Karolinska Institute, Sweden invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position – Bioengineering and Neuroscience Theme: Neural basis of survival behaviors
We are looking for a motivated Biomedical Engineer (or related background) with strong technical and analytical skills, eager to work at the interface between engineering and neuroscience. The ideal candidate is excited by building and optimizing experimental systems that enable new types of neural measurements, from sensor design and hardware synchronization to real-time behavioral feedback and neural signal decoding.
Deadline : 05.Apr.2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position – Computational Neuroscience and Systems Biology. Theme: Neural dynamics underlying survival behaviors
We seek a candidate who will contribute to analyzing and modeling large-scale neural population recordings acquired during naturalistic behaviors in freely moving animals. The project integrates graph-theoretic, dynamical systems, and machine learning approaches to understand how distributed neural ensembles encode internal states and drive survival behaviors. We seek a candidate who will contribute to analyzing and modeling large-scale neural population recordings acquired during naturalistic behaviors in freely moving animals. The project integrates graph-theoretic, dynamical systems, and machine learning approaches to understand how distributed neural ensembles encode internal states and drive survival behaviors.
Deadline : 05.Apr.2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral position in health data science
Seasonal changes of climate conditions have been associated with increased transmission of mosquito-borne viral diseases, such as West Nile Virus and Dengue, yet the impact of climate extremes in their spread is less understood. The PhD project will focus on the role of climate extremes in modulating the spread and frequency of diseases transmitted by the Culex Pipiens (e.g. West Nile Virus), Aedes (e.g. Dengue) and Anopheles (Malaria) mosquito species in Africa and Europe. The specific objectives are to:
- examine the main climatic and socioeconomic (e.g. age, income and gender) drivers of the spread of vector borne diseases using time series approaches.
- develop complex models to represent the causal interactions between wet, dry, hot, and cold extremes, infected mosquitos, mosquito-borne viral diseases cases, environment (e.g. land use type) and socioeconomic conditions (e.g. age, income, distance to health centre, water access), and policy responses.
Deadline : 16.Feb.2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in molecular epidemiology with focus on cardiovascular diseases
This project aims at the definition of risk profile for atherosclerosis, and atherosclerosis related cardiovascular diseases. The project is highly interdisciplinary at the forefront of molecular epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases. We use multi-omics platforms in large and well established cardiovascular epidemiological materials with the final aim of identifying clinical and molecular characteristics that predispose individuals to suffer from cardiovascular diseases. The studies are performed at KI in collaboration with national and international research groups. The PhD candidate will interact and discuss the different aspects of the project with statisticians, bioinformatics, epidemiologists, molecular biologists, and clinical cardiovascular researchers. The final aim for the candidate is to acquire sufficient knowledge and expertise in the field of molecular and cardiovascular epidemiology.
Deadline : 13.Feb.2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral position in Systems Neuroscience
The research will focus on the functional investigation of neuron subtypes and brain circuits during motivated behaviors using a range of advanced methods to genetically label, record, and manipulate molecularly defined neuron subtypes. The project will examine the in vivo role of molecularly defined neuron subtypes in the basal ganglia. It will involve the use and development of genetically modified mice to target neuron subtypes with in vivo optogenetics and behavioral paradigms, in order to define the contribution of specific neural circuits to motivated and aversive behaviors. The project will build on ongoing work that has established the identity and connectivity of neuron subtypes in relevant circuits, based on single-cell RNA sequencing and monosynaptic rabies tracing.
We are seeking a highly motivated candidate interested in studying the function of neuron subtypes and circuits during active behavior, with experience and interest in behavior, imaging/optical methods, and/or electrophysiology. Advanced skills in quantitative methods, statistics, and programming are considered an advantage.
Deadline : 10.Feb.2026
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Network Medicine
The project, “Network medicine – multi-omics cardiometabolic phenotyping towards clinical implementations,” aims to develop precision medicine strategies for cardiovascular disease. Using unique datasets from the STARNET study as well as UK Biobank and SCAPIS, the student will validate plasma protein biomarkers for early detection of coronary artery disease. The duties involve advanced bioinformatic analysis, transcriptomic clustering, and machine learning to predict therapeutic responses, alongside scientific writing and data presentation.
