Vienna (Austria) Programs

• CeMM: https://cemm.at/
• ISTA: https://www.ist.ac.at/home
• VDSEE: https://vds-ecology-evolution.univie.ac.at/
• VDSMES: https://vds-mes.univie.ac.at/
• VDS CoBeNe: https://vds-cobene.univie.ac.at/
• Vienna BioCenter PhD Program (2 calls per year opening 1 September/1 March): https://training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/ 

Czech Republic Program

• CEITEC PhD School (Call opens 1 Dec 2025 to 14 Feb 2026): www.ceitec.eu

Germany Programs

• EMBL, Heidelberg (Call open 1 Sept to 15 Oct 2025): https://www.embl.org/about/info/embl-international-phd-programme/
• IMPRS, Dortmund: https://www.imprs-lm.mpg.de/
• MDC, Berlin: https://www.mdc-berlin.de/careers/development/graduate-school
• DIGS-BB, Dresden: https://www.digs-bb.de/
• IMPRS-LM, Dresden: https://www.imprs-lm.mpg.de/
• International PhD Programme Mainz (Winter call open 8 Sept to 16 Oct 2025): www.imb.de/PhD
• DKFZ International PhD Program (Open call, deadline 15 Dec 2025): www.dkfz.de/phd

Italy Program

• HT PhD Training Programme (Opens in March): https://humantechnopole.it/en/training/internal-training/

Spain Programs

• CRG International PhD Programme: https://www.crg.eu
• DYNAMIS - IDIBAPS Doctoral programme (Call open 1 Sept to 15 Oct 2025): https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/idibaps

Sweden Program

• Data-driven Life Science Research School, SciLifeLab: https://www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/ddls-research-school/

Switzerland Program

• Life Science Zurich Graduate School (Call with deadline 1 November 2025): https://www.lifescience-graduateschool.uzh.ch/en.html

United Kingdom Program

• The Crick PhD programme (Call opens with deadline 1 November 2025): https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/students/phd-students