts and funding packages can vary by country, programme, university and application route. Always verify the official scholarship page before applying.

22/09/2026

Dreaming of a Fully Funded Master's or PhD in the UK?

Here are my Top Picks

✅Chevening Scholarship
Timeline: 4 August - 6 October 2026
Funding: Full tuition fees, monthly living allowance, return airfare, visa application fee, arrival and departure allowances, and other travel-related support.
Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/d7szDV-t

✅Commonwealth Master's Scholarships
Timeline: 8 September - 20 October 2026, 16:00 BST
Funding: Full tuition fees, return airfare, monthly living allowance, study travel grant and other allowances.
Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/dwCs4M-B

✅Commonwealth PhD Scholarships
Timeline: 8 September 2026 - 20 October 2026, 16:00 BST
Funding: Full tuition fees, return airfare, monthly stipend, study travel grant, approved fieldwork support and other allowances.
Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/dwCs4M-B

✅Commonwealth Shared Scholarships
Timeline: Expected early November - December 2026
Funding: Full tuition fees, return airfare, monthly living stipend, warm clothing allowance and other approved allowances.
Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/dwCs4M-B

✅Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Timeline: September - 8 December 2026 or 6 January 2027, depending on your course
Funding: Full cost of studying at Cambridge, maintenance allowance, airfare, visa costs, Immigration Health Surcharge, and additional discretionary funding.
Learn more & apply: gatescambridge.org

✅Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program - University of Cambridge
Timeline: Course-specific; funding deadlines are generally in late 2026
Funding: Comprehensive support covering tuition and living costs, with other support scholars need to study at Cambridge.
Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/de5hwfsx

✅Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program - University of Edinburgh
Timeline: 13 October - 19 November 2026
Funding: Full scholarship support, including tuition and living-related support, alongside leadership and development opportunities.
Learn more & apply: https://lnkd.in/dNE4zAu4

✅Clarendon Fund - University of Oxford
Timeline: Deadlines in December 2026 or January 2027, depending on your course
Funding: Full course fees plus an annual living grant of at least the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate.
Learn more & apply: ox.ac.uk/admissions/gra…

✅Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships - University of Oxford
Timeline: Deadlines in December 2026 or January 2027, depending on your course
Funding: 100% of course fees + a living-cost grant of at least £21,805, for the full duration of the eligible course.
Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/d5VhGtUB

✅UCL EPSRC Landscape Award (UELA) Studentships
Timeline: Expected late October 2026 - early January 2027
Funding: Full tuition fees + approximately £24,522 annual stipend + Research Training Support Grant.
Learn more & apply: ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral…

If you are targeting the UK for 2027/28, start now.

22/09/2026

47 websites for postdoc opportunities (with funding)

1. Euraxess: https://lnkd.in/gV4_aEKi
2. Nature careers: https://lnkd.in/gBAJYGuh
3. ResearchGate: https://lnkd.in/gBKNn4-w
4. FindAPostDoc: https://lnkd.in/gadznjrJ
5. Academic positions: https://lnkd.in/gKfjZy9K
6. PostdocJobs: https://lnkd.in/gc4sJC4R
7. Scholarship positions: https://lnkd.in/gtQ2KjXN

USA
8. NIH Office of Intramural training & education: https://lnkd.in/gN8iwysw
9. NSF Postdoctoral research fellowships: https://lnkd.in/gn3ytcaT
10. Science careers: https://lnkd.in/gjfakgcd
11. Postdoc Harvard: https://lnkd.in/gm8FSV4v
12. Stanford postdoc: https://lnkd.in/g2M7-eci
13. Berkeley postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gHGB7pXw
14. Yale postdoc: https://postdocs.yale.edu/
15. MIT postdoc: https://postdocs.mit.edu/
16. University of California postdoc: https://postdocs.ucsd.edu/
17. Johns Hopkins postdoctoral: https://postdoc.jhu.edu/
18. Cornell University postdoctoral: https://lnkd.in/gj8Tmvkr

Canada
19. Canadian Association of postdoc (CAPS): https://www.caps-acsp.ca/
20. Banting postdoctoral fellowships: https://lnkd.in/gMEwsHjU
21. Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellowship: https://lnkd.in/g6M-8TxS
22. University of Toronto postdoc fellowships: https://lnkd.in/g_s2yzbp
23. UBC postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gNrw4jjq

UK
24. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): https://lnkd.in/gHTR-hRm
25. The Royal Society fellowships: https://lnkd.in/gMCdvBhC
26. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): https://lnkd.in/g3_68yNG
27. Wellcome Trust fellowships: https://lnkd.in/gcSt5p8C
28. Oxford University postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gfUFMvV8
29. Cambridge University postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gcHnUZPJ

