PhD Opportunities in Psychology

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) invites applications to its interdisciplinary PhD program for students interested in advanced research across astronomy, biology, computer science, chemistry and materials, data science and scientific computing, earth science, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics. Based in a world-class research environment on the outskirts of Vienna, the program brings together an international scientific community representing more than 80 nationalities....

Aalborg University’s Department of Computer Science invites applications for two fully funded PhD positions in human-centred artificial intelligence . The research focuses on protecting cognitive autonomy in human–AI interaction through behaviour-aware systems and digital interventions. The PhD projects offer two complementary directions. One centres on technical interaction analysis, while the other focuses on user-centred intervention. Together, they investigate how human behaviour and AI-medi...

Nina Miolane is recruiting PhD students for Fall 2027 to join the UCSB Geometric Intelligence Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The lab investigates the mathematical laws of intelligence in brains and machines. Its research is highly interdisciplinary, combining artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience, statistics, and physics. Students will explore how neural networks learn to solve tasks using geometric methods, topology, and group theory. The rese...

The Wellington Doctoral Scholarship 2027 at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington supports international students undertaking full-time PhD research in New Zealand. The scholarship is open across a broad range of academic disciplines, including science, genetics, biotechnology, health, engineering, education, business, humanities, social sciences, law and technology. This multidisciplinary scope allows doctoral candidates to develop research projects aligned with the university's ava...

The Department of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä is recruiting 1–2 doctoral researchers for the study lines of psychology and cognitive neuroscience. The position is aimed at students working on a dissertation and is connected to the department’s broader research and teaching environment. The advertised role combines dissertation-focused research, doctoral training, assistant teaching duties, and other related tasks. The department describes a wide research profile spanning learning a...

This CNRS InSHS opportunity offers a 3-year doctoral employment contract in the humanities and social sciences at CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales in France. It is a paid doctoral position rather than a scholarship, and it includes a compulsory research placement abroad at one of the CNRS international units. The scheme is designed for doctoral projects that combine research in France with an international mobility component. The placement abroad is intended to support the project through colla...

Observatoire B2V des Mémoires offers a doctoral grant to support one early-career researcher each year on a PhD project focused broadly on memory. The award is designed to fund doctoral research carried out in a research laboratory in France, with the money paid to the host laboratory rather than directly to the student. The scholarship supports interdisciplinary doctoral work on memory in its many forms, including individual, collective, animal and digital memory. The advert explicitly encourag...

This PhD project at Leiden University Medical Center focuses on brain clearance : how the brain removes waste products and how disturbances in this process may contribute to dementia. The student will investigate cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and related mechanisms using innovative MRI techniques together with a wearable measurement device called the glymphometer , which is based on near-infrared spectroscopy and can be worn overnight. The research combines technical development with clinical inv...

Co-sponsored doctoral grants from the French Ministry of Defence support PhD research on topics relevant to French defence, through the Agence de l’innovation de défense (AID). The programme funds a wide range of projects each year and is designed for candidates whose research aligns with the agency’s priorities in the natural and engineering sciences, as well as defence-related social sciences. The grant is intended for doctoral research carried out in a French laboratory, with the funding paid...