14 verified cybersecurity scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and France. The soonest deadline is 1 November 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by Lancaster University, University of Luxembourg and EMILDAI Consortium (Avignon Université). Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
Lancaster University · United Kingdom
3.5-year fully funded PhD in AI Agent Security at Lancaster University. UK home students only. Stipend and tuition covered.
University of Luxembourg · Luxembourg
36-month fully funded PhD in AI for Cybersecurity at University of Luxembourg. Gross salary EUR 41,976/year. EU/EEA/EFTA, NATO Allied, and NATO Indo-Pacific applicants only.
University of Luxembourg · Luxembourg
36-month fully funded PhD in Network Traffic Obfuscation at University of Luxembourg. Gross salary EUR 41,976/year. Open to all nationalities.
EMILDAI Consortium (Avignon Université) · France
EMILDAI sits at the crossroads of law, data protection and AI, offered by six partner universities led from Avignon. Applications for the 2027/2029 editions open in November 2026; the previous round closed on 25 January 2026, a date the new cycle is expected to mirror.
Lancaster University · United Kingdom
3.5-year fully funded PhD developing next-generation attack surface mapping techniques. UK home students. £20,780 stipend.
EURECOM, based in the Sophia Antipolis technology park near Nice, runs graduate programmes in digital science — AI, cybersecurity, telecommunications and data — plus doctoral studies with its labs and industrial partners. Its admission portal manages both taught-programme rounds and rolling PhD recruitment.
IMSISS Consortium (University of Glasgow) · United Kingdom
IMSISS is the Erasmus Mundus master in security, intelligence and strategic studies coordinated from the University of Glasgow. The recent scholarship rounds have closed on 8 January, and self-funded applicants have enjoyed a long window into August, so the 2027 cycle is expected to follow the same structure.
JANUS Consortium (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3) · France
JANUS is the Erasmus Mundus master in security and defence coordinated from Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, with mandatory mobility between Lyon and Beirut Saint-Joseph and options in Granada, Bucharest and Essex. The first cohort's applications closed on 6 March 2026, and the 2027-2029 round is expected to follow the same early-March pattern.
Max Planck Society · Germany
Fully funded 12-14 week research internship at Max Planck Institutes in Germany. €1,300/month stipend, free accommodation, travel allowance. Open to international students. Deadline: 1 Nov 2026.
University of Manchester · United Kingdom
Build on Manchester's computer science legacy with a PhD at one of the UK's largest and most computer science departments. Scholarships, studentships, and awards available at university, faculty, and department level. Year of entry: 2027.
Heriot-Watt University · United Arab Emirates
A self-funded PhD programme at the Dubai Campus focusing on Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Security.
RMIT University · Australia
RMIT University offers 2 fully funded PhD scholarships in Green Computing, focusing on sustainable AI and energy-efficient cloud computing.
TU Delft · Netherlands
This FNS PhD examines secure management of 6G services distributed across infrastructure owned by different organisations. Its central problem is making dependable orchestration decisions across trust boundaries. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
San Diego State University · United States
Two fully funded PhD positions in Electric Energy Systems through the SDSU-UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program combining AI cybersecurity power systems and power electronics.