471 verified europe scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and Netherlands. The soonest deadline is 27 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by TU Delft, University of Manchester and Max Planck Society. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
Within NWO Vidi Infra-PaX, this PhD studies coordination between public and private infrastructure actors pursuing digitalisation and sustainability. It examines competing priorities across an infrastructure ecosystem. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS doctorate examines chemical and microbial contamination in harvested urban rainwater. It aims to identify practical treatments for safe non-potable reuse.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS project examines how irrigation wastewater and pesticides jointly influence antimicrobial resistance in agricultural soils and groundwater. The advertised programme provides 45 months of doctoral funding, subject to its selection and eligibility rules.
University of Twente · Netherlands
The University of Twente invites applications for a PhD position on water footprint assessment and water credit design in Egypt's horticulture sector. The project studies how water use along horticultural value chains can be measured, attributed and incentivised, and designs credit-based instruments that reward water-efficient practice in a water-scarce production landscape.
PlantHealth Consortium (UPV) · Spain
PlantHealth, coordinated at the Universitat Politècnica de València, trains specialists in sustainable plant-health and cropping systems. The First Call for the next intake runs from 1 October to 31 December 2026 and is the round in which Erasmus Mundus scholarships are awarded; a second call in late May 2027 serves self-funded students only.
Leiden University invites applications for a post-doctoral researcher working on agent-based modelling of Pleistocene landscape connectivity in Europe. The project simulates how Pleistocene environments connected and disconnected habitats and populations across the continent, informing debate in palaeoanthropology, archaeology and palaeoclimate research.
The Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (UMR 7598), run jointly by CNRS and Sorbonne Universite in Paris, advertises a six-month postdoctoral position in microlocal analysis (post-doctorat en analyse microlocale). The project concerns the mathematical analysis of wave propagation, partial differential equations and related questions in microlocal analysis, within the DANIVA project framework.
Lund University · Sweden
Lund University invites applications for a post-doctoral fellow position assessing global forest dynamics. The project works on large-scale assessment of forest change, combining remote sensing, forest inventory data and modelling to understand how forests worldwide are responding to climate, management and disturbance.
Maynooth University · Ireland
Maynooth University invites applications for a 36-month postdoctoral researcher position on the BIOCHAR project, focused on life cycle assessment of biochar systems. The researcher will quantify the environmental and climate performance of biochar production and application pathways, from feedstock sourcing and pyrolysis to field application, using established LCA methods and Irish and European datasets.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a postdoc in developmental psychology. The position supports the department's research on how children and adolescents develop, with topics spanning social, cognitive and emotional development and the conditions that support healthy development across contexts.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University is hiring a postdoc on geodata science and GeoAI. The project develops machine-learning approaches for geospatial data, from spatiotemporal prediction to deep learning on earth-observation and sensor streams, with applications in environmental monitoring and spatial planning.
University of Twente · Netherlands
This three-year postdoctoral role combines geophysical sensing, physical models and AI to study underground structures and infrastructure. The research supports subsurface monitoring and digital twins. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
This Wageningen postdoctoral position examines governance arrangements that support sustainability transitions in farming systems. The work is hosted by Animal Production Systems and includes research connected to ReGeNL. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Umeå University · Sweden
2-year postdoctoral fellowship in molecular mechanisms of MLL1-driven leukaemia at Umeå University. Full-time, starts 1 Jan 2027. Apply by 16 Nov 2026.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University hosts the Prince Claus Chair and invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher working on inclusive governance within that framework. The Prince Claus Chair is dedicated to research on development-related themes and supports scholars whose work connects governance, equity and development in low- and middle-income country contexts.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a postdoc applying machine learning to wind-flow prediction in coastal dunes. The project develops data-driven models of aeolian processes and wind fields in dune landscapes, supporting coastal-management questions such as dune growth, sand supply and nature-based flood defence.
Karolinska Institutet · Sweden
Karolinska Institutet advertises a post-doctoral researcher position in molecular eicosanoid research, funded as a scholarship. Eicosanoids are lipid mediators derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids that regulate inflammation, immunity and tissue repair, and alterations in eicosanoid networks are implicated in inflammatory disease, pain and cancer.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a postdoc on multi-risk adaptation pathways for river delta systems. The project studies how delta regions can plan for interacting hazards, such as floods, droughts and salinisation, rather than treating risks one at a time, and develops pathway approaches that keep adaptation options open under deep uncertainty.
Liverpool John Moores University · United Kingdom
Liverpool John Moores University recruits a post-doctoral research fellow in peat paludiculture biogeochemistry and ecology for a two-year fixed-term position. The post contributes to a UK Innovate UK FIP-funded project studying paludiculture - the productive agricultural use of rewetted peatlands - and quantifies how water-table management, vegetation and microbial processes control greenhouse-gas emissions, nutrient cycling and biomass quality in rewetted systems.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University is hiring a postdoc on the responsible scaling of digital innovation in mental healthcare. The project studies how digital tools in mental health services, from e-mental-health platforms to data-driven support systems, can be scaled beyond pilot settings in ways that remain safe, equitable and clinically sound.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) · Netherlands
UMCG is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in neurobiology with a focus on multiple sclerosis. The researcher joins a laboratory studying the immunological and neurodegenerative mechanisms that drive disease progression in MS, using cellular models and human tissue material available through the centre's clinical programmes. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Université PSL · France
PRISM (PhD Research Programme for International Training in Sustainable Soft Matter) offers up to 14 fully funded PhD fellowships at PSL University in Paris. Projects focus on eco-friendly chemical processes, circular economy, renewable energies, and carbon capture. Application deadline: 31 October 2026.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) · Netherlands
UMCG offers a promoted physician-researcher (promovendus arts-onderzoeker) position combining clinical training interests with doctoral research in anaesthesiology and gynaecologic oncology. The project studies perioperative care questions in patients undergoing surgery for gynaecologic cancers, connecting anaesthesiology practice with oncological outcomes research. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Maastricht University · Netherlands
Maastricht University recruits a promotendus (doctoral candidate) in cardiogenetics, focusing on cardiomyopathy and risk prediction, with a start in January 2027. Inherited cardiomyopathies are among the most common genetic heart conditions, and predicting which patients will develop severe disease remains a major clinical challenge. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.