PhD scholarships still open 2026

Use this page when you want doctoral routes that still have live or rolling deadlines right now.

15 fully funded PhD routes open•5 government-backed PhD routes open•Back to PhD page

Open PhD routes

15

PhD scholarships that still look active today.

Countries covered

12

Destinations represented in the live PhD pool.

Government overlap

5

Open PhD routes that also look government-backed.

What this live PhD page gives you

This page combines two high-intent filters at once: doctoral level and live deadlines. That means every listing here already matches PhD intent and still looks actionable today.

This is the fastest shortlist builder if you care about research routes first and do not want to waste time on closed calls or bachelor's/master's-only listings.

PhD still-open cluster links

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Europe scholarships 2026
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All PhD scholarships still open

15 scholarships

DAAD EPOS Scholarship

German government scholarship for professionals from developing countries pursuing development-related masters and PhD programs.

GermanyPhDFully FundedDeadline: August-October (program dependent)

Official source: DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service • Updated:

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