Deadline :05.Feb.2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in Data-driven precision medicine and diagnostics
Data-driven precision medicine and diagnostics encompasses data integration, analysis, visualization and data interpretation for patient stratification, discovery of biomarkers for disease risk, diagnosis, drug response and health monitoring. Research in precision medicine is expected to use existing strong assets in Sweden and abroad, such as molecular data (e.g. omics), imaging techniques, electronic healthcare data, longitudinal patient and population registries and biobanks.
MS is a lifelong neurological disease that affects individuals, primarily women, in their most productive years with varying degrees of progressive disability that affects all areas of life and includes physical impairment, cognitive impairment, and fatigue. This PhD project aims to address key research questions to unravel the complexities of genotype-phenotype relationships and the progression of MS. This will be achieved by leveraging one of the largest and richest MS datasets available. Additionally, the project will generate synthetic data from personal data to mitigate scarcity in rare diseases. This will facilitate data availability for further development of predictive models, thereby enhancing the quality and scope of MS research.
This PhD project employs advanced network analysis and Large Language Models to develop predictive models for MS progression. It involves constructing and analyzing a complex network that integrates omic, genotypic, and clinical datasets. You will spend most of your time on computational tasks, developing and applying methods for handling, quality control, and analysis of extensive datasets. You will be supervised researchers who collectively offer expertise in computational biology, genetics, epidemiology, and machine learning. The research will be closely linked to the WISDOM project, an EU-funded initiative coordinated by the main supervisor. Additionally, the doctoral project will be conducted within the Data-driven Life Sciences Research School. This PhD project uses advanced network analysis combined with Large Language Models (LLMs) to develop robust predictive models for MS progression.
Deadline : 31.Jan.2026
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in global disaster medicine
The PhD project focuses on conflict-affected populations in the Middle East, particularly Syria and Lebanon, facing violence, displacement and health system disruption over the past decade, due to armed conflicts. The PhD project aims to increase the knowledge of how conflict- affected populations manage their health needs and will explore how they can be better supported.
The PhD student will contribute to study design, data collection and analyses using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The student will further, contribute to scientific publication and presentations of results at conferences, and follow the research education program as outlined by KI centrally.
This PhD project will be carried out in collaboration with experts in quantitative and qualitative methods at the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet and at the Lebanese American University.
Deadline : 29.Jan.2026
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorandplats till enheten för arbetsmedicin
Doktoranden kommer att arbeta i projektet Från Vision till praktik – Hållbara strategier för att implementera Nära vård. Trots goda intentioner med Nära vård visar utvärderingar att reformens mål inte har uppnåtts. Misslyckandet beror i stort på bristfälliga implementeringsstrategier. Projektet adresserar det akuta behovet av att förstå varför, hur och för vem Nära vård fungerar i lokala vårdkontexter. Vi kommer att identifiera: Kontext (C) – under vilka förutsättningar fungerar Nära vård? Mekanismer (M) – vad får Nära vård att fungera? Utfall (O) – vilka resultat av Nära vård kan observeras för patienter, personal och organisation? Vi kommer att utveckla och testa CMO-konfigurationer och samtidigt ta fram nationella implementeringsstrategier för Nära vård i samverkan med intressenter och slutanvändare.
Deadline : 2026-01-25
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral student in neuroepidemiology – Interplay between Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cardiovascular co-pathology in a population setting
A doctoral student is admitted to third-cycle/doctoral education. A doctoral education consists of supervised research, combined with courses and other educational activities. An individual study plan is established for each doctoral student. For a doctoral degree, the equivalent of four years of full-time doctoral education is required.
We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral student who is interested in studying the interplay between Alzheimer´s disease (AD) pathology and cardiovascular co-pathology, expanding our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying dementia development in older adults. The project will be based on data from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K), an ongoing large-scale population-based study comprising over 3,000 older adults. This cohort provides extensive access to clinical and biological data, enabling comprehensive epidemiological analyses of potential mechanisms contributing to dementia pathophysiology beyond amyloid and tau accumulation.
