
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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The STRI SIFP Graduate Student Fellowship supports graduate-level research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama through a 10-week Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program award. This opportunity is designed for students working in ecology and evolutionary biology, with research based at STRI’s tropical research environment. The fellowship is open to graduate students who have completed at least one semester and is intended for students at the master’s and PhD level. As part...
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University of Edinburgh
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United Kingdom
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The University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity is accepting applications for September 2027 postgraduate research study in Science and Religion, with full-time PhD and MPhil options and a part-time PhD option. The programme examines how scientific discoveries and religious traditions intersect, challenge and enrich one another. Research may address cosmology and faith, evolution and human distinctiveness, consciousness and the soul, laws of nature, creation, miracles, Islam and science, the Bi...
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University of Padua
Italy
1 week ago
🇮🇹 The University of Padua is accepting applications for its English-taught Master’s programme in Evolutionary Biology for the 2027–2028 academic year. This is a 2-year (120 ECTS) programme with a strong focus on evolutionary biology , biodiversity conservation , genetics , bioinformatics , molecular biology , animal behaviour , and climate change . The degree begins on 1 October 2027 and is taught in English. Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree of at least three years, or an equivalent q...
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University of Oklahoma
United States
1 week ago
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The Martins Lab at the University of Oklahoma is advertising MSc and/or PhD positions starting in Fall 2027 in parasite macroecology , with a focus on parasite diversity and parasite load in amphibians and reptiles . Successful students will work on data synthesis and will also have opportunities to develop independent research ideas , conduct fieldwork , and pursue experiments . The positions are supported by TA and RA appointments , indicating funded graduate opportunities rather than self-fun...
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Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Germany
2 weeks ago
Thread highlighting several fully funded PhD and one fully funded Master's opportunity, mainly in Physics , Astronomy , Biology , Neuroscience , and International Relations / Political Science . PhD opportunities: DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Programmes in Germany (full PhD funding at a German university or research institute, up to 4 years; deadlines vary by country), Max Planck Graduate Center for Quantum Materials (multiple fully funded PhD positions across Max Planck Institutes in Dresd...
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Ohio State University
United States
2 weeks ago
Graduate position (MS or PhD) in fish ecology at The Ohio State University Dr. Jennifer Hellmann is recruiting a highly motivated master’s or PhD student to join her lab in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University . The project is centered on fish ecology , with emphasis on ecology, evolution, behavior, ichthyology , and the role of developmental and transgenerational plasticity in helping organisms respond to natural and human-induced environment...
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University of Melbourne
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Australia
1 month ago
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Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne This project is titled Reptile macroecology & biodiversity and is offered by the School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne in Australia (Parkville campus). The project will investigate the global-scale biodiversity of reptiles, or potentially all land vertebrates, across multiple dimensions: taxonomic, phylogenetic, morphological, life history, physiological, and functional . This is a strong fit for studen...
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University of Tokyo
Japan
1 month ago
The Shefferson lab at the University of Tokyo is recruiting graduate students for a JSPS-funded research project in evolutionary demography and life history evolution in long-lived plants. This opportunity is open at both the MS and PhD levels. The lab works on plant ecology , evolutionary ecology , population dynamics, conservation of rare plant populations, the evolutionary loss of photosynthesis, and mycorrhizal evolution. Current projects use game theoretical models to study plant population...
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Samantha Bock
Oklahoma State University
United States
2 months ago
The Bock Lab at Oklahoma State University is recruiting two graduate students for MS or PhD study beginning Fall 2027 in Integrative Biology . The lab combines ecology , developmental biology , and comparative genomics to study how diverse animal life histories emerge and evolve. Possible research directions include temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in turtles, focusing on ecological, evolutionary, and genomic processes shaping thermal responses, and epigenomic drivers of aging and l...
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Estimated costs in Netherlands.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | €662 $720/yr |
![]() Groceries Basic food shopping for one student per year | €2.2k $2,400/yr |
![]() Dining Out & Social Restaurants, cafes, and social dining per year | €2.0k $2,160/yr |
![]() University Tuition Average PhD tuition per year | €13.8k $15,000/yr |
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Professor of Theoretical Biology
University of Freiburg
Germany
Biological Anthropology
Conservation Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Animal Behavior
Breeding
Professor and Chair of Systematics and Biodiversity
Justus Liebig University
Germany
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Benthic Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Phytoplankton Ecology
Professor
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Conservation Biology
Zoology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecological Genetics
Fish Ecology
Lecturer
Wageningen University & Research
Netherlands
Conservation Biology
Zoology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecological Genetics
Population Genetics
Associate Professor
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Netherlands
Conservation Biology
Marine Biology
Ecological Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Coevolution
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) University of Groningen Groningen The
Netherlands
Conservation Biology
Zoology
Ecological Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogeography

This scholarship supports short study or research exchanges between Europe and the Arab region, including opportunities connected with Leiden University.

The Radboud Scholarship Programme supports talented international students from outside the European Economic Area to study an English-taught master's degree at Radboud University in the Netherlands.

A prestigious TU Delft scholarship for outstanding international master's applicants, offering substantial financial support to study in the Netherlands.
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