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PhD Scholarships, by the numbers

A live snapshot on Scholarship Union — how many are open, where they are, when they close, and what people are looking at right now.

Updated daily · Aug 30, 2026
All data Undergraduate Bachelor's Master's PhD Postgraduate Post-doctoral Diploma
Open right now
527 scholarships accepting applications
343 are always open (no fixed deadline)
When they close
Within 30 days · 73 31–60 days · 40 61–90 days · 36 90+ days · 35
52
Countries offering them
85%
Of funded ones are fully funded
73
Closing within 30 days
343
Always open (no deadline)

When deadlines fall

Open deadlines by month over the next year — the busiest months to prepare for.

Busiest: September 2026 · 63

Funding mix

Of those tagged with a funding level.

Fully funded · 428 Partially funded · 75

Where the funding is

Countries with the most open scholarships in this slice.

Scholarships in UK 63 Scholarships in USA 62 Scholarships in Australia 58 Scholarships in Germany 38 Scholarships in Japan 32 Scholarships in New Zealand 25

What seekers are viewing

The most-viewed open scholarships in this slice.

1 UNDP Digital AI Internship 2026 Remote | Fully Funded 1 Oct 2026 256,059 views 2 University of Manitoba Scholarships 2026 in Canada | Fully Funded Scholarships in Canada · 1 Dec 2026 14,841 views 3 Portugal Government Scholarships 2027 in Portugal | Fully Funded Scholarships in Portugal · 30 Sep 2026 8,924 views 4 University of Tokyo Scholarship 2026 in Japan | Fully Funded Scholarships in Japan · Always open 7,506 views 5 Gottingen DAAD Scholarship 2027 in Germany | Fully Funded Scholarships in Germany · 15 Nov 2026 6,323 views 6 HKUST Postgraduate Studentship 2026 in Hong Kong | Fully Funded Scholarships in Hong Kong · Always open 5,020 views

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Counts, funding mix, deadlines and popularity are pulled live from current listings. Award amounts aren't shown yet — they live in scholarship descriptions and would need a one-time extraction pass to chart.