16 PhD Fellowships in Neuroscience

Application deadline: August 11 2025, 4:00 PM (CEST)

Neuroscience Academy Denmark (NAD) offers 16 fully funded PhD fellowships to exceptional and highly motivated candidates pursuing a career in neuroscience. NAD is a collaborative national initiative that brings together the neuroscience research environments of Aalborg University, Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, and the University of Southern Denmark and includes more than 200 laboratories from these universities. In addition, the neuroscience research environments based at the University hospitals are also active NAD partners.

The NAD programme spans four years, beginning with one pre-PhD year followed by a three-year PhD project.

Programme highlights – What’s in it for you…

• Three lab rotations in excellent neuroscience labs during the pre-PhD year
• Specialised neuroscience courses and workshops
• Retreats and networking events
• The opportunity to design your own PhD project in close collaboration with your PhD supervisor(s)
• Three years of PhD studies in a research lab that aligns with your interests

Application eligibility and requirements

All interested candidates with a documented background in neuroscience are encouraged to apply. You are expected to hold an MD or MSc in fields such as neuroscience, medicine, molecular biomedicine, biochemistry, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, biology, psychology, computer science, or other relevant areas. What matters most is your sincere interest in neuroscience and documented experience from neuroscience courses, neuroscience projects, or similar activities.

At the time of entry into the NAD programme, it is a prerequisite that you qualify for formal enrolment as a PhD student at any of the Health Graduate Schools of the participating Danish universities. This means that at the time of application, you must have completed your master’s degree with all exams passed. Note that for applicants holding an international MSc degree, your application and diploma may be subject to additional assessment to ensure that you qualify for formal enrolment as a PhD student. In this case, your diploma may be sent to the Danish Ministry of Education and Research, and your application will, apart from NAD, be further assessed by university faculty from the partnering universities.

To read the full call and to apply, go to NAD's website: www.neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk .

On the website, you can also sign up for online information meetings about the programme.