🎓 Looking for a PhD in Infection Biology, Microbiology, or Public Health? Here are some excellent funded programs across Europe, all currently open (or opening soon) for applications in 2025–2026. 🔬 IMPRS-IDI (International Max Planck Research School for Infectious Diseases and Immunology) – Berlin, Germany Focus: Host–pathogen interactions, infection biology, immunology, and parasitology More Info Applications: Open 5 Nov 2025 → 10 Dec 2025 Contact: [email protected] 🧫 Future Medicine PhD Fellowships (University of Edinburgh) – Edinburgh, UK Focus: Role of infectious agents in chronic disease and translational infection research More Info Deadline: 16 Jan 2026 Contact via supervisor listed on programme page 🧬 CRG International PhD Programme 2026 (Centre for Genomic Regulation) – Barcelona, Spain Focus: Genomics, microbiology, infection biology, and host–pathogen mechanisms More Info Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 Contact: [email protected] 🧠 HZI PhD Programme in Epidemiology (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research) – Braunschweig, Germany Focus: Infectious-disease epidemiology, modelling, and public-health surveillance More Info Application window: 15 Nov – 15 Dec 2025 Contact: [email protected] 🦠 ZIB / DEWIN – PhD Programme in Infection Biology (Hannover Medical School) – Hannover, Germany Focus: Host–pathogen interactions, molecular infection biology, immunology More Info Applications: 1 Dec 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 Contact: [email protected] 🧫 IMCBio Graduate School (University of Strasbourg) – Strasbourg, France Focus: Molecular and cellular biology, including infection and microbiome research More Info Applications: 24 Nov 2025 → 25 Jan 2026 Contact: [email protected] 🧪 la Caixa INPhINIT Doctoral Fellowships 2026 – Spain & Portugal Focus: Doctoral studies in top European institutions (including infection biology and biomedical projects) More Info Deadline: 18 Feb 2026 Contact: [email protected] 🌍 ANRS | MIE PhD Fellowships – Emerging Infectious Diseases – France (nationwide) Focus: PhD research on emerging and re-emerging pathogens, viral and bacterial infections More Info Contact: [email protected] 💡 These programmes welcome applicants worldwide 🌎, bridging lab science, genomics, and public health. If you’re passionate about microbes, global health, and translational impact, these are very good places to begin your PhD journey.