
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026

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MONASH UNIVERSITY
Australia
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This PhD scholarship sits within Monash University’s evidence-based rheumatology research environment and the Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (ANZMUSC). The project focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of living clinical practice guidelines in rheumatology, an area that aims to keep recommendations current through continuous evidence surveillance, systematic reviewing, GRADE methodology, and digital guideline platforms. The successful cand...
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Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
4 days ago
Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge, Sweden, is offering a full-time PhD position in digital lifestyles and mental wellbeing in adolescents, using mHealth and EEG methodologies. The doctoral student will join the IMPACT research group, led by Professor Marie Löf, and work within the research team of Researcher Ioannis Ioakeimidis. The project investigates how objectively measured digital lifestyle parameters relate to lifestyle behaviours, mental wellbeing and neurophysiological responses among ch...
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José Alberto da Silva Freitas
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Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Portugal
5 days ago
Closing soon
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is recruiting one PhD holder for a research position equivalent to Assistant Researcher within the VR4Health project, Immersive VR Training for Healthcare Professionals (COMPETE2030-FEDER-03404900). The post sits in the scientific area of Digital Health and related fields and is based at FMUP in Porto, Portugal, within the RISE-Health research unit. The work focuses on developing and evaluating immersive virtual reality environments for the t...
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The University of Queensland
Australia
1 week ago
PhD opportunity in Evaluating Clinical AI in Real-Time at The University of Queensland , through the Queensland Digital Health Centre and the NASCENT initiative (National Infrastructure for Real-time Clinical AI Trials). This funded doctoral project focuses on how artificial intelligence can be safely and effectively evaluated in real-world healthcare settings. The position is designed for a student interested in clinical AI , digital health , and the responsible deployment of AI in practice. Po...
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University of Edinburgh
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United Kingdom
1 week ago
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Global Health PhD and MScR at the University of Edinburgh — postgraduate research opportunities in global health, epidemiology, public health, population health, infectious disease, health inequalities, e-health/tele-medicine, migration and minority ethnic health, sexual and reproductive health, and related interdisciplinary areas. The programme is based in the School of Population Health Sciences and the Usher Institute , with research links across the Centre for Global Health , Centre for Popu...
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Mamunur Rashid
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University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
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A fully funded PhD opportunity is available in the Birmingham AI & Digital Health and Care Group at the University of Birmingham via the MIBTP program. The project, SleeplessAI , sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence , digital health , bioinformatics , and electronic health records (EHRs) . The research aims to discover latent sleep signatures and use them to improve cardiometabolic risk prediction , including conditions such as Type 2 Diabetes . A major focus is addressing health ...
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Unifying distributional and distribution-free uncertainty quantification for trustworthy medical decisions . This project sits at the intersection of machine learning , uncertainty quantification , statistics , and medical science . The research aims to combine distributional approaches (such as hierarchical models) with distribution-free approaches (such as conformal prediction) to better understand and control uncertainty in high-stakes clini...
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Benjamin Perry
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University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
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PhD fellowship opportunity in personalised prevention for psychosis , focusing on how to move from predicting physical health risks to identifying which preventive treatments will help each person most. The project is supervised by Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham) alongside Joie Ensor , Marco Bardus , and Amedeo Minichino , and is offered through the Wellcome-funded Midlands+ Mental Health & Neuroscience PhD Programme for Healthcare Professionals . Research themes include psychosis , ca...
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Franklin Mingzhe Li
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
2 weeks ago
Franklin Mingzhe Li, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is recruiting two or three PhD students for the ATLAS Lab (Accessible Technology and Life Augmented Systems) in the School of Data and Information Sciences, starting Fall 2027. The lab focuses on human-computer interaction, accessibility, physical AI, AI for health, data science, information science, design, health, and related areas. Current research directions include generative AI tools that help blin...
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Sergi Mas
University of Barcelona
Spain
1 month ago
PhD opportunity in Precision Psychiatry at the University of Barcelona (UB) and IDIBAPS. The newly funded FarmaPRED-OPTIM project is seeking highly motivated candidates for a PhD in Precision Medicine focused on improving prediction of antipsychotic treatment response in patients with first-episode psychosis. The research combines genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, statistical genetics, bioinformatics, and machine learning to build clinical prediction models. Core topics include polygenic r...
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Centre for Genomic Regulation
Spain
4 weeks ago
PhD opportunity at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain through the CRG International PhD Programme 2027 . The project, supervised by Dr Eva Maria Novoa , sits at the intersection of RNA dynamics , RNA modifications (the epitranscriptome ), protein mistranslation , cell biology , genomics , molecular biology , genetics , and microbiology . The Novoa lab uses a combination of wet and dry approaches, with strong reliance on nanopore sequencing , to study how RNA changes affe...
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Centre for Genomic Regulation
Spain
1 month ago
The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, is inviting applications for the CRG International PhD Programme 2027 . This is a fully funded doctoral opportunity for outstanding candidates from any nationality who want to pursue cutting-edge research in the life sciences at one of Europe’s leading biomedical research institutes. The programme offers fully funded 4-year PhD positions in top-level research groups, with an employment contract, competitive salary, health coverage, and...
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Estimated costs in Spain.
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![]() Visa & Immigration Fees Student visa and residence permit fees per year | €138 $150/yr |
![]() University Tuition Average PhD tuition per year | €2.8k $3,000/yr |
![]() Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | €5.0k $5,400/yr |
![]() Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | €442 $480/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spain
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Universidad de Murcia
Spain
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Cybersecurity
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Universitat de Girona
Spain
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Cardiology
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Balearic Islands Health Research Institute
Spain
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Psychiatry
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Universitat de les Illes Balears
Spain
Health Communication
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Digital Health
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Universidad de Granada
Spain
Health Communication
Art Therapy
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Fully funded PhD scholarships in Economics at the University of Barcelona and IEB, supporting research linked to public policy, inequality, and social impact.

la Caixa Foundation supports competitive doctoral fellowships and research funding, notably the INPhINIT programme for early-stage researchers pursuing PhD training in Spain and Portugal.

The ICIQ Fully-Funded PhD Programme supports doctoral research in chemistry and related fields in Spain, offering salaried pre-doctoral contracts, social security coverage, and advanced research training.
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