Program Description:
Title: IOCB Prague Scholarships for International Students 2025
IOCB Prague is looking for talented, independent, and highly motivated PhD students with an MSc. degree or equivalent in life sciences or related fields.
As a student here, you’ll have the opportunity to work on interesting projects in a first-class tutoring program. You will be in the vibrant international setting of a prestigious scientific institution, which has cutting-edge equipment and modern technologies and collaborates with leading research centers around the world as well as with important commercial partners.
- Registration deadline: 3 March 2025
- Interview Day: 20 March 2025
How does the PhD at IOCB work?
Application process
- CHEM – organic and medicinal chemistry
- BIO – biochemistry, bioinformatics, molecular biology
- PHYS – analytical, physical, and computational chemistry
You can select up to 3 projects. You can cross the clusters but it is not recommended – the clusters should help you to find faster your discipline of PhD study.
- CV
- Cover letter
- BSc. and MSc. transcripts
3. APPLY here.
4. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for face-to-face interviews taking place on 20 March 2025 at IOCB Prague.
5. Results will be sent to applicants within one week. Accepted candidates must apply for enrollment at the university listed by the supervisor for the selected project.
6. Regardless of whether you have been selected, the final result will be sent to you by 4 April 2025.
Partner universities
PhD students must be enrolled in a partner university and will be employed by IOCB at the same time (part-time or full-time) with a competitive salary (a scholarship from the university + a salary from IOCB).
The universities have their own processes, conditions, and deadlines for PhD applications that differ from the IOCB recruitment process. IOCB has historically cooperated with Charles University and the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague. However, other universities are not excluded and you can discuss details with the project supervisor.
- UCT Prague
- Charles University (Prague)
- Masaryk University (Brno) – Faculty of Science
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- Palacký University Olomouc
Deadlines and dates in 2025
- Application submission: 3 March
- Shortlisting/sending invitations to selected candidates: 11 March
- Interview Day: 20 March
- Final decisions: 4 April
Deadlines for PhD applications to universities
- UCT Prague: 15 April
- Charles University (Prague): 30 April
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