Data Science Scholarships & PhD Positions 2026–2027 — Page 2
44 verified data science scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and Netherlands. The soonest deadline is 28 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by University of Luxembourg, Amsterdam UMC and Stockholm University. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in bioinformatics. The position develops computational approaches to biological data, working across large-scale sequencing, proteomics or imaging datasets depending on the project line, and contributing methods that the department's experimental groups rely on.
✓ Fully FundedSalaried PhD position per the Swedish collective agreement
PhD position in computational neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab. Theme: Neural dynamics underlying survival behaviors. Deadline: 30 Oct 2026.
✓ Fully FundedSalary per Swedish collective agreement (typically SEK 32,000–35,000/month initial)
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.
Amsterdam UMC is recruiting a PhD candidate for a project on the epidemiology of kidney replacement therapy in Europe. The project studies how dialysis and transplantation are provided, used and experienced across European countries, and what explains differences in access, outcomes and quality of life for patients on kidney replacement therapy.
✓ Fully FundedEUR 3,217 - EUR 4,077 gross per month
This ITC doctorate develops spatial-statistical methods for combining IoT measurements, remote sensing and field observations to understand diseases in tree crops. Cocoa farms in Ghana provide a central application.
✓ Fully Funded€3,204–€4,051 gross/month, increasing with doctoral year.
Employed PhD position in limnology at Uppsala University (ref UFV-PA 2026/2846): process-based modelling of phytoplankton succession in lakes. Deadline: 25 November 2026.
✓ Fully FundedSalary per Swedish collective agreement (typically SEK 32,000–35,000/month initial)
Umea University advertises a fully funded four-year PhD student position in statistics, focused on next-generation latent variable models. Latent variable models - factor models, item-response models, mixed models and their modern extensions - are central to statistics, psychometrics and data science, and the project develops methodology that improves how such models handle high-dimensional, heterogeneous and dependent data.
✓ Fully FundedSalaried PhD position per the Swedish collective agreement
PhD studentship at the University of Warwick (WMG) to develop a Digital Twin for steel section production, combining finite element analysis, machine learning, and live mill data to optimise process parameters and sustainability. Funded through the DigitalMetals CDT. Stipend £21,805. Deadline: 28 February 2027.
The Macquarie project develops graph-level mining methods for complex data environments. Hosted by Macquarie University in Sydney. Apply by 15 December 2026.
This UQ project investigates the use of large language models in Australian strata management. Hosted by University of Queensland in Brisbane. Apply by 31 December 2026 (EOI).
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is hiring a PhD-TA in statistics with a focus on functional data analysis. The position combines 80 percent doctoral research with 20 percent teaching-assistant duties in the Statistics research group of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
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.
✓ Fully FundedStipend/salary rate set by the funder — see the official listing
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.
✓ Fully FundedSalary per CAO universities pay scales (typically €4,000–€6,000/month gross for postdocs)
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.
Amsterdam UMC is recruiting a doctoral candidate (promovendus) for a project on digital, data and AI competencies in healthcare. The project studies which digital, data and AI skills healthcare professionals need, how these competencies can be built into training and continuing education, and how competency development changes practice in clinical settings. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
✓ Fully FundedEUR 3,217 - EUR 4,077 gross per month
SDSI is a Moroccan master programme in data science and intelligent systems that trains AI and data engineers for the Moroccan and Francophone tech ecosystem. Its admission page publishes the annual call, eligibility list and scholarship information for international and Moroccan applicants.
Partially FundedScholarship places and fee waivers for selected
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.
✓ Fully FundedStipend/salary rate set by the funder — see the official listing
CODaS, delivered by the UNITE university network, combines communications engineering with data science for next-generation network technologies. For studies beginning in autumn 2027 the application window runs from 1 December 2026 to 5 January 2027 at 15:00 (GMT+2) — a short, well-defined window.
