International Brain Initiative Global Exchange Fellowships

Scuola Superiore Meridionale in Italy has opened applications for its Doctoral Programs, 42nd Cycle (AY 2026/2027), offering 50 fully funded PhD scholarships across multiple disciplines. This is a strong opportunity for students interested in doctoral research in broad academic areas, with the post highlighting a fully funded route to pursue advanced study and research in Europe. The announcement does not list the exact disciplines in the post text, but it states that application links are avail...

PhD Position in Social Cognition and ASD at UCLouvain (Belgium) UCLouvain is recruiting a PhD candidate for a 4-year, fully funded doctoral project on the links between the gut microbiome, brain, social cognition, and social networks in young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The project is embedded in an interdisciplinary consortium spanning gut microbiome biology, neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology. The work will be based at UCLouvain, with activities across Louva...

PhD opportunity: Dissecting the genetic architecture of anxiety subtypes at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia. This project sits at the intersection of genetics , psychiatric genetics , statistical genetics , and psychology . It aims to identify genetic factors that contribute differently to anxiety subtypes such as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorder, and to explore how these subtypes relate to each other and to other traits. The research will ...

Fully funded PhD opportunities are available for 2026 at the Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, supported by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research. This doctoral opportunity is aimed at students interested in primary care research, clinical research, and health services research within a leading research environment. Applicants can either apply for one of the two proposed projects or develop and propose their own primary care research idea, making this a flexible route ...

PhD Scholarship Opportunity: Sauna-Based Heat Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease This PhD project at Western Sydney University investigates whether controlled sauna-based heat therapy can help protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. The research focuses on how heat exposure activates the body's natural heat shock response and whether this can influence biological processes involved in Alzheimer's pathology. The project is positioned at the intersection of neuroscience , biological science , and...