The selected candidate will conduct independent research in close collaboration with supervisors and the broader research group. Key duties include an active role in data cleaning, analyses, interpretation and developing expertise in biomarker research. The doctoral student will also investigate how AD-related and vascular biomarkers interact, and how cardiovascular health may modify the association between AD pathology and dementia.This work will advance understanding of dementia mechanisms, refine risk stratification, improve early detection, and inform personalized prevention, especially given the prevalence of mixed pathology in old age. The student is expected to contribute to the development of specific research questions, conduct high quality data analyses (particularly advanced statistical approaches used in longitudinal studies), and actively participate in the dissemination of results through publications and scientific presentations. The student will take part in doctoral courses and scientific activities at ARC and Karolinska Institutet, and is encouraged to engage with international collaborators in environmental and aging research.
Deadline : 23.Jan.2026
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral student position in Nursing. Research on health promotion work among adolescents with special support needs
The PhD student will work with the project: “PACE- Physical activity Adaptation and ContExtual Implementation of School-Based Interventions for Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Conditions “. Adolescents with special support needs, such as those with neurodevelopmental conditions, often face mental health challenges and academic difficulties. Physical activity benefits these adolescents; however, many do not meet the recommended activity levels. The overall aim is to explore and evaluate how school-based physical activity interventions can be contextually adapted and implemented to improve mental health and participation in such interventions among adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions. The project includes the following studies:
- A systematic review on how to adapt and implement school-based health-promoting interventions for adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions.
- A study with school health professionals focusing on perceived needs and adaptations in school environments.
- An effect evaluation of physical activity on mental health among adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions.
- A process evaluation in special support schools exploring the implementation of an adapted health-promoting intervention.
Deadline : 23.Jan.2026
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral position in Neuron-Microglia Interactions during Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology.
The doctoral project aims to investigate the impact of microglia on neuronal function in the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases, specifically in Alzheimer’s disease. By using a multidisciplinary approach, the PhD student will:
1. Evaluate the impact of homeostatic microglia on neuronal function.
2. Elucidate the mechanisms that drive microglia impairment during the onset of amyloid pathology in a multispecies setting.
3. Test the hypothesis that preserving or/and rescuing microglial homeostasis in the early stages of amyloid pathology can prevent the functional impairments in animal models.
In this project, the PhD student will develop a completely novel approach to assess specific substates of microglia during the onset of amyloid plaque pathology. By using different animal models and unique human brain tissue, the project will provide a new paradigm in the microglia field and the amyloid cascade hypothesis.
The doctoral student will design and perform the lab experiments needed, including animal experiments, and will draft the manuscripts linked to the project. In addition to the work directly related to the doctoral project, the student is expected to contribute to the lab routine duties of the group. Finally, the student will participate in group meetings and journal clubs and will have the opportunity to attend international conferences on the topic.
Deadline : 20.Jan.2026
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorandplats med inriktning mot utveckling och implementering av digitala rehabiliteringsmetoder vid Parkinsons sjukdom
The Division of Physiotherapy conducts high-quality education at basic and advanced levels, research education and research within physiotherapy. Education is offered at entry-level bachelor (Study Programme in Physiotherapy), advanced level (one-year Master) and doctoral education. The division also provides several supplementary courses and contracted courses targeting professionals or others. Approximately 50 teachers/researchers and administrators are employed at the division, and 20 doctoral students.
Deadline : 02.Feb.2026
About The Karolinska Institute, Sweden – Official Website
The Karolinska Institute sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The assembly consists of fifty professors from various medical disciplines at the university. The current rector of Karolinska Institute is Ole Petter Ottersen, who took office in August 2017.
The Karolinska Institute was founded in 1810 on the island of Kungsholmen on the west side of Stockholm; the main campus was relocated decades later to Solna, just outside Stockholm. A second campus was established more recently in Flemingsberg, Huddinge, south of Stockholm.
The Karolinska Institute is Sweden’s third oldest medical school, after Uppsala University (founded in 1477) and Lund University (founded in 1666). It is one of Sweden’s largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30% of the medical training and more than 40% of all academic medical and life science research conducted in Sweden.
The Karolinska University Hospital, located in Solna and Huddinge, is associated with the university as a research and teaching hospital. Together they form an academic health science centre. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, the bulk of the PhD projects are conducted in English. The institute’s name is a reference to the Caroleans.
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