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

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University of South Africa
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South Africa
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The University of South Africa invites applications for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in vegetation ecology within the Applied Behavioural Ecology & Ecosystem Research Unit (ABEERU), Department of Environmental Sciences. The fellow will be hosted jointly by Professor L.R. Brown and Dr Haemish Melville and will contribute to interdisciplinary research across savanna and grassland ecosystems. The fellowship includes research on the ecological effects of megafaunal carcass decomposi...
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La Rochelle Université
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France
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This postdoctoral position at La Rochelle Université focuses on quantitative ecology within a project developing a digital twin approach for marine ecology and conservation. The work builds on an existing simulation framework for individual movement trajectories and aims to move from individual-scale predictions to population-scale dynamics. The researcher will develop quantitative and statistical methods to aggregate simulated individual trajectories into population-level patterns of movement a...
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U.S. Department of Energy
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United States
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The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (EL) offers a research appointment within a broad environmental science and engineering environment. As one of seven laboratories in USACE-ERDC, EL focuses on solving environmental challenges for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, and the nation through applied research and development. Participants will work under the guidance of a mentor in a real-world laboratory setting and gain hands-on experience with ...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is offering a postdoctoral researcher fellowship through the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) for research based at STRI in Panama. This award supports independent postdoctoral research in an internationally recognized tropical research environment. Fellows can conduct projects for 3 to 24 months , making this a flexible opportunity for researchers whose work benefits from access to STRI’s scientific setting and research community. The...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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The STRI SIFP Biodiversity Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship supports postdoctoral research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Fellows join collaborative research at STRI and apply comparative genomic approaches to questions in biodiversity, evolution, and ecology. The project area includes phylogenetics, population genomics, metagenomics, and transcriptomics, with a clear emphasis on genomic methods for studying biodiversity. The fellowship is part of the Smithsonian Insti...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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STRI Short-Term Fellowships offer a three-month introduction to tropical research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The scheme is designed to support researchers at different career stages, including undergraduates, master's students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers, in carrying out short research visits within STRI's tropical research environment. The fellowship is structured as a compact research stay that helps participants engage with tropical biology and...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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This 24-month postdoctoral fellowship is offered by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and supports research on resilience and sustainability in tropical systems. The project scope is broad, allowing fellows to develop work in either marine or terrestrial tropical environments. The fellowship is designed for postdoctoral researchers and is based at STRI, giving awardees access to an internationally recognized tropical research setting in Panama. The scheme is intended to suppo...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute offers the Anthony G. Coates 3-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship for research across the broad range of fields practiced at STRI. This is a postdoctoral opportunity based in Panama, giving fellows access to a tropical research environment associated with one of the world’s leading institutes for field-based and interdisciplinary science. The fellowship is open to worldwide applicants and is designed for researchers whose work fits within STRI’s research are...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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The STRI 3-Year TUPPER Postdoctoral Fellowship is a three-year postdoctoral opportunity hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. It supports research in any field practised at STRI, giving fellows the freedom to pursue projects aligned with the institute’s broad tropical research mission. Fellows are based at STRI in Panama, working within an internationally recognised research environment focused on tropical science. The fellowship is designed for postdoctoral researcher...
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Estimated costs in Belgium.
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![]() Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | €552 $600/yr |
![]() Health Insurance Student health insurance or surcharge per year | €92 $100/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | €828 $900/yr |
![]() Transportation Public transport and local travel per year | €497 $540/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Professor
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
Environmental Economics
Climate Science
Agent-based Modeling
Climate Change
Flood Risk
Associate Professor
South Dakota State University
United States
Ecology
Environmental Economics
Climate Dynamics
Land Use
Ecosystem Dynamics
Professor at School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Coastal Ecology
Fish Ecology
Trophic Ecology
Professor
Universiteit Gent
Belgium
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Molecular Ecology
Ecological Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Associate Professor
Ghent University
Belgium
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Plant Ecology
Boreal Ecology
Functional Ecology
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium
Ecology
Soil Science
Grazing Ecology
Plant Nutrition
Plant-soil Interaction

FWO is the main Flemish research funding body, offering fellowships and project funding for doctoral and postdoctoral research in Flanders, Belgium.

The ERC Consolidator Grant supports excellent researchers in consolidating their independent research teams in Europe. It can fund frontier research projects that may include PhD and postdoctoral positions.
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