The Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith (LKAS) PhD scholarships university of Glasgow

The Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith (LKAS) PhD scholarships offer the opportunity for outstanding research students to participate in some of the most exciting areas of research carried out by the University of Glasgow.

We are seeking applications for any collaborative project that aims to address new questions and to develop transformative ideas; this aligns to our other institutional recruitment schemes, which support excellent research done by excellent researchers, without other constraints.

Scholarship financial support: Shortlisted projects available for 2020/21 - available from week beginning Monday 18 November 2019 

Open to home, EU and international students 

Up to 4 years enhanced stipend (15% uplift from UKRI published stipend rates) 

Annual research support budget of £3000 

Full tuition fee waiver 

Application deadline: 12.00 noon, Monday 13 January 2020

More Info: https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/ourresearchenvironment/prs/kelvinsmith/

Biozentrum Basel International PhD Program 2020

The Biozentrum encourages talented, ambitious and highly motivated young scientists from all over the world to apply for the prestigious and sought after fellowships offered by the Biozentrum Basel International PhD Program. In contrast to many other PhD student programs that aim at a broad recruitment of many candidates, the “Biozentrum PhD Fellowships” are awarded on a competitive basis to a maximum of 10 successful candidates per open call. Recipients are offered a unique rotation-based selection of a research group of choice and a number of other incentives that foster the scientific excellence and the career prospects of these PhD candidates.