Europe
30. European molecular biology: https://lnkd.in/g6J43XVP
31. Max Planck Society postdocs: https://lnkd.in/gkXRjAXm
32. Helmholtz association postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gkNcYj-s
33. CERN Fellowship programme: https://lnkd.in/gZGRX352
34. EPFL postdoc: https://lnkd.in/ggNYHWAH
35. Leibniz association postdoc: https://lnkd.in/g3PiFmrv
36. ETH Zurich postdoc: https://lnkd.in/g5vxa4VV

Australia and New Zealand
37. Australian Research Council (ARC): https://lnkd.in/gMRpReZY
38. University of Sydney postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gjmu5SR9
39. University of Melbourne postdoc: https://lnkd.in/g2B3J4Yg
40. University of Queensland postdocs: https://lnkd.in/gxQi4VPc
41. University of Auckland postdocs: https://lnkd.in/gHrdXFHJ

Asia
42. Japan Society (JSPS) postdoc: https://lnkd.in/ggk4CBzZ
43. National University of Singapore (NUS): https://lnkd.in/gVsf4SpD
44. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS): https://lnkd.in/gPNN7j_P
45. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) postdoc: https://lnkd.in/gtx8eHfp

Middle East
46. Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF): https://lnkd.in/gHjgyPvd
47. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) postdocs: https://lnkd.in/gYc2kmz5

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22/09/2026

🎓 11 Fully Funded PhD Positions in -Driven Research! 🧬🦠

TagTIC is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network bringing together leading academic and industrial partners across Europe to understand how infections drive gastrointestinal cancers and translate these discoveries into new therapies.

🔬 Research areas include:
✔️Host–pathogen interactions
✔️Organoids & assembloids
✔️AI, multiomics & imaging
✔️Drug discovery & medicinal chemistry
✔️Precision oncology
🥂Cancer biology & therapy resistance

🌍 6 European countries | 11 academic partners | 12 industrial partners

💶 Competitive MSCA salary & working conditions
🎓 Joint/Double PhD opportunities
🤝 Academic & industry mentorship
✈️ International secondments
🧪 Cutting-edge technologies & training

A great opportunity for researchers interested in , infectious diseases, drug discovery, , AI and precision oncology.


🔁RCTT Research Academy

16/09/2026

📢 Calling Asia scholars: Applications for APARC's 2027-2029 postdoctoral and visiting fellowships are now open!

The center and our research programs offer multiple postdoctoral and visiting fellowships starting in fall quarter 2027. Opportunities are open to scholars of contemporary Asia from a wide range of disciplines, encompassing both pan-regional research and specialized tracks focused on specific regions and themes:

🔸 2027-2028 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship on Contemporary Asia
🔸 2027-2028 Asia Health Policy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
🔸 2027-2028 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellowship on Southeast Asia
🔸 2027-2029 Next Asia Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship
🔸 2027-2028 STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education-SNAPL Postdoctoral Fellowship
🔸 2027-2028 Next Asia Policy Visiting Fellowship
🔸 2027-2028 Taiwan Program Kwoh-Ting Li Visiting Fellowship

🔗 Learn more about each opportunity and share with your networks – check out, https://stanford.io/4rbmhME

11/09/2026

These opportunities are particularly relevant for final-year undergraduate students, Master's students, and graduates planning to begin a Ph.D. abroad. The list includes opportunities that are currently open or expected to open soon.

The AISG PhD Fellowship Programme, Singapore
https://lnkd.in/dYmQeu68

DAAD Doctoral Programmes, Germany
https://lnkd.in/dYSVxH94

KAUST Graduate Fellowship, Saudi Arabia
https://lnkd.in/dWhtzfAw

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, Hong Kong
https://lnkd.in/dBi4WRRr

NUS Research Scholarship, Singapore
https://lnkd.in/d2TzXfVz

Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford University, United States
https://lnkd.in/d_Svvs3x

Gates Cambridge, UK
https://lnkd.in/dCn8ERhx
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A note for prospective applicants:

Not every fully funded Ph.D. opportunity is advertised as a scholarship. Many universities recruit Ph.D. students directly through funded research projects, research assistantships, teaching assistantships, departmental studentships and grants held by individual professors.
Therefore, I strongly recommend identifying professors/research groups whose research genuinely matches your interests and contacting them directly. This can open funded Ph.D. opportunities that may never appear on a general scholarship list.

05/09/2026

Dreaming of a paid internship at CERN? Here is an opportunity.

