16 verified psychology scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and Netherlands. The soonest deadline is 30 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by Utrecht University, Eindhoven University of Technology and Max Planck Society. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
University of Bristol · United Kingdom
Bristol’s Health and Life Sciences PGR scholarships fund advertised doctoral projects across biomedical, biological, psychological and health research. Both UK and non-UK applicants may apply.
University of Oxford · United Kingdom
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford advertises a DPhil studentship on investigating and modelling brain dynamics across species, based in Dr Andrea Luppi's research group and supported by his ERC Starting Grant. The project develops computational models of how brain activity is organised dynamically across species - bridging human and animal neuroimaging and electrophysiology - to understand which principles of brain organisation are conserved through evolution and how they break down in disease.
University of Leeds · United Kingdom
The University of Leeds, as part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, offers a range of social science PhD studentships for 2027/28 entry. Open to UK and international applicants. Covers fees at UKRI rates plus a maintenance grant of £21,805 (2026/27 rate). Multiple award types available: +3.5, +3.75, and 1+3.5. Deadline: 20 January 2027.
University of East Anglia · United Kingdom
Fully funded PhD in Psychology at UEA through the ESRC/SENSS Doctoral Training Partnership. Research areas include Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Science, and Social Psychology.
University of Huddersfield · United Kingdom
Huddersfield's human and health sciences research scholarships support doctoral work within the School's advertised research areas. 2026/27 funded places are currently closed to international applicants according to the university.
Max Planck Society · Germany
The Leipzig School of Human Origins recruits doctoral researchers studying human evolution and related questions. No IELTS or TOEFL certificate is required; English is assessed through the application and interviews.
University of Reading · United Kingdom
Magdalen Vernon PhD Studentship at the University of Reading, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences. funded at the Home-fee rate for 3 years starting September 2027. Maintenance stipend £22,437 plus £1,000 per year Research Training Support Grant and tuition-fee support. Reference: DRC27-001. Deadline: 4 December 2026.
MISEI Consortium · Portugal
MISEI is an Erasmus Mundus master in inclusive education sciences, training specialists who design and lead inclusive schooling systems. Its application period runs from October 2026 to 1 February 2027, with Erasmus Mundus scholarships available for the 2027 cohort.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
The Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour group at Wageningen is recruiting a PhD researcher to study how food properties influence children’s eating behaviour and energy intake. The position is based within Human Nutrition and Health. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
University of Toronto · Canada
Funded PhD in Counselling and Clinical Psychology (UTSC field, clinical psychology) at the University of Toronto for Fall 2027 entry. Application deadline: 1 December 2026.
Eindhoven University of Technology · Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) invites applications for a PhD on natural visual patterns, mental wellbeing and overheating resilience. The project studies how natural visual patterns in the built environment relate to human wellbeing, and how these insights can be combined with overheating-resilience strategies as cities adapt to heat.
Stockholm University · Sweden
Stockholm University invites applications for a doctoral student in psychology working on chronomedicine in psychiatry. The project studies how circadian and sleep-wake rhythms relate to psychiatric conditions and their treatment, contributing to the growing field of chronomedicine that times diagnosis and intervention to biological rhythms.
Uppsala University · Sweden
Uppsala University invites applications for a doctoral position in psychology at the DiVE Lab, working within developmental psychology. The lab studies development and individual variation, and the doctoral project contributes to the lab's programme on how developmental processes unfold and vary between children and contexts.
Radboud University invites applications for a PhD position on transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) and computational affective neuroscience, funded by the ERC HEART2ADAPT project. The doctoral project uses low-intensity focused ultrasound to modulate deep brain circuits - including the amygdala, striatum and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex - and combines these experiments with computational models of affective processing.
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 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.