The CERN Short Term Internship offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work at one of the world’s leading scientific institutions. Interns receive financial support, invaluable mentorship, and the opportunity to collaborate on groundbreaking projects. This internship provides unparalleled exposure to advanced technologies, ensuring participants gain skills and insights that shape their future careers.

CERN Short-Term Internship 2027 | Paid Internship | Switzerland

🏛️ Host Organization: CERN

📍 Location: Geneva, Switzerland

⏳ Duration: 1 to 6 Months

🎓 Open to: Undergraduate & Master’s students

✨ Internship Benefits:

✅ Monthly allowance to cover living expenses

✅ Work at the world’s leading particle physics laboratory

✅ Hands-on experience in a global research environment

Tag a student who dreams of interning at CERN!

https://lnkd.in/gJb4NrZe

28/08/2026

20 European postdoctoral fellowships worth bookmarking.

1. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships
→ The gold standard. Open to all fields.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/d6pUheS5

2. Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany)
→ Rolling applications, no fixed deadline.
🔗 humboldt-foundation.de

3. EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships
→ Life sciences only.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dUK87vbQ

4. HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
→ Highly interdisciplinary.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dDWGKh29

5. EMBL ARISE Fellowships
→ Research infrastructure and technology development.
🔗 embl.org/about/info/arise

6. Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
→ Fully funded. Application goes via Swiss embassies with country-specific deadlines.
🔗 sbfi.admin.ch (search: Excellence Scholarships)

7. ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship
→ Internal fellowship. Host at ETH required. Explicitly aimed at career acceleration towards independence.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/d6qGwsuh

8. EPFL Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowships
→ Host at EPFL required. Strong emphasis on novel directions.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dP52iArc

9. SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships
→ Check each call for mobility options.
🔗 snf.ch

10. Wellcome Early-Career Awards (UK)
→ Life sciences and adjacent fields.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/d2NfGMnx

11. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
→ Humanities and social sciences focus. Often overlooked by STEM researchers.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dKRSeyBr

12. Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
→ UK-based. Host required. Unconventional, quirky research encouraged.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dQu7bmtW

13. Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship
→ Ireland-based host required. Check current calls as branding evolves.
🔗 researchireland.ie

14. Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowships (Denmark)
→ Broad biomedicine and life sciences focus.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dn3WFtzt

15. Carlsberg Foundation Fellowships (Denmark)
→ Less known internationally. Covers natural sciences and humanities.
🔗 carlsbergfondet.dk/en

16. Wenner-Gren Foundations Fellowships (Sweden)
→ Swedish or Swedish-connected research. Strong in natural sciences.
🔗 swgc.org

17. Wallenberg Academy Fellows (Sweden)
→ Prestigious. Long-term funding. Highly competitive.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dDmXAJWH

18. FCT Postdoctoral Fellowships (Portugal)
→ Portugal is investing heavily in research.
🔗 fct.pt/en

19. CNRS Postdoctoral Opportunities (France)
→ France's national research system. Positions listed continuously, multiple entry points throughout the year.
🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr

20. Choose Europe Initiative
→ EU-backed push to attract global researchers.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dkq3hKBc

If you are interested in some of these programs, please connect and inbox me for more information

28/08/2026

Five top scholarships with upcoming deadlines:

1. DAAD (Germany): Master's and PhDs (deadline: 21st October 2026)

https://lnkd.in/eJDT4prX

2. The Rhodes Scholarship (University of Oxford): Master's (deadline: September 24, 2026)

https://lnkd.in/efw3Jj3R

3. Chevening (the UK): Master's (Deadline: October 6, 2026)

https://lnkd.in/eq2EE_KM

4. Gates Cambridge (UK): Master's and PhDs (applications open in September)

https://lnkd.in/eQXTQNw4

5. Erasmus Mundus Master's (Europe): (applications opens in

October)

https://lnkd.in/etbpGbDz

Good luck!

28/08/2026

Five top scholarships with upcoming deadlines:

1. DAAD (Germany): Master's and PhDs (deadline: 21st October 2026)

https://lnkd.in/eJDT4prX

2. The Rhodes Scholarship (University of Oxford): Master's (deadline: September 24, 2026)

https://lnkd.in/efw3Jj3R

3. Chevening (the UK): Master's (Deadline: October 6, 2026)

https://lnkd.in/eq2EE_KM

4. Gates Cambridge (UK): Master's and PhDs (applications open in September)

https://lnkd.in/eQXTQNw4

5. Erasmus Mundus Master's (Europe): (applications opens in
October)

https://lnkd.in/etbpGbDz

Good luck!